MacBeth Acts 4 Due 3/26 Name: ____________________________ 1. Describe MacBeth’s reaction to the words of the apparitions and how does the apparitions’ words impact MacBeth’s future actions towards others? 2. What is MacBeth worried about after seeing the eight kings (4.1)? 3. What does MacBeth’s decision about MacDuff’s wife and children reveal about MacBeth? How does he convince himself [what is the accusation against MacDuff?] that this latest slew of murders is necessary? 4. Malcolm tells MacDuff that he will be an even worse king than Macbeth because… (list two reasons). a. b. 5. What does the news about MacDuff’s family make him ready to do? 6. Explain the dramatic irony in this lines: “...they were well at peace, when I did leave ‘em” (4.3.179). 7. Explain the metaphor in the lines: “Be this the whetstone of your sword: let grief Convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it” (4.3.228229) MacBeth Acts 4 Due 3/26 Name: ____________________________ You will not have a vocabulary test during the week of 3/233/26, so here are some analogies to keep your brain sharp! Many of these words are on your next vocabulary list (TEST date is Wednesday, 4/1/15). Analogies are equations in which the first pair of words has the same relationship as the second pair of words. 1. Malcolm is to Duncan as _____________________ is to Banquo . 2. Calm is to perturb as filth is to _________________________. 3. Loyalty is to friend as ______________________ is to traitor . 4. Apology is to argument as _____________________ is to ague . 5. Understand is to proficient as conquer is to ___________________________. 6. Servant is to gentry as ineffective is to _______________________.
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