Macbeth - Questions and Answers
Characters:
Duncan, King of Scotland
Malcolm and Donalbain Duncan's sons
Macbeth, Banquo Generals of the King's army
Macduff, a Scottish nobleman
Lady Macbeth
Three Witches
1. Describe the Victory of Macbeth?
- The Scottish nobleman named Macbeth was the Thane of Glamis and a cousin of Duncan, King of Scotland. Macbeth was a general in the king's army, a brave man and a fine soldier; he fought for the king against the King of norway and a wicked Scottish Lord, the Thane of Cawdor. In the battle, the Thane of Cawdor was taken prisoner and the Norwegian kig was forced to surrender; and the victorious Macbeth returned to the king's palace with his friend and fellow-soldier, Banquo.
- Banquo was a friend of Macbeth and a fellow - soldier
- It was a treeless stretch of country. dark and gloomy place.Macbeth and Banquo had to cross the heath.
- The day was dark and stormy, but suddenly a flash of lightning showed three mysterious figures standing in front of the two men.
- Three mysterious figures stood in front of the two men. The three strange, old women stood in silence, their fingers to their lips,
- the first witch now addressed Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis", but the second called him "Thane of Cawdor", and the third made an even more surprising statement. She said to Macbeth the he will be King of Scotland. And they turned to Banquo and said his sons will be kings, although he would not. And then, with a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder, the three old women disappeared.
6. What was the good news from the Messenger?
- While Macbeth and Banquo stood speechless with surprise, and wondering at the strange words two noblemen came riding across the heath and brought the surprising news that King Duncan, wishing to reward Macbeth for his bravery in battle, had made him Thane of Cawdor.
- First Banquo had suspected, these women were not human beings but witches, strange creatures who had the power to see into the future. They stood speechless with surprise. Banquo doubted whether they had eaten some poisonous root which has turned them mad.
- Banquo was greatly troubled. He called the witches " the instruments of darkness", and said that he feared their words.
- Banquo felt that Macbeth might try, by wicked means, to make himself king; Banquo's fearswere right. The witches' promise had planted a seed of wicked ambtion in Macbeth's mind.
- Macbeth had only one fear that Banquo's children would be kings, that troubled him a lot.
- Lady Macbeth was a very ambitious woman, more cruel and determined than her husband. She at once made up her mind that Macbeth should become king, and that the quickest was to achiever this was a to murder King Duncan.
- The king arrived, and after a meal he went to bed early. Macbeth felt uncomfortable to kill the Kind king. But Lady Macbeth had made her plans, and provoked him, encouraged him to the highest point.She would give Duncan's two guards so much strong wine to drink that they would become drunk and stupid. Then, when they were all sleeping, she and Macbeth would murder the king, and put the blame on the drunken body guards.
- Late that night, when everyone in the castle was asleep, Lady Macbeth crept quietly to Duncan's room with a dagger but hen she saw him lying there asleep, something in his face reminded her of her father, and she found she could not kill him. So returned to Macbeth.
- She gave the dagger and told him to do the deed. After a few moments he returned to her, shaking with fright and cried he had done the deed.
- Someone laughed in his sleep, and another cried "Murder!" he heard a voice cry "Sleep no more!" Macbeth does murder sleep". "Sleep no more! Glamis has murdered sleep,and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more;Macbeth shall sleep no more".
- When the murder was discovered, the castle was filled with horror and confusion. Macbeth, went straight to Duncan's room and killed the two servants, pretending that he did it because they had killed their king and master.
- The news of Duncan's death was quickly carried to his tow sons, Malcome and Donalbain, and they feeling sure that servants were innocent and Macbeth was guilty of the crime hurriedly left Scotland. Macbeth took advantage of their fight an claimed that they must be guilty of the murder.
- Macbeth was Duncan's nearest relative and therefore heir to the kingdom, and he was crowned king at once.
- Now Macbeth felt that Banquo and his son were a constant danger to him. So he and Lady Macbeth arranged to have a feast for the chief Scottish noble, and they invited Banquo and his son to stay at the castle as their guests. Macbeth then hired two wicked men to murder them. The murderers,however, only succeeded in killing Banquo; his son escaped to England.
- The feast began in spite of the fact that Banquo hand son had not appeared. One of the murderers had returned and told Macbeth that Banquo was dead. Macbeth felt more secure and he went into the feast with a cheerful heart.
- When he reached the table, he felt someone was sitting in his chair. He looked more closely, and saw to his horror that it was the ghostly spirit of Banquo. No one else could see the ghost, and when Macbeth cried out in fear his guests thought he must be ill.
- Lady Macbeth took Macbeth aside and scolded him, with hard and bitter words, for being such a coward. Macbeth controlled himself and made cheers to Banquo and help up his glass but once again the ghost of Banquo had appeared again. This time Macbeth could not control, spoke so strangely so Lady Macbeth took him to take rest and asked the guest to leave.
- Macbeth had gone very far in crime to satisfy his own wicked ambition; he had already murdred four people- Duncan and his two servants and Banquo- and he felt that he could not turn back now. What was one could not be undone and he was prepared to kill others in order to protect his own safetly.
- Lady Macbeth's mind was failing under the strain. Her nights were filled with terrible dreams, and she wandered round the castle in her sleep, talking strangely and trying to wash imaginary stains of blood from her hands. She would talk of Lady Macfuff and Banquo, her poor unhappy mind filled with a sense of guilt. The doctor could not find a cure for her, and she killed herself in sorrow and despair.
- The old women gave warning about Macduff, the Thane of Fife
- No man born of a woman can harm Macbeth.
- Macbeth shall never be conquered untill great Birname Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.
- In England, Macduff and Malcolm were making plans to fight Macbeth. He prepared to meet the enemy, a messenger came running to him with most bad new that Birnam woods began to move. But it was true. Malcolm had told his soldiers to cut down some of the trees in Birnam Wood and carry the leafy branches in front of them and move towards the castle. Macbeth began to understand how the three evil witches had deceived him with their false promises. He as a soldier went out to meet the enemy. He fought with great courage. Macduff rushed towards him but Macbeth was too confident and cried" get back Macduff. I have a magic life which no one of ordinary human birth can take from me.
- When Macbeth told his magic powers, Macduff answered "I was not born in the ordinary way. I was taken out from my mother's womb before the time was due for my birth".
- Macbeth then know that the witches had deceived him all alone. he lost both hope and courage for a moment. Macduff said scornfully to Macbeth to surrender.
- But Macbeth recovered his courage and fought with him with courage. but Macbeth was killed, and his strange unhappy life came to an end.
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