Word / Conjecture / Location of Word in Play / Actual Definition
sacrilegious
prithee
contradict
amiss
repent
refrain
consort
verities
solemn
parricide

2.3 Summary---- Start on line 38

Macduff, Lennox, and Macbeth all meet outside of Macbeth's castle. Macduff is here because the king asked him to come and get the king early in the morning. Macduff then excuses himself to go get the king. Lennox then describes how the previous night was very ______. Macduff re-enters and exclaims, ______. He has discovered ______. Lady Macbeth and Banquo both come in and they are both ______. Macbeth claims he wishes that he had ______. Lennox says that ______committed the crime because ______. Macbeth says that he ______, because he was so ______. Everyone leaves, except for Malcolm and Donalbain, the king's sons. Malcolm decides to go to ______and Donalbain is going to ______so that they may be ______because they say that men's smiles have ______in them. This probably means______.

SKIP 2.4 - Everyone just finds out that the sons fled

Summary 3.1

The scene begins with a small soliloquy from Banquo. Banquo is reflecting on ______. He reveals to us that Macbeth is now the ______, but Banquo is worried that Macbeth may have______. Several characters join them on stage including Lady Macbeth as ______and Macbeth as ______. Macbeth then invites Banquo to a solemn dinner. Banquo and Macbeth then discuss the fact that Banquo is going ______. Macbeth then mentions that Donalbain and Malcolm are not confessing ______and instead ______.

Macbeth then has a soliloquy where he expresses his fear of ______. He fears this man because of the ______and what they had promised them. They promised that ______sons would be king, which has Macbeth feeling ______.

In comes two ______. Macbeth has hired them to ______. He has convinced them to do this, by telling them that ______is the cause of all their misfortunes. They plan to commit this evil deed ______(when). Macbeth says it is just as important that ______be killed as well.

2.3

  1. By killing the chamberlains, how mighteveryone in the play view Macbeth? Why?
  1. Why did Macbeth kill the chamberlains?

3.1

  1. How is Macbeth successful in his ambition?
  1. How does Macbeth bothsucceedandfail in his obligations?
  1. Compare andcontrastMacbeth's leadership in this scene with part II of Machiavelli. (½ page with one incorporated quotation from each text)