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Plot
Act II, sc i
Lines 5-11
Is Macbeth actually seeing a dagger or is he imagining it?
Is it the dagger his imagination or are the witches conjuering it?
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Spyro Fletouris
ReplyDelete1) Why is Banquo thinking about the witches prophecy they told Macbeth? Act 2 sce.1 25-26
2) Where did the dagger come from that Macbeth saw? Act 2 sce.1 44-50
3) Why did lady Macbeth help Macbeth with killing Duncan? What does she have to gain from the murder? Act 2 sce.2 58-64
4) Did Macbeth lose his mind after killing Duncan? Act 2 sce.2 30-56
Nesma Annr
ReplyDeleteResponse to Spyro's question #3:
Lady Macbeth is helping Macbeth kill Duncan because she wants power as well. If she helps Macbeth become king hereafter, she will become queen. She will gain power if Macbeth gains power. Lady Macbeth sees that the only way to gain power is to murder anyone that is standing in Macbeths way from getting it. Therefore, she needs to help him murder those people by planning the murders.
Vocabulary
Act II, sc i
Line 52
1. What does palpable mean?
Language/Vocabulary
Act II, sc ii
Lines 4, 15, and 26
2. The charcters repeat the word "hark" often on page 55. What does it mean?
Characterization
Act II, sc ii
Lines 65-67
3. Since Macbeth is afraid to go bring back the daggers because he doesn't want to remember what he did, does this make him have a chance of becoming good again? Does he feel guilty inside but doesn't want to tell Lady Macbeth?
Response to Nesma's Questions Number 2: Hark is like listen. So it isn't a symbol as you would think because it repeats. It is like when we say "Be quiet, do you hear that?", but in an alarmed voice.
ReplyDeletePlot
Act II, Sc i
Lines 28-39
What is Macbeth trying to console Banquo about and when will this talk happen?
Plot
Act II, Sc ii
Lines 13-17
What does Lady Macbeth mean that the guard could not miss them?
Plot
Act II, Sc ii
Lines 21-25
Are Lady Macbeth and Macbeth hearing something or is it their consciences?
Plot
ReplyDeleteAct II scene i
Lines 50-74
Is the dagger representing Macbeth's conscience about whether he should go forth with his plan to kill King Duncan or how he will view himself
if he went forth with the plan?
Plot
Act II, sc ii
Lines 42-60
Will Macbeth's own guilty conscience of the crime he has committed give him away to people?
Plot
Act II scene ii
Line 73, 83, 88
Who keeps on knocking and does it symbolizes something? If so, what does the knocking represent?
Response to Michelle:
ReplyDelete1. What is Macbeth trying to console Banquo about and when will this talk happen?
- Banquo keep thinking about what the three witches had told them about how Banquo will live in greater happiness than Macbeth and that his children will inherit the throne. Macbeth said that he doesn't think about it anymore and that he will talk to him about it more if he wants to the next time when they have time.
2. What does Lady Macbeth mean that the guard could not miss them?
Lady Macbeth didn't refer to the guard when she said "he could not miss 'em (Shakespeare 55). She was referring him to Macbeth. She said that she had put the daggers in plain sight so Macbeth couldn't have not seen it.
Plot
ReplyDeleteAct II, sc i
Lines 50-61
What launched Macbeth to doubting all his senses?
Vocabulary
Act II, sc i
Lines 60
What does Macbeth mean when he states “It is bloody business which informs”?
Plot
Act II, sc II
Lines 58-64
Why did Macbeth bring the daggers after the murder?
Does the dagger represent an object or a state of mind?
Is this the final stage of Macbeth transformation?
Response to Sarah question #2:
ReplyDeleteMacbeth guilty conscience of the crime will not give him away to the people because Lady Macbeth is at his side eliminating all the witnesses (evidence) of his crime. This is to ensure that he doesn’t give himself away to the people. Lady Macbeth is able to convince Macbeth to commit atrocities among the people.
