Macbeth, Part 5: Figurative Language and Mood (continued)
Question 4 • English 2 Sem 2 (10013400) BCPS 2025-26
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 6 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Lennox and a lord are discussing the murders that have taken place over the last several days.Lennox. My former speeches have but hit your thoughts,Which can interpret further: only, I say,Things have been strangely borne. The gracious DuncanWas pitied of Macbeth: marry, he was dead:And the right-valiant Banquo walk’d too late
Answer
A
Lennox is threatening violence if the lord does not agree with him.
B
Lennox is forcing the lord to listen to him about recent events.
C
Lennox and the lord are thinking similarly about recent events.
D
Lennox and the lord are working together to write and give a speech.