Macbeth

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Macbeth Study Questions Act I

1. What is the point of the first scene in reference to the whole play?

2. How does Duncan view Macbeth in the second scene?

3. What do the witches predict in Act I, Scene 3 for Macbeth? 

 For Banquo?

 Macbeth? 

4. Macbeth says, “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.” What

does Macbeth desire? Why is this something to be ashamed about?  

5. What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, “Unsex me here”? Why does she say
this?

6. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home in scene 5?

7. What honour does Duncan want to bestow on Macbeth in the sixth scene?

8. What do you think of Macbeth?

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