MacBeth Questions

1. He is a ruthless tyrant and is numb to the things he does.  Macbeth also feels threatened to lose his power so he decides to kill his enemy’s only family.
2. To show their view on Macduff, and how they saw him as a traitor and a terrible person. He didn’t say goodbye when her left and left them all by themselves which ultimately got them killed.
3. Malcom confronts Macduff about leaving his family vulnerable and puts him on the spot for betraying them.
4. A messenger relays the message to Macduff, Macduff’s reaction is not very surprised and the news didn’t seem to bother him.

1. Yes, I never saw foresaw her as being the one to spill all the information, I always thought Macbeth would be the one to slip up.  But in the end her condition ended up getting her in trouble.
2. In the end I think Macbeth is the one who got himself killed. He didn’t have to listen to hid wife and kill those people. Nor did he have to kill all those people on his own terms. After being forced into killing Duncan Macbeth does all the killings unpressured and isn’t influenced by his wife, which is why he got himself killed.
3. I think shaespeare's opinon on Macbeth and his wife is that they are both evil and cruel human beings.  They kill the king of their kingdom and then Macbeth takes things into his own hands and kills his bestfriend, another kings only family, and then in the end gets himself killed, along with his wife being killed also.
4. Macbeth receives the news about his wife from Seton.  When he finds out his reaction is very nonchalant.  He said that he knew it would come one day and didn't show any sympathy for there, the one woman that he was in love with before he committed murders and changed who he was.
5. Macduff reveals Macbeth's doom by telling him that his words won't do the talking but instead his sword will.  He confronts Macbeth about the murders he committed to his family and how he would be forever cursed and would pay the ultimate price for what he had did.
6. The significance of Malcom ascending to the throne was because the witches had foresaw it. And they foresaw that Macbeth would die and that someone would take the throne.

4.2.149 "Was my father a traitor, mother?"
"Yes, that he was."
4.2.153 "What, you spawn! You little offspring of treacher!"
4.3.169 "Your castle has been taken, your wife and children savagely slaughtered."
5.5.191 "The queen, my lord, is dead." "She would certainly have died sometime."
5.7.199 "I have no words for for you. My sword will speak for me, you bloodier villain than mere words can express!"
5.7.203 "Hail King! For such you are. See where the usperer's cursed head stands! The world can breathe again."