| Why couldn’t Lady Macbeth kill the king? | He looked like her father |
| What did Lady Macbeth receive from King Duncan? | A diamond given to Macbeth from Banquo |
| Where did they take King Duncan after his death? | To Colmkill |
| The porter says that alcohol is a “provoker of three things;” what are the three things? | 1. a red nose 2. sleep 3. urine |
| Why do Malcolm and Donalbain leave Scotland? | For safety reasons |
| When do we see Macbeth first lie in this Act? | When he tells Banquo that, “I think not of them.” (referring to the witches). This is after Banquo relates that he has thought a lot about what the witches said to them. |
| What does the line, “Wake Duncan with your knocking, I wish you could,” refer to? | This is after he has murdered the King and hears a knocking at the south door of Inverness. He is regretting that the murder happened. |
| After the King’s sons are told about their father’s murder, where do they go? | Malcolm goes to England and Donalbain goes to Ireland. |
| On the night of the murder, who does Lady Macbeth tell Macbeth was sleeping in the room next to the king? | Donalbain (and Malcolm) |
| Who discovers the king’s dead body? | Macduff |
| Why is Macduff at Inverness? | He says that the king asked him to come to wake him. |
| Who actually plants the daggers on the chamberlain’s bodies? | Lady Macbeth |
| What was Macbeth’s soliloquy about? | The hallucination that he sees (dagger) and that he probably does not “see” it. |
| What does Macbeth do to the chamberlains? | He kills them in fury (anger). |
| Who lets Macduff into the castle door? | the porter |
| How does Macbeth know that Lady Macbeth has performed her part of the plan? (getting the chamberlains drunk) | She signals with a sound of a bell |
| 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. |
| Why did Shakespeare include the porter in Act II? | To provide comic relief from such a grisly scene where the king is slaughtered. |
| Why is Macbeth not willing to return to the king’s chambers to take the daggers? | He says that he cannot look upon the scene again. |
| What does Mabeth “see” in his hallucination? | a dagger supposedly leading him into King Duncan’s bed chamber |
| Who is suspected for the king’s murder? | The chamberlains are suspected but the king’s sons are also suspected and possibly thought to have bribed the guards to kill their father. |
| Why are Malcolm and Donalbain suspected of their own father’s murder? | Because they fled Inverness without telling anyone |
| What does Lady Macbeth say that allows us to “see” her cold and ruthless heart? | She tells Macbeth that “a little water clears us of this deed.” (telling her husband to wash the blood off of his hands) |
| At the end of Act II, where did Macbeth go? | To Scone to be crowned King of Scotland |
| Why does Lady Macbeth faint in Act II? | She finds out that her husband has just slaughtered the king’s guards. |
| Who did the porter say he was? | The keeper of Hell’s gate |
| What did Macbeth tell his wife he heard prior to killing the king? | Malcolm and Danalbain cry “murder” and then saying their prayers |
| Macduff says, “Approach the chamber and destroy your sight.” What is he talking about? | He is referring to the murder scene where King Duncan is lying dead. |
| What word could Macbeth not say after he killed King Duncan? | Amen |
Macbeth Act II
July 18, 2019