Excerpt 1: Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is hiring three men to murder Banquo.Macbeth. So is he mine [enemy]; and in such bloody distanceThat every minute of his being thrustsAgainst my near’st of life: and though I couldWith bare-fac’d power sweep him from my sightAnd bid my will avouch it, yet I must not,For certain friends that are both his and mine,Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fallWhom I myself struck down; and thence it isThat I to your assistance do make love,Masking the business from the common eyeFor sundry weighty reasons.Excerpt 2: Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. A servant has told Macbeth that the English army is coming to fight him. Macbeth curses the servant.Macbeth. Take thy face hence. [Exit Servant.] Seyton!—I am sick at heart,When I behold—Seyton, I say!—This pushWill cheer me ever, or disseat me now.I have lived long enough: my way of lifeIs fall’n into the sear, the yellow leaf;And that which should accompany old age,As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,I must not look to have; but, in their stead,Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath,Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
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Macbeth regrets putting loyalty to others above his own happiness.B
Macbeth’s betrayal of his devoted friends has left him alone and unhappy.C
Macbeth is betrayed by those around him when he is most in need of hope.D
Macbeth feels hopeless because he was unable to find men who were loyal to him.