Macbeth Act 1 scene 3

Macbeth’s character (1)

The answers in column B have been muddled up. Work out the correct order and then fill in column C in your own words.

A
What Macbeth says
/
B
What this means
/
C
What this reveals
about him
Speak, if you can: what are you? / Why are you making me out to be something I’m not?
Stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more… Speak, I charge you / Two of the predictions have come true, giving me hope that the third one will, too
Why do you dress me in borrowed robes? / The witches’ predictions can’t be all bad, or all good
Two truths are told/As happy prologues to the swelling act/Of the imperial theme / Why am I even considering something so horrible that it brings me out in a cold sweat to even think about it?
This supernatural soliciting/ Cannot be ill, cannot be good / Speak, if you can: who or what are you?
Why do I yield to that suggestion/ Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair/ And make my seated heart knock at my ribs/ Against the use of nature? / I was miles away, thinking of the past
My dull brain was wrought with things forgotten / Don’t go – you haven’t told me everything I want to know. Tell me more. Speak, I command you
Now complete the following sentences:
1)The audience’s first impressions of Macbeth are ______because ____.
2)Macbeth’s reaction to Banquo’s warning about evil shows that he is ______because ______. The main difference between them is that ______.
3)By the end of the scene, Macbeth has revealed himself to be ______, ______and ______

Macbeth’s character (2)

In your own words, compete column B and column C.

A
What Macbeth says
/
B
What this means
/
C
What this reveals
about him
Speak, if you can: what are you?
Stay you imperfect speakers, tell me more… Speak, I charge you / Don’t go – you haven’t told me everything I want to know. Tell me more. Speak, I command you
Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?
Two truths are told/As happy prologues to the swelling act/Of the imperial theme
This supernatural soliciting/ Cannot be ill, cannot be good
Why do I yield to that suggestion/ Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair/ And make my seated heart knock at my ribs/ Against the use of nature?
My dull brain was wrought with things forgotten
Now complete the following sentences:
1)The audience’s first impressions of Macbeth are ______because ____.
2)Macbeth’s reaction to Banquo’s warning about evil shows that he is ______because ______. The main difference between them is that ______.
3)By the end of the scene, Macbeth has revealed himself to be ______, ______and ______

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