Macbeth Scene IV Kasey Checca, Nick Serafino, Vinny Yannazzo, Mike Harney, and Victoria Crotahers

Q and A 1) What evidence in Macbeth’s conversation with the murderer reveals Macbeth’s abrupt change in tone and attitude regarding the events surrounding Banquo’s murder? A) When the murderers tell Macbeth that Banquo is dead he is pleased until he finds out that Fleance escaped and now is worried about his throne.

Q and A 2) Which sentences are spoken by Macbeth as an aside? How can you tell where the aside begins and ends? A) Lines “Then comes my fit again. I had else been perfect, whole as the marble, founded as the rock, As broad and general as the casing air. But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined bound in to saucy doubts and fears - But Banquos safe. You can tell that the aside starts because it says aside in parenthesis when it begins and has a dash when the aside ends.

Q and A 3) Lines 21-25: Point out and analyze the words Macbeth uses to indicate his feelings about the news of Fleance. A) “But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubt and fears.” Macbeth shows his fear in his word choice in this passage. Macbeth fears of what Fleance will do if left alive.

Q & A 4) The ghost of Banquo sits in Macbeth’s seat,but only macbeth can see him. Are we to believe Banquo’s ghost is there or that Macbeth is losing his mind? A) This seems to be Macbeth finally feeling the guilt of his wrong doings. Macbeth has now been responsible for two of his friends death and now Macbeth is feeling the consequences. The witches may also have a role in Banquo’s ghost appearing.

Q & A 5) Macbeth says he fears nothing, except the ghost. Why does he fear the ghost over anything else? What else should he fear? A) Macbeth fears the ghost because it reminds him of his guilt for ordering the death of his best friend. This causes Macbeth to become uneasy. Macbeth should also fear Fleance, because of the witches’ prophecy, since Fleance is still alive Macbeth has not protected his name as king.

Q and A 6) Macbeth is growing increasingly desperate. Why? He is king, finally...but what does he fear at the scene’s end? A) At the end of the scene Macbeth fears that he will lose the throne to Fleance, since that was the witches’ prophecy. Macbeth is desperate to maintain the throne and keep his family in control of the crown.

Literary terms 1) Conflict (Internal)- (line 50) Macbeth says to banquo’s ghost “Thou can’t not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me.” Macbeth has lost his mind and thinks he sees Banquo’s ghost. 2) Soliloquy- (lines 21-25) Macbeth is talking about how fleance has escaped and he says to himself and the audience that he is scared of fleance returning and becoming king like the witches said before. 3) Theme- (line 46) Guilt plays a role in how Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost in his seat at the table. Macbeth says, “The table’s full.” Guilt can eat away at a person and it is extremely hard to forget about the wrong deeds you have done. 4) Irony- When macbeth sees Banquo's ghost in his seat, but no one else can see him. We the audience, are the only ones that know what happened to Banquo. 5) Aside- (lines 21-25) Macbeth is telling the audience how he feels and how he fears that fleance escaped.