Macbeth 8
Study Guide Questions for Act 5, Scenes 1-4
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Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Ignorance, Recklessness, Pride
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What did the doctor and gentlewoman observe Lady Macbeth doing at night?
What had Lady Macbeth commanded to have by her continually?
What is Lady Macbeth trying to get rid of?
What are Menteith, Agnus, Caithness, and Lennox doing when we see them together?
According to the text, why was Macbeth not afraid despite his circumstances looking dire?
What did Macbeth say “should accompany old age?”
What did Macbeth want the doctor to cure?
What were the soldiers marching against Macbeth ordered to take with them as they advanced?
Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)
What did the doctor mean by saying, “Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles?”
What did Angus mean by saying of Macbeth, “Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief?”
When the doctor told Macbeth “Therein the patient must minister to himself,” what did he mean?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Is Macbeth justified in taking confidence in the proclamation of the Weird Sisters (and their apparitions)? Why or why not?
Many of the soldiers and Thanes of Scotland have abandoned Macbeth. When, if ever, is it right to abandon our rulers and no longer serve or obey them? Explain your answer with good reasoning.
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read 2 Kings 11 and compare and contrast this story with Macbeth. What is similar and what is different and what should we learn from them both?