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Macbeth Act I Macbeth Mr. McMahon English 11 Part A – Who are the following characters? Identify each one. Duncan Malcolm Macduff Banquo Ross Part B – Brief Answers. What are the three titles that the witches give to Macbeth? What three prophecies are given to Banquo? Who are Duncan’s men fighting against when the play opens? Where do the witches greet Macbeth and Banquo? What is a soliloquy? When Lady Macbeth says: “O! never / Shall sun that morrow see” (1.5.59-60) explain the meaning of “sun.” Briefly outline the differences between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in this act. Part C – Answer the Questions for Each Quote “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.” Speaker(s): Won what? Who lost it? Why? “… look like the innocent flower / But be the serpent under ‘t.” Speaker(s): To whom? Significance? “Away, and mock the time with fairest show False face must hide what the false heart doth know.” Speaker(s): To whom? Significance? Mr. McMahon English 11 Macbeth Act I Macbeth “I will proceed no further in this business.” Speaker(s): To whom? What business? “He that’s coming Must be provided for. And you shall put This night’s great business into my dispatch.” Speaker(s): Who is “he”? Explain the pus in this quote: Part D – Give complete, full-sentence answers for each of the following questions. What is the significance of Malcolm being named Prince of Cumberland? What is Macbeth’s response to this? What is Lady Macbeth’s criticism of her husband? Explain the irony in Duncan’s lines: This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. (1.6.1-3) Macbeth decides not to kill Duncan. Give any two of the four reasons he gives in his soliloquy during the feast. Outline Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s plans for the assassination. Part E – Choose one quote from the following and explain carefully its meaning. If chance will have me king, why Chance will crown me, Without my stir. Yet do I fear thy nature: It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without Ambition, but without The illness should attend it.