Monica
ReplyDeleteAct II, sc 1 line 4
1)Who is Fleance? And why is he with Banquo?
(Characterization)
Act II, sc 1 line 33
2)What does Macbeth mean when he says "If you shall cleave to my consent when 'tis , it shall make honor for you."
(Language)
Act II sc 2
3) Who is Lady Macbeth referring to in lines 1-2?
(Characterization)
Act II sc 2
4) what does "thane" mean? line 58
(Vocabulary)
Act 2 Scene 1 (Plot)
ReplyDeleteWhy is religon mentioned when Macbeth is speaking to Lady Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 1 (Language)
What does Ross mean when he says, "Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up" ?
Act II, sc 1 lines 44-50
ReplyDelete1) How did the Macbeth obtain the dagger?
Act II, sc1 lines 60-61
2) what does Macbeth mean when he said "It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes."
Act II, sc 2 lines 82-85
3) Is Lady Macbeth prasing Macbeths doing or consulting him?
Act II, sc 2 Lines 94-95
4) If they are traveling to Duncan now, who did Macbeth kill with the dagger?
Response to Monica's question #1:
ReplyDeleteFleance is the son of Banquo. If you look on the page at the beginning of the book that says characters in the play, you will see that Fleance is the son of Banquo. Since Banquo is his father, Fleance is always with him.
Response to Lumi's question #2:
ReplyDeleteMacbeth is saying that since he is thinking about Duncan's murder, he is imagining things. The line is basically saying: It is the plan of killing Duncan that is making me see things, see the gouts of blood through my eyes, the dagger, etc.
Response to Spyro's question #2
ReplyDeleteMacbeth was talking to himself. He was probably thinking too much about him killing King Duncan. He probably believed since it was faith for him to be king he had to kill the king which made him hallucinate.
Act II, sc i
ReplyDeleteLine 2
What does Fleance mean when he says “I have not heard the clock.”?
Setting
Act II, sc i
Lines 11-14
Is this scene taken place outside or in a dark place?
Language
Act II, sc ii
Line 6
What does “stern’st” mean?
Act II, sc ii
Line 13
Who does Lady Macbeth refer to by “they” when she says “I am afraid they have awaked.”?
Characterization
Act II, sc ii
Line 27
Who is Donalbain?
Response to Spyro's question #4:
ReplyDeleteMacBeth lost his mind after killing Duncan because he was feeling guilty about it.
Response to Lumi's question #2
Macbeth said "It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes." I think this quote means that MacBeth sees the dagger full of blood and it represents how the dagger would look when he kills the king.
Plot
Act II, sc ii
Lines 4,15,26
Does the "Hark!" that the owl make suppose to symbolize something?
Response to Jason
ReplyDelete1.What lead Macbeth to doubt all his sense was when he reached out for the dagger that he thouht he saw and felt it wasn't there. Macbeth realize there that he must be seeing things.
Question for Language
1. What does Lady Macbeth mean in line 82 and 83?
Response to Monica's question #4
ReplyDelete“Thane” might mean a person with a little more power than a noble.
Response to Miriam’s question # 5:
ReplyDeleteDonalbain is King Duncan’s younger son
Language
Act II, sc 1
Line 71
What are the stones Macbeth talks about? How do the stones “prate” his whereabouts?
Plot
Act II, sc 2
Lines 30-35
Did Donalbain really hear Macbeth kill Duncan? Or did Macbeth imagine it?
Response to Alicia’s question #1
ReplyDeleteIn Act II, sc 2 lines 82-83, I think Lady Macbeth means that her hands have red blood on them just like Macbeth’s hands do. She also means that she does not feel the same emotions Macbeth feels. She says “…but I shame to wear a heart so white” which means that she will not feel guilty for Duncan’s murder like Macbeth feels. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both committed a horrible murder, yet their feelings towards it are completely different.
Response to Marina's question #1
ReplyDeleteThe stones might be like the surroundings talking to him because he is going crazy.
Christian Sanchez
ReplyDeletePeriod #6
Homework
On page 57, Act 2 Scene 2 line30-31, whom does Macbeth refer to when he explained that one yelled murder?
