Macbeth, Part 4: Figurative Language and Mood

Question 8 of 10 • PBCSD_Grade_Forgiveness_1001340_English 2_S2_2025

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

Answer

Macbeth is now cold and solid because he has plotted against his king and country.

Macbeth feels like a well-rounded king until he hears the murderer speak.

Macbeth reacts to the murderer’s bad news by freezing up like a statue.

Macbeth is calm and confident until he learns that the attack on Fleance failed.

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