Tiffany+Yuet+Ting's+Journal

=**Act 1 quesions**=

1. Who says, “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair” and what does it mean? (Scene 1) The three witches said the line.

2. What is the significance of Macbeth’s line: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen? (Scene 3) This line means that "I have never seen a day that was so good and bad at the same time." this is a significance line because it is good news that he can be king, but to be king, he would have to do a lot of things to get there.

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) "The agents of evil often tell us part of the truth in order to lead us to our destruction. They earn our trust by telling us the truth about little things, but then they betray us when it will damage us the most. "

4. What reaction does Macbeth have when King Duncan names his eldest son Malcolm as the Prince of Cumberland? (Scene 4) Macbeth gets jealous of Malcolm as the Prince of Cumberland.

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) She thinks that Macbeth is too much of a coward to achieve what he wants, or rather what Lady Macbeth wants.

6. Read carefully Lady Macbeth’s speech “Come you spirits…” Does it suggest a difference between Macbeth and his wife? (Scene 5) I think it does suggest a difference between Macbeth and her wife because it seems like Lady Macbeth is trying to get Macbeth to commit the murder and more ambitious than Macbeth.

7. Read carefully Lady Macbeth’s speech “I have given suck…” What does this say about Lady Macbeth’s character? (Scene 7) This speech is a very powerful speech as it talks about if you have promised to do something you would have to do it even if its to kill your own baby. It can be interpreted that Lady Macbeth would do whatever it takes to get what she wants and wants to achieve. 8. What does Macbeth say which suggests he has second thought about murdering Duncan? (Scene 7) "Bring forth ,em-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received"

<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">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).

<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">10. Describe Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship after reading Act 1 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Throughout the act, Lady Macbeth was persuading Macbeth to kill Duncan and to be king. It seemed like she wanted it more than Macbeth did. Macbeth throughout the act was not sure whether he wanted to commit a murder to be king as he already has quite a good life. But with the constant persuasion from Lady Macbeth, Macbeth seemed to be shaken by those persuasions.

=**Act 2 questions**=

1. How does Shakespeare contrast the characters of Banquo and Macbeth in this scene? (Scene 1) Banquo was put up against Macbth to show that Banquo is the good guy and Macbeth is the bad ambitious guy. When Banquo heard that his children are goin to be king, he didn’t exactly take it seriously. He wasn’t all ambitious and deceptive like Macbeth was. Later on, Macbeth planned to kill Banquo and his kids so that he would get the throne. 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) Lady Macbeth is portrayed as the evil women. She is all in with her evil plan. Macbeth in unsure and feels guilty for everything that Lady Macbeth has planned, but Lady Macbeth is very sure of what she wants and what she has to do to get what she wants: power. 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) It shows that straight after the murder, Macbeth felt bad and guilty about it, and that he couldn’t sleep because he has done such a horrible thing. 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) This is a form of dramatic irony because Lady Macbeth knew about it before anyone else as she planned the murder. They wouldn’t even suspect it was Lady Macbeth who committed the murder because she is a woman. <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">5. What is significant about the description of Duncan’s horses eating each other? (Scene 4) Witches disrupted the nature, and that’s why the horses were eating each other. This is a reflection of Macbeth killing Duncan for the throne, so the order of the chain is messed up, and so everything in nature is messed up.

= **Act 3 questions** =

1. What does Banquo say at the beginning of this scene which suggests that he is suspicious of Macbeth? (Scene 1)

"and I fear Thou played’st most foully for ’t." and "May they not be my oracles as well"

2. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “We have scorched the snake, not killed it”? (Scene 2)

That if you don’t kill your threat when you can, they will heal and kill or harm you. And that he hasn’t secure the throne, so he feels anxious, and uncertain.

3. What does Macbeth mean when he says, “Things bad begun, make strong themselves by ill.” (Scene 2).

He needs to complete his evil deeds completely

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)

Guilt, anxious- ghosts are a common motif in the play

5. Why does Hecate look angry? (Scene 5)

Because the witches spoke to macbeth without involving her

6. Read Lennox’s speech. Is he suspicious of Macbeth? (Scene 6)

"did he not straight, In pious rage the two delinquents tear” “and wisely done"