What does Surfeited mean?
What will happen when people find out about Duncan’s murder?
Act 2 Sc 2 (Plot) Line 86
ReplyDelete"A little water clears us of this deed." Why is this line so significant?, as this line was one of the line in the 32 second Macbeth
Act 2 Sc 1 (Vocabulary) line 64
What does the Pale Hecate's off'rings, and withered murder?
Response to Spyro's 1st question
ReplyDeleteBanquo is thinking about the witch's prophecy. He, like Macbeth is wondering about what the witches foretold. Banquo's offspring's are foreseen to become kings. He is unsure of what to do with this information since its reliable as shown in the first prophecy (this is why they are in his dreams line 25 Ac 2 Sc 1)
Ewelina P.
ReplyDeletePlot
Act II scene i
Lines 38-39
-Why did Mabeth see the vision of the dagger floating in the air before him anyways?
-Was it a sign to tell Macbeth something?
Vocabulary
Act II scene ii
Lines 58-59
-What does "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand?" mean?
Characterization
Act I scene i
-Who is Fleance and what is his role in the play? Why did Shakespeare introduced him in the play?
Plot
ReplyDeleteAct II sc i lines 25-26
-Why did Banquo dream of the Weird Sisters? Is there any significance to it?
Language
Act II sc ii line 57
-What does Macbeth mean when he said he heard someone say Macbeth shall sleep now more?
(Responding to Boris's first question)
ReplyDeleteThis line is significant because Lady Macbeth is pushing Macbeth into committing the murder because she wants him to become king. Unlike Macbeth, she feels no remorse for killing Duncan is his sleep, for in the next line she says "How easy is it, then!" Macbeth can't think straight because he feels guilt and remorse so she pushes him along by telling him to clean the daggers he used in the murder.
Response to Miriam's Question about "What does Fleance mean when he says “I have not heard the clock.”?"
ReplyDeleteFleance is saying that he did not hear the clock ring in order for it him to know what time it is.
(Responding to Christian's last question)
ReplyDeleteWe can assume that the people will be shocked and upset that Duncan has been murdered because he's the King. Macbeth will most likely be crowned king in his place though because it would fulfill the prophecy. Why would Macbeth kill Duncan if he wouldn't be crowned king in his place? In killing Duncan, Macbeth has become the king.
Reponse to Lumi's question about "what does Macbeth mean when he said "It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes."?"
ReplyDeleteI think the line means that the reason Macbeth planned the death of Duncan is to show Macbeth is real Banquo. its basically ssaying that its the bloddy business that he has planned that makes him to see the person Banquo is.
Vocabulary
ReplyDeleteAct II, sc. 1
lines 61-63
What does Macbeth mean when he says "The one-half world"?
Plot
Act II, sc. 2
Did the guards see Macbeth kill Duncan?
Act II, Scene II
ReplyDeleteLine 54:
Who said "Sleep no more!" that Macbeth mentions?
Act II, Scene I
Line 6:
What does Banquo mean by "There's husbandry in heaven." ?
Response to Alicia's question: What does Lady Macbeth mean in line 82 and 83?
I think Lady Macbeth is saying that she herself is innocent even though her hands are Macbeth's color, meaning the blood. She says that even though her hands have blood on them, she's still ashamed that she wears a heart of white. She's saying that she's still innocent even if her hands have blood on them because she wasn't the one who killed Duncan.
Response to Spyro's third question:
ReplyDeleteWhy did lady Macbeth help Macbeth with killing Duncan? What does she have to gain from the murder? Act 2 sce.2 58-64
Lady Macbeth wants to nothing but fame and fortune. She knows that if Macbeth kills Duncan not only will Macbeth become king but she will become queen. She knows that Macbeth can't do it alone because he is too kind and will probably end up feeling bad for Duncan and not killing him(Act I, sc. 5). If Macbeth isn't pushed by Lady Macbeth then none of them will be wealthy royalty.
