MACBETH: ACT I Scene 3 Questions Name______

MACBETH: ACT I Scene 3 Questions Name___________________________________

1. What do you notice about the words Macbeth uses in his first line in the play?

2. What do the Witches tell Macbeth about his future?

3. How does Macbeth react to this information? Why?

4. What does Macbeth think when Ross relays the honor the King has bestowed upon Macbeth?

5. What tension do Banquo and Macbeth’s responses introduce?

6. Refer to lines 120–126 (from “That, trusted home, / Might yet enkindle you unto the crown” to “Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s / In deepest consequence”). What does Banquo mean when he says “to win us to our harm”?

7. Rephrase Macbeth’s first soliloquy (iii 130-142).

8. Refer to lines 143-144: “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me / Without my stir.” What is the meaning of stir in these lines? What does Macbeth mean?

QW: Analyze how a central idea emerges in Act 1.3.