Macbeth, Part 4: Figurative Language and Mood — Quiz Answers

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Macbeth is talking to Lady Macbeth after their dinner guests have departed. [Macbeth:] For mine own good All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er. Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann’d. What does Macbeth mean by the metaphor "I am in blood”?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Lady Macbeth attempts to redirect Macbeth after he sees Banquo’s ghost. Lady Macbeth: [Privately, to MACBETH.] Are you a man? Macbeth: Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. Lady Macbeth: O proper stuff! This is the very painting of your fear; This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan. What does Lady Macbeth mean by the line "This is the very painting of your fear”?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Macbeth has learned that Fleance escaped the murderers. [ Macbeth: ] the worm that’s fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed, No teeth for the present. Get thee gone; to-morrow We’ll hear ourselves again. What does Macbeth mean by "the worm that’s fled / Hath nature that in time will venom breed”?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Macbeth: Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect; Whole as the marble, founded as the rock, As broad and general as the casing air: But now I am cabin’d, cribb’d, confin’d, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. But Banquo ’s safe? First Murderer: Ay, my good lord; safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched gashes on his head; The least a death to nature. Macbeth: Thanks for that. There the grown serpent lies: the worm that’s fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed, No teeth for the present. Get thee gone; to-morrow We’ll hear ourselves again. What is Macbeth comparing in the metaphor "there the grown serpent lies”?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Macbeth has just learned that Fleance escaped the murderers Macbeth sent. Macbeth: Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect; Whole as the marble, founded as the rock What does Macbeth mean when he says, "I had else been perfect; / Whole as the marble”?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . [ Hecate: ] [To the Witches.] And I, the mistress of your charms, The close contriver of all harms, Was never call’d to bear my part, Or show the glory of our art? What mood does the alliteration in these lines help create?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Macbeth is ranting at the ghost of Banquo. [ Macbeth: ] If trembling I inhabit then, protest me >The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mockery, hence! What is emphasized by the alliteration in the lines "Hence, horrible shadow! / Unreal mockery, hence!”?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Hecate is meeting with the three witches. [ Hecate: ] [To the Witches.] How did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth In riddles and affairs of death Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Macbeth is addressing his dinner guests. Macbeth: Here had we now our country’s honour roof’d, Were the grac’d person of our Banquo present; Who may I rather challenge for unkindness Than pity for mischance! Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?