James+Barker's+Journal

Macbeth say the line, and it means that what seems fair is actually foul, and what seems foul is actually fair. In my opinion I think that Macbeth refers to environment and how it is fair, whilst the witches are the opposite In my opinion I think that this means that the three witches are evil and are able to mess with the mind of an honest and good person and turn him against what he believes in. I think that Macbeth didn’t like that the prince of Cumberland was next in line to the throne, mainly because of what the witches told him. Lady Macbeth means that her husband is too kind Yes it does, it shows that his wife is manipulative, and is darker, unlike Macbeth is kind and couldn’t go through with a murder. This passage show that Lady Macbeth is cruel and very motivated "It is settled" "upon her skinny lips you should be women" "and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so" "what bloody man is that? He can report as seemth by this plight, of the revolt the newest state." " the Thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict, Till Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof, confrontedgim with self comparisons, point to point religion to religion" " This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.” After act 1, I think that lady Macbeth is controlling Macbeth into what she wants him to do.
 * __ Act One: Journal Response Questions: __**
 * 1. Who says, “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair” and what does it mean? (Scene 1) **
 * 2. What is the significance of Macbeth’s line: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen? (Scene 3) **
 * 3. What does Banquo mean when he says, “The instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, only to betray’s in deepest consequence”? (Scene 3) **
 * 4. What reaction does Macbeth have when King Duncan names his eldest son Malcolm as the Prince of Cumberland? (Scene 4) **
 * 5. Lady Macbeth describes her husband’s character: “Yet do I fear he is too full o’ the milk of human kindness…” What does she mean? (Scene 5) **
 * 6. Read carefully Lady Macbeth’s speech “Come you spirits…” Does it suggest a difference between Macbeth and his wife? (Scene 5) **
 * 7. Read carefully Lady Macbeth’s speech “I have given suck…” What does this say about Lady Macbeth’s character? (Scene 7) **
 * 8. What does Macbeth say which suggests he has second thought about murdering Duncan? (Scene 7) **
 * 9. The theme that ‘appearances are deceptive’ is recurring throughout this Act. Find four quotations which broach this theme (include the Act, Scene and Line numbers). **
 * 10. Describe Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship after reading Act 1. **


 * __ Act 2 Journal Response Questions __**

There are good and bad, Banquo is good, and Macbeth is bad. This is because from what the witches told them, Banquo didn’t go crazy about becoming king, but Macbeth did and is becoming power hungry.
 * 1. How does Shakespeare contrast the characters of Banquo and Macbeth in this scene? (Scene 1) **

Macbeth is confused, and is thinking about what he is going to do, and he also feels guilty about what he is going to do. While Lady Macbeth, is serious about going through with the plan, and she isn’t feeling guilty about the plan. Sleep is one of the big motifs throughout this play. The line shows that Macbeth can’t sleep, due to being anxious and being guilty. Unlike Lady Macbeth, we see signs of humanity within Macbeth because he is feeling guilty about the plan that he will go through. Because she planned the whole murder, this is a form of dramatic irony, because the audience knows that she planned to murder Duncan, but Macduff doesn’t know that. Also the fact that Lady Macbeth is a women they wouldn’t have suspected her at all. Because the witches disrupted a great chain of being, so that nature is being disrupted and going crazy, one aspect is that the horses are eating each other.
 * 2. Compare Lady Macbeth’s opening comments in this scene to Macbeth’s soliloquy. What can you say about the difference between the two characters? (Scene 2) **
 * 3. Sleep is a very important image in the play. What is the significance of Macbeth saying, ‘Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more: Macbeth does murder sleep’? (Scene 2) **
 * 4. Why is it ironic that Macduff should say to Lady Macbeth, “O gentle lady/ ‘Tis not for you to hear what I can speak’? (Scene 3) **
 * 5. What is significant about the description of Duncan’s horses eating each other? (Scene 4) **


 * Act 3 Journal Questions **

"Thou played'st most foully for't; yet it was all said" This means that he feels that Macbeth has done something foul to get what he wanted. Macbeth means by this that he has not killed everyone that is a threat to the throne. Therefore he feels anxious/ uncertain that he has not fully secured the throne. He means that bad things have happened and that they make themselves strong by making others weak. Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo due to the guilt he feels. He also sees him due to the fact that the assasins did not kill both Banquo and Fleance and just Banquo. He sees the Ghost of Banquo which represents how Fleance might find out that he was the one behind this killing. She is angry with the rest of the witches for telling a prophecy to Macbeth without involving her. Yes he is suspicious of Macbeth.
 * 1. What does Banquo say at the beginning of this scene which suggests that he is suspicious of Macbeth? (Scene 1) **
 * 2. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “We have scorched the snake, not killed it”? (Scene 2) **
 * 3. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “Things bad begun, make strong themselves by ill.” (Scene 2). **
 * 4. Why do you think Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo? In terms of the theme of this play, why is this apparition important? (Scene 4) **
 * 5. Why does Hecate look angry? (Scene 5) **
 * 6. Read Lennox’s speech. Is he suspicious of Macbeth? (Scene 6) **

He is worried about the future and how fleance has escaped. Macbeth is also worried about losing the throne as he did not manage to kill fleance. -Beware of Macduff -No man of woman born shall harm Macbeth -Only when the Birnam woods comes to Dunsinane He is seeking assistance from King Edward to overthrow Macbeth. He needs an army to do this and he is also afraid of Macbeth. -He claims that his sexual desire is limitless and that his own vices are worse than Macbeth. He is depressed and promises to have his revenge against Macbeth. He blames himself as well as Macbeth and this increases his hate towards Macbeth and also feels guilty.
 * __ Act 4 Journal Questions __**
 * 1. Why does Macbeth seek out the witches? (Scene 1) **
 * 2. What three warnings do the apparitions give Macbeth? (Scene 1) **
 * 3. Why has Macduff fled to England? (Scene 1) **
 * 4. Why does Malcolm say he doesn’t have what it takes to be king? (Scene 3) **
 * 5. How does Macduff react to the news that his wife, children and servants have been slaughtered? (Scene 3) **

That she is guilty, and she is talking about Duncan. Lady Macbeth is going crazy, and her confidence is gone. His title is hanging loosely upon him, it is compared to a giant’s robe on a dwarfish thief, and Macbeth’s evil is compared to weeds. They use trees to camouflage the army, so that Macbeth can’t see them. This is what the three witches prophesized Macbeth is so sad, that he is numb, and he then realizes that he is about to die, and he says how a life is just like a play, the actor comes and then goes off. The prophecies that the witches that none a women born shall harm Macbeth,. This makes him believe that he cannot be killed. That Lady Macbeth killed herself ‘Took off her life,’
 * __ Act 5 Journal Questions __**
 * 1) ** Read Lady Macbeth’s speech: ‘Out damn spot! Out I say!” What is Lady Macbeth talking about? How has her character changed from her last appearance in the play? **
 * 1) ** In scene 2 what are some of the images used to describe Macbeth? **
 * 1) ** What type of camouflage does Malcolm suggest they use in their attack on Dunsinane castle? How does this relate the prophecy of the apparition? **
 * 1) ** How does Macbeth react to this wife’s death? **
 * 1) ** Macbeth is confident in his battle with young Siward. Why does he think he shall not be killed? **
 * 1) ** Malcolm calls Macbeth ‘this dead butcher’ and Lady Macbeth ‘his fiendlike Queen’. How does Malcolm say that Lady Macbeth died? **