Act IV Assignment
Macbeth
1. What are Macbeth’s responses to each of the prophecies?
How do you know he ignores the contradictions?
Scene ii
2. Chart the three major murders in the play. Use categories
for: Victims, Motivation, Planning, Time and Place.
Scene iii
3. What sort of king will Malcolm be in comparison to Duncan
and Macbeth? Use specific references to the things he says
in lines 44-55 and lines 129 to the end of the scene.
4. List the admirable qualities of King Edward. Write a
matching or opposite characteristic of Macbeth.
5. Do you agree with Macduff’s description of Macbeth as the
“fiend of Scotland” or do you have some sympathy left for
Macbeth?