5-7 and Vocabulary

1. After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth, and how does she plan to help him?

Lady Macbeth doesn't think that her husband is up for killing the King because he is too kind so she comes up with a plan to kill duncan while he stays at their house.


2. What is Lady Macbeth’s “prayer” to the spirits after she learns Duncan is missing?

She asks them to "unsex" her, take away everything that makes her a woman because she believes it could prevent her from being able kill Duncan.

3. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?

She tells him to follow her lead on everything that she does because she has a plan.


4. What are Macbeth’s arguments to himself against killing Duncan ?
Macbeth doesn't want to kill the King because it isn't that simple. He will have to live with the consequences and be damned to Hell. His job is also to protect the King and it would be bad to kill him in his own House.


5. What arguments does Lady Macbeth use to convince Macbeth to commit the murder?

Lady Macbeth tells him to be a man and get over himself. He isn't a man if he can't go through with it


6. What is Lady Macbeth’s plan?

Lady Macbeth is going to have Macbeth kill Duncan. She is going to get his two guards drunk and make it look like they killed him.




1) Mirth

Noun

amusement or laughter

2) Liege

Adj

Loyal, faithful

3) Parricide

Noun 

act of killing ones father or close relative

4) Verity
noun

state of being true in accordance with facts

5) Avarice
noun

greed for riches

6) Avaunt

adverb

away

7) Posterity

noun

succeeding, or future generation

8) Homage

noun

respect or reverence paid

9) Cloistered

adj

secluded from the world

10) Equivocator
verb

unclear expressions, to mislead or avoid commitment 

11) Eminence
noune

high station or rank

12) Avouch
verb

to admit, confess

13) Thralls
noun

slavery

14) Malevolence

Noun

malice, hatred