| Why is banquo uneasy at the beginning of the scene | He has been having cursed thoughts and dreaming about the witches; realizing their prophecies are right |
| What is the sign that the alcohol is ready | Lady Macbeth will ring a bell |
| What does macbeth see before him | Bloody dagger floating |
| How is it foreshadowing | He’s about to kill duncan |
| Why is macbeth sitting around talking to himself | Hes hearing and seeing evil things and cant stop thinking about murder |
| What do you think is the result of macbeths vision | His mind is playing games with him because he has a good conscience buts hes thinking about bad things |
| What is lady macbeth afraid of | The servants have woken before macbeth killed duncan |
| What does “these deed must not be thought / after these ways. So it will make us mad” mean | Said by lady macbethWe cant think about the murder or it will drive us crazy |
| What does “he had not resembled/ my father as he slept, i had done’t” mean | Duncan looks like her father |
| What does lady macbeth do with the daggers | Takes them back to servants and smears them with blood |
| What does lady macbeth tell macbeth about his hands | To wash the witness from his hands |
| What are lennox and porter talking about | Comic relief; being drunk |
| What are three things, according the the porter does drink provoke | Lust, makes you sleepy, urinate |
| How does lennox describe the past evening | Unruly; chimneys have been blown down |
| How might we explain these strange and unnatural phenomenons | The earth shook |
| What does “’twas a rough night” mean | Said my macbethReferring to murder of duncan, Lennox and macduff dont know yet |
| What does macduff find in Duncan’s room | Dead body |
| What does macduff mean when he said to lady macbeth, “o gentle lady / ’tis not for you to hear what i can speak / the repetition of a women’s ear / would murder as it fell” | News is too horrible for a women to hear, ironic bc she helped plan the murder |
| How does macbeth behave | Sad and bad |
| What does banquo mean when he says “fears and scruples shake us” | Right now we are shaken up by fears and doubts |
| Why does malcolm choose to go to England and donalbain to ireland | They will be safer and to get away from horrible men/liars |
| What does “there’s daggers in men’s smiles; the near in blood, / the nearer bloody” mean | Closest relatives are the ones most likely to kill you |
| Why is macduff suspicious of malcolm and donalbain | They fled the country |
| Who will be the new king of scotland | Macbeth |
| What might macduff mean by “lest our old robes sit easier than our new” | Lets hope things dont get worse |
| What is significant about lady macbeth not killing duncan | He looks like her dad and it shows her feminine side |
Macbeth act 2 review
August 22, 2019