4/2 Handout

Part 1
1. In your opinion, is Lady Macbeth a cold-blooded murderer? Why or why not?
I think Lady Macbeth is a cold-blooded murder because she was able to convince her husband to do such an act and not feel an ounce of guilt after it was done.

2. Lady Macbeth has her own antics throughout the play. Why does Lady Macbeth faint in Act II? Does it serve its purpose? Explain. 
Lady Macbeth faints on purpose to show that she is just as surprised of the death as anyone else. She does it to draw suspicion away from her and Macbeth.

3. How does Macbeth's attitude toward Duncan change after the murder?
Macbeth instantly felt a great amount of guilt after the murder of King Duncan, but tries to conceal it.

4. If so pressuring on Macbeth, why didn't Lady Macbeth kill the king instead of Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth didn't have the will power to kill Duncan herself because he looks like her father when he is asleep.

5. Now that Macbeth has killed the king, do you think he must do anything else to reign as king? Explain your answer.
In order for Macbeth to reign as king he must remove those who are suspicious or are capable of revealing that he was guilty of the murder.

Part 2
1. " My hands are the same color as yours-but I'd be ashamed to have a heart as white as yours!" (Act 2. Scene 2. Lines 64-65)
"Why, my lord, you'll wear yourself out, thinking about things so dementedly." (Act 2. Scene 2. Lines   44-45)

2. " Look frank and innocent. To show your feelings is dangerous. Leave everything else to me." (Act 1. Scene 5. Lines 68-69)
"Help me please [pretending to faint]" (Act 2. Scene 3. Lines 27)

3. " I won't go back! I'm afraid to think of what I've done. I daren't look at it again!"(Act 2. Scene 2. Lines 51-52)
"Better to be lost in thought than face reality. (Act 2. Scene 2. Lines 71)

4. " If Duncan hadn't looked like my father in is sleep, I'd have done it myself" (Act 2. Scene 2. Lines 11-13)