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What is a soliloquy?

An act of speaking ones thoughts and feelings aloud when by ones self or regardless of any hearers.

Name three reasons form Macbeth his soliloquy why he doesn't want to kill King Duncan

1. He should protect Duncan because he is loyal to the king
2. He is the host
3. Duncan is a good king

With which three arguments does Lady Macbeth convince Macbeth to kill Duncan?

- She tells him he's not a real man if he backs out from their plans
- She doubts if she will still love Macbeth if he backs out
- She guarantees Macbeth they won't fail
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Why does Macbeth says that Lady Macbeth should only have sons for children?

Because she has a fearless spirit and she shouldn't create anything that isn't masculine

What means "False face must hide what the false heart doth know" and what do the two falses mean?

This line says that Macbeth should hide his emotions with a fake face and not show his evil thoughts.

False 1 = fake
False 2 = evil

How many daggers does Macbeth see? Which is real?

Macbeth sees two daggers. One is floating right in front of him and covered in blood = fake. The other one is MAcbeth holding in his hands = real.

Explain the line: "Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives."

It means that the longer Macbeth keeps talking, the mere his courage to kill Duncan diministes. If Macbeth does not quickly commit the deed, he might never again dare to do so and then his plans will fail.

Why has Lady Macbeth not commited the murder herself?

King Duncan looks likes Lady MAcbeth's father when he's asleep, so she could not stand killing him herself. It would feel like she killed her father

What does Macbeth see when he is "looking on his hands"?

Macbeth sees his hands covered in blood. This shows that Macbeth actually killed Duncan. The blood symbolises MAcbeth's guilt

How does MAcbeth feel after killing Duncan?

Macbeth is visibly frightened and disturbed by his own violoence. He's regretful and feels guilty, but also weirdly satisfied.

What does Lady Macbeth mean when she berates Macbeth: "infirm on purpose"?

She means that he's neither resolute nor firm in his determination to do what he desires. She thinks he's quite an idiot because he brought the murderweapon with him

How comes that Lady Macbeth hands are covered in blood aswell?

Because Lady Macbeth went back to the crime scene to put blood on the guards' faces that are sleeping. She want to make it look like they are guilty, but instead she gots blood on her hands wich symbolises her own guilt.

Explain: "Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou coiuldst!"

In this sentence Macbeth regrets killing Duncan. Macbeth would rather be copletely uncosciuous than thinking about the crime he had commited. He wishes the knocking would have woken up Duncan.

Who discovers that Duncan has been murdered?

Macduff, after he wanted to wake the king. The first thing he says: "oh horror, horror name thee!

Rewrite in modern English: "Most sacrilegious murder hath broke open. The Lord’s anointed temple, and stole thence. The life o' the building!

The worst thing imaginable has happened. A murderer has broken into God’s temple (body of Duncan) and stolen the life out of it.

What mood is Macbeth in? (Act III)

Macbeth is not happy with getting a "fruitless crown" and comes up with the idea to kill Banquo and his son Fleance, to prevent being replaced by Fleance later on

Are there no evil people and power corrupts in the sotry?

People can be truly evil, such as the three sisters. Yet, Macbeth is an example of someone who's influenced by his own power, and therefore not an evil person, he has just gone mad

What theme is illustrated by Lady Macbeth words in Act III Scene 4?

Masculinity, because lady macbeth again asks Macbeth wheter he is a man or not. She suggests that Macbeth is a woman, which means he's weak and has no courage.

Think about the word tragedy and tell wheter it is fate or moral weakness that undoes Macbeth.

Tragedy is a form of drame based on human suffering. We can conclude that it''s moral weakness that undoes Macbeth. The weird sisters' plans planned Macbeth's downfall. However, Macbeth is still the one who makes his own choices.

When finds Macbeth out that he is vulnerable?

When he finds out that Macduff isn't born from a woman. The weird sisters told Macbeth that he can't be killed by someone born from a woman.

What is the outcome of the fight with Macduff?

After Macbeth finds out he is vulnerable after all, Macduff kills him and decapidates him

Who becomes the new king of Schtoland?

Malcolm is the new king of Schotland. He was the son of Duncan and so the crown prince.

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