1. Macbeth Act I Questions and Vocabulary

2. What is your first impression of Macbeth from the reports that King Duncan receives about him?
In Scene III, what predictions do the witches make?
How do Macbeth and Banquo react?
What does Macbeth mean when he says in Scene III, “If chance will have me King, why chance may crown me King, Without my stir”?
What does Duncan do in Scene IV to diminish his hope?

3. 6. What insight does Lady Macbeth give you about her husband in Scene V?
7. Which of the two, Lord or Lady Macbeth, has the stronger personality? Why?
8. In Scene VII, what scruples, or morals, bother Macbeth’s conscience when he thinks about killing Duncan?
9. What does Lady Macbeth do to convince Macbeth to act?
10. Do you think Macbeth will have the courage to kill Duncan himself? Why?

4. Vocabulary Hurlyburly- noisy disorder and confusion; uproar; tumult
Heath- Tract of open wasteland covered with low shrubs; a moor
Contended- Struggles in rivalry or competition
Fantastical- Conceived by an unrestrained imagination
Battlements- A low wall with open spaces for shooting, built on top of a castle wall or tower