Response to Stephanie:
ReplyDeleteDid the guards see Macbeth kill Duncan?
No, the guards were too drunk to know what was going on. According to the book, the guards were so drunk that it couldn't be decided if they were alive or dead. They were talking in their sleep and woke up, oblivious to what was going on, but instantly fell back asleep again.
Plot
ReplyDeleteAct II Scene I
Line:10
What does " a heavy summons lies like lead upon me" mean?
Act II Scene I line 45:
what does it mean when Macbeth said "Is this a dagger which I see before me. The handle toward my hand"
Response to Nesma's question:
What does Palpable mean?
Palpable is what a person is capable of doing it.
Response to Ewelina :
ReplyDelete-What does "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand?" mean?
This line means can all the water in the ocean be able to wash away the blood and guilt from Macbeth's hands which is covered with blood from killing the king.
Plot
ReplyDeleteAct II Scene II
Line 16-17
Why does Duncan remind Lady Macbeth of her own father?
Vocabulary
Act II Scene II
Page 55
What does the word Hark mean?
Response to Lumi:
ReplyDelete1) How did Macbeth obtain the dagger?
Macbeth didn't obtain a dagger. It was all a illusion in his head driven by his guilty conscience to actually think about using such a violent plan in order to accomplish his ambition to become king.
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ReplyDeleteResponse to Elaine:
ReplyDeleteWhat does "a heavy summons lies like lead upon me" mean?
This line means that Banquo has being thinking about the prophecy and he cannot get that out of his mind. The prophecy is bothering him so much that it felt heavy for him.
What does it mean when Macbeth said "Is this a dagger which I see before me. The handle toward my hand"
It meant Macbeth is imagining the dagger in his hands waiting to kill Duncan. It did not happen yet. It showed that he is nervous and afraid to kill Duncan because he is seeing things that aren’t real or even imagining.
Resonse to Stphanie:
Did the guards see Macbeth kill Duncan?
Guards never had seen Macbeth kill Duncan because they are drunk.
Why did Banquo give Fleance his dagger? Act 2 sc I line 5
What does Lady Macbeth meant by “What hath quenched them hath given me fire?” (Act 2 sc ii line 3)
Response to Matt:
ReplyDeleteWhy did Banquo dream of the Weird Sisters? Is there any significance to it?
Banquo dreamt of the weird sisters becuase he is also thinking about the prophecy however he is not putting them into actions. He dreamt about the prophecy becuase it is also very important to him. His son will become king so he also wants to have a piece of that.
Act 2 Scene 2 Page 55
ReplyDelete1. Do you think Lady Macbeth wanted Macbeth to be in power more than he did? Do you think if it weren't for her, he wouldn't have committed those murders?(Plot)
2. Do you guys think Macbeth knows or has any clue that Banquo is thinking about the prophecy as well?
Plot
ReplyDeleteAct II,sc i
Lines 25-26
If Banquo knows that Macbeth will become king if Duncan dies because of the Weird Sister's prediction then will Macbeth have to kill Banquo next? Will Macbeth kill his friend Banquo if he knows Macbeth is Duncan's killer?
Response to Rania's first question:
ReplyDeleteI feel that Macbeth wouldn't commit any murders without his wife there to push him. Macbeth from the very beginning is portrayed as kind and loyal. Even his wife feels that kindness is his weakness (Act i, sc 5 lines 15-16). Although Macbeth is ambitious because he wants to be king he is constantly thinking about the consequences and shows a huge amount of regret after he kills Duncan. He says "I'llgo no more. I am afraid to think what i have done. Look on 't again i dare not." (Act 2, sc 2 lines 65-67). Macbeth needs his wife to tell him what to do and without her he would mentally perish completely, although it is apparent that this is already happening. He is already seeing things and his guilty conscience has already shown his true kind and "weak" nature. Macbeth says that not even Neptune's great ocean can wipe the blood from his hands, instead his bloddy hands would taint the color of the sea (Act 2, sc 2 lines 75-81). Lady Macbeth is obviously more interested in Macbeth becoming king then he is because it is obvious he doesn't want it enough. Without Lady Macbeth, Macbeth wouldn't be able to kill Duncan. She sees his discomfort yet pushes him to get the life she desires.
