What does Macduff pledge to do with his grief?
What does Malcolm tell Macduff to do with his grief? Malcolm tells Macduff to turn his grief into anger. This is just after Ross comes into the scene, and informs Macduff that Macbeth has just murdered his wife and son.
Why does Macduff declare that he must kill Macbeth?
Why does Macduff declare that he must kill Macbeth? To avenge his wife and son’s deaths. The second apparition says that no one woman born shall kill Macbeth, and Macduff (born of a C-Section) killed him.
What does Macduff tell Macbeth before he kills him?
Macbeth even brags or boasts to Macduff that man born of woman cannot kill him: You’re wasting your efforts. With your keen sword as make me bleed. To one given birth to by a woman.
When Macbeth hears that no one born of a woman will harm him he decides to?
When Macbeth hears that no one born of a woman will harm him, he decides to. A- kill all the wives of his peers
What feelings are revealed in the conversation between Lady Macduff and her son?
Lady Macduff is angry that her husband has left them in Scotland to go to England. She implies that things are so bad in Scotland that she feels vulnerable and unsafe with him gone (she obviously has good intuition). She tells her son that her husband is dead, which, in a way, he is to her right now.
Who does the Porter think he is?
The Porter pretends to be the gatekeeper of Hell. He says Macbeth is going to Hell for murder and that Macbeth turned things into Hell with the murder. The Porter kind of serves as someone who is a distraction to help calm everything going on.
What four things does the Porter say drinking provokes?
According to the Porter, drink provokes three things: a red nose (“nose-painting”), sleep, and urine (line 29). It provokes sexual desire, but takes away the ability to act on it: “Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes.
What does the Porter pretend to be doing?
The Porter pretends to be the gatekeeper of Hell. He allude to the fact that Macbeth will go to Hell for Duncan’s murder
What does Macduff say the king commanded him to do?
What does Macduff say the King commanded him to do? To wake him up early. comparing to a Gorgon? Shock/horror; the sight of Duncan dead will freeze you as looking at a Gorgon would.
What does the Porter say about alcohol?
The Porter jests, “drink sir, is a great provoker of three things … nose-painting, sleep, and urine” (2.3. 24-27). The Porter also mentions that alcohol is an “equivocator” of lechery as it “provokes the desire but takes away the performance,” a reference to impotency (2.3.
What is Macduff comparing to a gorgon?
Macduff uses the metaphor of a Gorgon. What is Macduff comparing to a Gorgon? The metaphor is fear stricken. Gordon is being compared to Duncan’s Corpse.
What does Macbeth see in front of him?
What eerie vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan? He sees a bloody ghost of Banquo. He sees the witches flying through the night on broomsticks. He sees a bloody dagger floating in front of him.
What quality in her husband Does Lady Macbeth see as a weakness?
Basically, Lady Macbeth finds her husband very weak. She knows that she must take control so that he does not lose the crown due to his mental weaknesses. Basically, Lady Macbeth is not very supportive or sure of the character of Macbeth. She finds him too weak.
What causes Macbeth to think he sees a dagger?
What causes Macbeth to think he sees a dagger? Guilt and stress over the planned murder of Duncan. It is a signal from Lady Macbeth that the time is right to commit the murder.
What happens when Macbeth tries to touch the dagger?
macbeth sees the vision of a floating dagger. he tries to reach out & touch it but he cannot. this vision foreshadows the dagger he uses to kill duncan. he killed them because of his intense love for duncan & the anger he felt toward the guards for murdering duncan.
What is one thing Macbeth forgets to do after killing Duncan?
What does Macbeth forget to do after he murders the king? He forgets to plant the daggers (murder weapons) on the guards and smear the blood on their clothing to make it look like they were responsible for the murder.
What feelings does Macbeth reveal in his soliloquy when he sees the dagger?
What feelings does Macbeth reveal in his soliloquy at the end of this scene? He is horrified by this vision of a bloody dagger and he hesitates about what he is intending to do.
What does Macbeth’s soliloquy reveal about him act 3?
The soliloquy reveals Macbeth’s moral decline; power corrupts. Before, he felt conflicted and then guilty about killing Duncan, but he is now remorseless about killing Banquo. Macbeth has begun to act more like Lady Macbeth.
What does Macbeth’s soliloquy reveal about him Act 1 Scene 3?
Shakespeare presents this passage as a soliloquy in order to convey Macbeth’s true inner thoughts and motives. There is a physiological response to his unnerving thoughts as the ‘horrid image doth unfix my hair’ and ‘my seated heart knock at my ribs’, emphasising the horror of Macbeth has with himself at his thoughts
What voice does Macbeth hear after killing Duncan?
What does Macbeth hear? Lady Macbeth hears an owl and crickets. Macbeth hears the guards praying and a voice saying ” sleep no more, Macbeth murders sleep.. Macbeth will sleep no more.”
Who does Macduff think is responsible for killing Duncan?
Macbeth