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Macbeth Questions and Answers

What does Lady Macbeth mean by the line "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it"?

There's No Art To Find The Mind's Construction In The Face

In Macbeth, for the quote "Let light not see my black deep desires," identify any language devices and analyze the quote.

Explain this quote from Macbeth: "Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums / and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you / have done to this."

False Face Must Hide What The False Heart Doth Know

Macbeth Quotes About Power

What is meant by the quote “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him” in Macbeth?

What does the quote, "To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on th'other—" (lines 27-29), mean?

How many people does Macbeth kill in the play?

What does Lady Macbeth's statement, "My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white," mean?

What does "I am in blood / Stepped in so far that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er" in act 3 of Macbeth mean?

What does the following Shakespeare quote from Macbeth mean? “Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, / And then is heard no more. It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.”

How does Macbeth's character change throughout the course of the play?

What does Banquo mean in Macbeth, act 3, scene 1 when he says the following quote?

Macbeth says, "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." What do you suppose he means by that? I'm doing an three page essay over that quote, depicting each and every line, but I don't know what that line means.

Why Did Macbeth Kill Macduff's Family

Come You Spirits That Tend On Mortal Thoughts

What are the three predictions of the witches in Macbeth?

In Macbeth, what unnatural event occurs after King Duncan's death, causing the men to be afraid?

In the play Macbeth, act 1, scene 3, what is Macbeth's first reaction to the three witches through his words and actions?

We Have Scorched The Snake Not Killed It

What is the symbolic significance of the dagger in act 2, scene 1, lines 33–39 of Macbeth? My thought is the symbolic significance is that Macbeth feels torn between guilt and temptation about the murder of Duncan. I do not think that Macbeth has had a psychotic breakdown or is eager to carry out his plot against Duncan or wonders if the dagger is real. (Although he does wonder if the dagger is real, I do not believe that is the symbolic significance in this passage.)

How Does Macbeth Convince The Murderers To Kill Banquo

Explain this quote from Macbeth, act 3: "Naught's had, all's spent, / Where our desire is got without content. / Tis safer to be that which we destroy / Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."

In act 4, scene 3 of Macbeth, how does Macduff react to the news of his family's death? Did he really love his family? Why was Malcolm encouraged by Macduff's reaction?

What are the reasons Macbeth considers against the murder of King Duncan?

In Macbeth, what does "not of woman born" mean?

How Does Malcolm Test Macduff's Loyalty

Describe the four apparitions in Macbeth in act 4, scene 1.

I am trying to analyze the quote from Macbeth: "Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / As the weird women promised, and, I fear, / Thou play'dst most foully for't..." I am struggling to find particular words to analyze that link to betrayal or ambition.

Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair

Explain this quote by Lady Macbeth: “O, never / Shall sun that morrow see! / Your face, my Thane, is as a book where men / May read strange matters. To beguile the time, / Look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, / Your hand, your tongue. Look like th' innocent flower, / But be the serpent under 't. He that's coming / Must be provided for; and you shall put / This night's great business into my dispatch, / Which shall to all our nights and days to come / Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.”

Explain how the witches' prophecies were fulfilled in act 5 of Macbeth.

In the play Macbeth, what does Macbeth mean when he says the following? "Stars hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires. / The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be / What the eye fears, when it is done, to see."

Why are Macbeth's first words, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen," important?

Who is Macdonwald in Macbeth and how does he die?

Analyze this quote about guilt from Macbeth: "Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; / Thou hast no speculation in those eyes" (act 3, scene 4). Find at least four to five reasons why it is significant.

How does Macbeth change after the murder of Duncan?

Analyze Macbeth's quote: "If chance will have me king, why, chance may not crown me, / Without my stir."

In act 3, scene 2, why does Macbeth not tell Lady Macbeth about his plans to murder Banquo?

What is an analysis of the line "will all great Neptune's ocean . . ." in Macbeth?

What is the significance of the opening scene of Macbeth?

What quotes in Macbeth reveal Lady Macbeth's ambition and desire to be queen?

Comic Relief In Macbeth

What's the significance of this quote from act 3, scene 4 to the play Macbeth?

How Does Lady Macbeth Die

How does Lady Macbeth respond to Macbeth's outburst in act 3, scene 4?

What does the quote, "Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature," from Macbeth mean?

What is Macbeth's state of mind before and after killing Duncan?

What five words could be used to describe each of the main characters in Macbeth?