Answers PBCSD_Grade_Forgiveness_1001340_English 2_S2_2025Macbeth, Part 6: Figurative Language and Rhetoric

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Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 8 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Then, review the photo, which shows this scene being acted out in a 1946 production of the play. Macbeth is on the left, and Macduff is on the right.Macbeth. Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,For it hath cow’d my better part of man!And be these juggling fiends no more believed,That palter with us in a double sense;That keep the word of promise to our ear,And break it to our hope. I’ll not fight with thee.Macduff. Then yield thee, coward,And live to be the show and gaze o’ the time:We’ll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,Painted on a pole, and underwrit,‘Here may you see the tyrant.’Macbeth. I will not yield,To kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet,And to be baited with the rabble’s curse.Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane,And thou opposed, being of no woman born,Yet I will try the last. Before my bodyI throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff,And damn’d be him that first cries, ‘Hold, enough!’Photo by Angus McBean (c) RSC

It implies that Macbeth thinks he will be able to overpower Macduff.

It suggests that both Macbeth and Macduff are prepared to battle.

It emphasizes the contempt that Macduff harbors toward Macbeth.

It demonstrates that both Macbeth and Macduff are skilled fighters.

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Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth has just received news of his wife’s death. In this excerpt, "signifying” means "representing.”Macbeth. She should have died hereafter;There would have been a time for such a word.To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last syllable of recorded time,And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more: it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.

violence destroys human nature.

violence has no impact on human nature.

violence is human nature.

violence advances human nature.

Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ross and Lady Macduff have just discussed Macduff’s flight from their kingdom, and Ross is ending their conversation.[Ross.] I take my leave of you:Shall not be long but I’ll be here again:Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upwardTo what they were before. [To Macduff’s Son.] My pretty cousin,Blessing upon you!

by indicating that Ross will actively help Lady Macduff

by describing how Lady Macduff’s life is better than she thinks

by discussing why Ross has come to invigorate Lady Macduff

by asserting that Lady Macduff’s circumstances will improve

What is a universal theme?

an argument that most people agree with, no matter where they are from

an idea that can be understood by most people, regardless of differences

an idea that communicates a particular message about a specific topic

an argument that changes depending on when and where it is presented

Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Malcolm is explaining to Macduff what makes him grieve and what he believes in.Malcolm. What I believe I’ll wail,What know believe, and what I can redress,As I shall find the time to friend, I will.

It reveals that Malcolm is only willing to believe his trusted friends.

It explains the reason Malcolm no longer believes anyone.

It asserts that Malcom is willing to speak out when he hears lies.

It emphasizes that Malcom will only believe what he knows to be true.

What is blocking?

the information in a script that guides actors as they perform a play

the onstage scenery that represents the setting of a play

an object onstage that actors use during a performance of a play

the onstage positions and movements of actors in a play

Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Malcolm. [Aside to DONALBAIN.] Why do we hold our tongues, That most may claim this argument for ours:Donalbain. [Aside to MALCOLM.] What should be spokenHere where our fate, hid in an auger-hole,May rush and seize us? Let’s away: our tearsAre not yet brew’d.

He wants to make a point and does not expect an answer.

He wants to contrast their characters with Duncan’s character.

He is emphasizing that they are remaining quiet at an important moment.

He is illustrating that they are the sons of the king and will inherit the crown.

Which sentence contains an example of meiosis?

The crowd became an ocean of noise, erupting in wild applause that was loud enough to drown out the opening notes of the first song.

As she crossed the finish line drenched in sweat, breathing heavily, and completely drained, Jeannie quipped, “I could really go for a nap right about now.”

After waking at sunrise, feeding the livestock, running errands for his mother, and working a double shift waiting tables, Adam knew he would sleep like a rock.

The children held tightly to the rope that connected them to each other and their teacher as they crossed the street, creating a brilliant, slithering snake.

Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Macduff. Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!Most sacrilegious murder hath broke opeThe Lord’s anointed temple, and stole thenceThe life o’ the building!

It conveys the king’s importance to the country of Scotland.

It suggests that no one is worthy enough to succeed Duncan.

It describes the fragility of the king’s corpse.

It shows Macduff’s belief that he should be king.

What is irony?

a question intended to make a point, not to get an answer

the contrasting of ideas through the parallel arrangement of words

when a speaker says the opposite of what they mean

the use of a term to refer to something closely connected to it

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Angus. We are sentTo give thee from our royal master thanks;Only to herald thee into his sight,Not pay thee. Ross. And, for an earnest of a greater honour,He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor:In which addition, hail, most worthy thane!For it is thine.Banquo. What! can the devil speak true? Macbeth. The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress meIn borrow’d robes?

Why do you address me as the thane of Cawdor if the thane is still alive?

Why do you give me a gift that you borrowed from the thane of Cawdor?

Why do I have to dress in these robes if the thane of Cawdor lives?

Why do I have to wear robes that belong to the thane of Cawdor?

What is the definition of "allusion”?

a reference in a text to a well-known text, person, event, or thing

the use of words that evoke or mimic the sound they describe

the lending of human qualities to animals, objects, or abstract concepts

a commonly used phrase that is specific to a certain region, language, or culture

Read the sentence.The drought-ridden ground gratefully drank in the rain.

personification

hyperbole

meiosis

onomatopoeia

What are props?

the clothes that actors wear onstage

the objects that actors use during a performance

the music and sound effects that establish setting and mood

the arrangements and movements of characters onstage

Excerpt 1: Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is thinking about killing Banquo. He remembers the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s sons will be king after Macbeth. In this excerpt, "seed” means "descendants.”[Macbeth.] He chid the sistersWhen first they put the name of king upon me,And bade them speak to him; then, prophet-like,They hail’d him father to a line of kings.Upon my head they plac’d a fruitless crown,And put a barren sceptre in my gripe,Thence to be wrench’d with an unlineal hand,No son of mine succeeding. If ’t be so,For Banquo’s issue have I fil’d my mind;For them the gracious Duncan have I murder’d;Put rancours in the vessel of my peaceOnly for them; and mine eternal jewelGiven to the common enemy of man,To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!Excerpt 2: Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is speaking with Lady Macbeth. He suggests that something terrible will happen to Banquo and to Banquo’s son, Fleance, tonight.Macbeth. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night,Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible handCancel and tear to pieces that great bondWhich keeps me pale! Light thickens, and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood;Good things of day begin to droop and drowse,[While] night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.Thou marvell’st at my words: but hold thee still;Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill:So, prithee, go with me.

Macbeth is willing to share power with Banquo to avoid more violence.

Macbeth is willing to use violence to keep himself and his descendants in power.

Macbeth knows that attaining power makes him susceptible to violence.

Macbeth knows that Banquo will resort to violence to take away his power.

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