Scenes 1 & 2
Scenes 3 & 4
Scenes 5 & 6
Scenes 7 & 8
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Where does Scene 1 take place?
It takes place at Macbeth's castle at Dunsinane.
100
What is the setting of scene 4 ?
The country near Birnam Wood
100
Why does Macbeth decide to go outside the castle and fight?
He believes he is in danger because Birnam Wood is moving.
100
Where do these scenes take place?
another part of the battlefield
200
What does Lady Macbeth try to wash away?
She tries to wash away the imaginary blood from her hands.
200
Why is Macbeth not concerned about the Thanes who leave him to fight with Malcolm?
The prophecies make Macbeth fearless in battle.
200
Malcolm's command of the invading forces shows that?
He wants to fulfill his role as the true king.
200
How does Macbeth know that Macduff will be the one who kills him?
Macduff says he was removed from his mother. (cesarian)
300
"Unnatural deeds/Do breed unnatural troubles" represents what theme of the play?
Fair vs. Foul
300
Give an example of dramatic irony from scene 3.
Macbeth asks the doctor to rid Scotland of her sickness, when Macbeth is causing it and Malcolm is about to rid Scotland of him.
300
Where does Scene 5 take place?
In Dunsinane within Macbeth's castle.
300
What does Siward want to know about his son's death?
He wants to know whether his son died facing his enemy.
400
Caithness says that Macbeth "cannot buckle his distempered cause/Within the belt of rule." What does this quote mean?
Whether insane or not, Macbeth cannot control himself.
400
In Scene 4, what event relates to the prophecies?
The troops cut tree boughs from the forest of Birnam and hold them in front of them as they advance on Macbeth's castle.  This makes it look as though the forest is coming to Dunsinane.
400
What is Macbeth's attitude toward the upcoming fight?
At first he is angry, then he says his life is meaningless.  There is nothing left for him but to die.
400
What is Malcolm's goal at the end of the play once he is hailed as king of Scotland?
Make his Thanes Earls to reward them
500
Give an example of evidence that Lady Macbeth has lost her mind.
-She sleepwalks and in her sleep, she talks and seems to be writing a letter.
-She refuses to be without a candle (taper).
-She repeatedly washes her hands because she sees and smells blood that no one else can see.
-carries on a conversation with Macbeth about Duncan's murder, possible Macduff's family's murders and Banquo's.
500
What is wrong with Lady Macbeth?
She is having visions of past actions
She has gone insane
The doctor calls it "thick-coming fancies"
500
Who does Malcolm send to lead the first battle?
He sends his uncle Siward and his cousin young Siward.
500
Why does Siward say Young Siward died a fair death?
His son's wound were in his front, proving he died facing his enemy.  Siward says his son died the correct way, doing a soldier's duty.
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