1. Is there anything good about ambition? Are there any kinds of acceptable ambition, or are all just supposed to be content with our lots, wether we're kings or servants? There is more than one correct answer
2. How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to go ahead with the plan? She chastises him for going back on his word and accuses him of not being a man.
3. Describe how they will carry out the plan? When Duncan is asleep they will get his two men very drunk. When they pass out, they will use their weapons to kill Duncan and make it appear that the men have killed the king.
4. What arguments does he provide against the murder? What motive does he provide for the murder? There is "double trust" because he is his relative and his loyal subject; further, he is his host and is bound to protect him; finally, Duncan has given him no reason to be disloyal. However, he says it is only ambition that tempts him to proceed.
5. What does Macbeth mean when he says,
It were done quickly. If the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We’d jump the life to come
That the deed must be done soon, and that the reward in this life is worth the risk of judgment in the afterlife.
6. Note that in lines 12-28 of Macbeths soliloquy, Macbeth lists the reasons why he shouldn't kill Duncan.
To our own lips. He’s here in double trust:
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off;
And pity, like a naked newborn babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th' other.
How do you think other characters will react if Macbeth kills the king?
Lady Macbeth - she will be pleased because she want her husband to be king. Also many people will be shocked because Duncan was a loyal and humble leader. When Macbeth kills he king, Macduff kills Macbeth for revenge and to restore the throne to the proper ruler.
2. How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to go ahead with the plan? She chastises him for going back on his word and accuses him of not being a man.
3. Describe how they will carry out the plan? When Duncan is asleep they will get his two men very drunk. When they pass out, they will use their weapons to kill Duncan and make it appear that the men have killed the king.
4. What arguments does he provide against the murder? What motive does he provide for the murder? There is "double trust" because he is his relative and his loyal subject; further, he is his host and is bound to protect him; finally, Duncan has given him no reason to be disloyal. However, he says it is only ambition that tempts him to proceed.
5. What does Macbeth mean when he says,
It were done quickly. If the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We’d jump the life to come
That the deed must be done soon, and that the reward in this life is worth the risk of judgment in the afterlife.
6. Note that in lines 12-28 of Macbeths soliloquy, Macbeth lists the reasons why he shouldn't kill Duncan.
To our own lips. He’s here in double trust:
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off;
And pity, like a naked newborn babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th' other.
How do you think other characters will react if Macbeth kills the king?
Lady Macbeth - she will be pleased because she want her husband to be king. Also many people will be shocked because Duncan was a loyal and humble leader. When Macbeth kills he king, Macduff kills Macbeth for revenge and to restore the throne to the proper ruler.