LA2 (period 2)-4/2 Handout

Part 1:

1. In my opinion, Lady Macbeth is a cold-blooded murder. She couldn’t kill Duncan at first because he looked like her father in his slept. Even though she was the only one that wanted Duncan dead. Lady Macbeth had clear motive in killing Duncan not Macbeth.

2. Lady Macbeth faints in Act 2 because Macbeth just told everyone in the castle that he is the killer. She thought if she fainted or made a scene that people would focus on her instead of the fact that Macbeth is the killer.

3. Macbeth’s attitude toward Duncan change after the murder. Macbeth turned evil and was okay will killing Duncan. Soon after Macbeth figured out that he is king he turned power hungry. He would do anything to keep his secrets a secret to maintain power.

4. Lady Macbeth couldn't kill the king because the when the king is asleep he looks like her father. She couldn’t kill her father in a way, but she could kill the king. So Macbeth had to kill the king for Lady Macbeth.

5. Now that Macbeth has killed the king, do you think he must do anything else to reign as king. People don't know that Macbeth killed Duncan. Once the truth comes out people will hate Macbeth as a king because he had to kill to have power.

Part 2:

1.

Act 2 Scene 2 page 51: Weak willed creature! Give me the daggers. Persons sleeping or dead are only like panitings. If Duncan bleeds, I’ll paint the guards’ faces with the blood

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Act 2 Scene 3 page 61: Your royal father has been murdered. O, by whom? It appears that his bedroom guards did it. Their hands and faces were all smeared with blood. and so were their daggers, etc.  And yet I am sorry that in my furry I killed them.

Act 2 scene 3 page 63: Help me out of here (fainting). Look after the lady.

Soliloquy:

I just killed Duncan, our king. I have this gut feeling that I did something terrible. But I know that I’m not the killer. I don’t have the motive to kill a man, my friend. But now I’m king. The ruler of this great castle. I actually feel powerful. I just can't let this feeling go. I have to be in control of theses people and my future. My secrets will remain a secret until I die. These secrets will die with me, no one must know. I have to keep power on my side.