Hunt and Find
On pg 99, find where MB asks the murder if Banquo has been killed and the murder says yes
Is he dispatched?
My lord, his throat is cut.
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves/ shall never tremble (3.4.124-125)
Be anything but a ghost and I won’t be afraid anymore
How does 3.4 reveal Macbeth’s guilty conscience?
He sees Banquo’s ghost
What provokes Lady Macbeth to say, “Why do you make such faces? When all’s done, You look but on a stool” (3.4.80)
Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost at the banquet
Which sentence is correct:
A. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are concerned about their level of power in the play.
B. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are concerned about they’re level of power in the play.
A.
On page 103 find evidence that Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo.
Many possible answers
The time has been that, when the brains were out, the man would die, and there an end. But now they rise again (3.4.95-6)
It used to be that when someone died that was the end, but not when someone dies they come back.
What seems to be the consequence of having too much ambition in this play?
Extreme guilt
What provokes Macbeth to say “The table’s full” (3.4.54)?
Banquo sits at the empty stool so Macbeth doesn’t think there’s a place for him to sit.
Which sentence is correct:
A. Macbeth doesn’t want to loose any power in the play so he kills to secure his position.
B. Macbeth doesn't want to lose any power in the play so he kills to secure his position.
B
On page 103 find evidence that Lennox and Ross are confused by Macbeth’s behavior.
“His highness is not well”
I will tomorrow/ (And betimes I will) to the Weird Sisters.
More shall they speak (3.4.164-5)
Tomorrow, I’m going to see the witches because they have more to say to me.
Why do you think Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost and not Duncan’s? What does this suggest about the development of Macbeth’s character throughout the play?
As Macbeth’s crimes increase, so does his guilt
What provokes Lennox to say, “Good night, and better health / Attend his Majesty”? (4.147)?
He’s worried about Macbeth’s health because Macbeth sees something that no one else does
Which sentence is correct?
A. Macbeth strives for power throughout the play, and Lady Macbeth likes power to.
B. Macbeth strives for power throughout the play, and Lady Macbeth likes power too.
B
On page 103 find where Lady Macbeth compares Macbeth’s hallucination with his previous hallucination of the dagger.
This is the very painting of your fear
This is the air-drawn dagger which you said
led you to Duncan
Meet me i’th’ morning. Tither he / Will come to know his destiny. (3.5.3-15-16)
Join me in the morning. Then Macbeth will come see us to find out more about his future.
How is the theme of “fair and foul and foul is fair” evident in Act 3 scene 4? How long are the characters able to keep up their acts?
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth try to appear innocent during the dinner, but Macbeth is not able to maintain this facade and talks to the ghost he sees.
What provokes Hecate to say, “How did you dare / to trade and traffic with Macbeth in riddles and affairs of death, and I was never called to bear my part or show the glory of our art?” (3.5.3-5)
She’s mad that the witches met Macbeth without her.
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly:
A. Macbeth, an evil character kills King Duncan.
B. Lady Macbeth is more ruthless than Macbeth, because she pressures Macbeth to kill Duncan and plots his murder.
C. Duncan does not suspect that Macbeth will kill him, and he falls asleep peacefully in Macbeth’s castle.
D. Banquo is Macbeth’s second victim but his son escapes.
On page 105 find an example of dramatic irony.
And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss
I am in blood/ Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er. (3.4.169.171)
I have killed so many people that there’s no going back. (The blood is so high, that I can’t walk through it, and going back through it is as hard as walking through it the first time).
Find an example of Lady Macbeth questioning Macbeth’s manhood in scene 4. You have 2 minutes.
“What, quite unmanned in folly?” (3.4.87) “Are you a man”? (3.4.70)
What provokes Macbeth to say, “I am a man again” (3.4.131)?
The ghost leaves
The witches prophesy encourages Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, to strive for power, however, Banquo reacts differently to their prophecy not wanting to be disloyal to the king.
witches vs witches’
no comma after Lady Macbeth
semicolon instead of comma after power
missing a comma after prophecy
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