Ahmed Atieh
ReplyDelete1)Act2 Sc.2 Lines 54-57
Is the voice Macbeth hears in the house the witches or his conscience?
2)Act2 Sc. 2 Lines 76-81
Will Macbeth, later on in the book, reveal himself due to his guilt?
Response to Michelle, Nesma, Emily and Gianluca about the word "Hark" that is said by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth on page 55:
ReplyDeleteOn page 54, in the notes: "...the hoot of the owl portends death." The word "portends" means to indicate or foreshadow "death." Therefore, when Lady Macbeth or Macbeth says "Hark!" they are referring to the death of Duncan.
Response to Elaine's question (What does "a heavy summons lies like lead upon me" mean?), and Lillian's response to Elaine's question:
Lillian is saying that Banquo is stressing out over the plan in killing Duncan. If you read the side notes, "heavy summons: a summons to sleep." Perhaps Banquo is saying that he really wants to sleep because the next line says, "And yet I would not sleep".
Response to Lillian's question:
"Why did Banquo give Fleance his dagger?"
Fleance is Banquo's son. Banquo is telling Fleance to hold his sword because Banquo probably know about Macbeth's plan in killing Duncan. And why wouldn’t Banquo ask his son to hold his sword? Since Banquo is the father, it is Fleance’s duty to help his father carry his sword.
Questions about:
The Plot:
- Why would Banquo bring a sword out, inside Macbeth's castle? Is it because he doesn't feel safe?
The lines on page 51, ACT 2/Sc. 1 which is:
Banquo is saying:
"In seeking to augment it, but still keep
My bosom franchised and allegiance clear,
I shall be counseled."
- "Augment" means to enlarge when I went to define it. What does Banquo wants to enlarge?
- What does Banquo mean when he said: "My bosom franchised and allegiance clear, I shall be counseled"
-When Banquo said: "I shall be counseled." He wants Macbeth to give him advice, opinion or instruction to him, but why?
Vocabulary:
- I went to define "bellman" and it is a person who walks around at night ringing bells which is known as a town crier. What does a bellman have to do with "the owl," "Fate," or even "death" on pages 54 and 55?
- Who is Fate? (Page 54)
Response to Christian Sanchez #3
ReplyDeleteSurfeited means to eat to excess amounts this is personified also known as one of the deadly sins.
Response to Ahmed Question #2
ReplyDeleteWill Macbeth, later on in the book, reveal himself due to his guilt?
Macbeth will not reveal himself due to his guilt because Lady Macbeth is controlling his actions and Macbeth is guided by his prophecy the witches spoke of.
Nestor L.
ReplyDeleteResponse to Spyro’s question #3
Lady Macbeth is a greedy woman in this story. The only reason why she would help, or rather make, Macbeth do such thing is because she wants to be queen.
Ps: you ran out of questions didn’t you?
Response to Nesma’s vocabulary question 1:
I looked it up while I was reading and it means intense or obvious to see.
Response to Nesna’s Question 3:
I thought the same thing as you did. Macbeth does feel guilty for what he has done. He also tells Lady Macbeth that he is remorseful when he says “This is a sorry sight” Act2 sc ii Line 38. If Macbeth was only by himself with no influence from his wife, he probably would be able to change and become good. However, since his wife is with him forcing him to do such deeds, he won’t be able to change.
Question 1:
Why would Macbeth describe the goddess of witchcraft making a sacrifice or a ritual? Act2 sc I lines 63-64
Plot(Act 2 sc. 2)
ReplyDeleteDoes Macbeth regret killing Duncan?
Is Macbeth going to be paranoid?
Does Macbeth get manipulated by his wife some more?
Language(Act 2 sc. 2)
What is Macbeth talking about when he says "Sleep no more!"?