Literature Analysis: Macbeth
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A medium difficulty English worksheet on Macbeth for grade 10 students. Includes questions on Literature Analysis Questions.
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Literature Analysis: Macbeth
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Literature Analysis: Macbeth
Instructions: Read each question carefully. For quote-based questions, analyze the provided excerpt from 'Macbeth' paying attention to language, tone, imagery, and literary devices. For multiple-choice questions, select the best answer. For short-answer questions, provide a detailed explanation supported by evidence from the text.
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Literature Analysis Questions
Answer the following questions about 'Macbeth', focusing on quotations and their significance.
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1. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair.' What literary techniques does Shakespeare use here and what is their effect on the reader?
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2. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, / Without my stir.' What does Macbeth's word choice reveal about his state of mind?
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3. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires.' What literary devices are present and what mood do they establish?
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4. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which overleaps itself.' What metaphor is used and what does it reveal about Macbeth's motivations?
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5. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't.' What literary device is used and what is its significance?
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6. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?' What imagery and tone are established here?
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7. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er.' What literary device is used and what does it reveal about Macbeth's character?
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8. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'What’s done is done.' How does this reflect Macbeth's attitude and what literary device is present?
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9. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'He’s here in double trust: / First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, / Strong both against the deed.' What literary device is used and what does it reveal about Macbeth?
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10. Analyze the following quote from 'Macbeth': 'I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet.' What tone is conveyed and what does this reveal about Macbeth’s character?
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11. In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth says: 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.' How does this reveal his internal conflict regarding the murder?
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12. How does Macbeth's relationship with Lady Macbeth influence his actions, based on the quote: 'When you durst do it, then you were a man.'?
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13. How does Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 1, with the quote 'I see thee still, / And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,' develop his character?
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14. Analyze the quote: 'I am afraid to think what I have done; / Look on’t again I dare not.' How does this illustrate Macbeth’s evolving character?
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15. Analyze the quote from Macbeth: 'To be thus is nothing, / But to be safely thus.' What theme does this reflect and what literary device is used?
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16. What does Macbeth mean in the quote: 'I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as going o’er'?
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17. Analyze the quote: 'I have no words; / My voice is in my sword.' What does this reveal about Macbeth’s feelings?
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18. How does Macbeth’s statement 'I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet' display his sense of honor or pride?
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19. Analyze the quote: 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.' How does this demonstrate Macbeth’s awareness of his moral weakness?
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20. How does the quote 'Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires' illustrate Macbeth’s internal struggle?
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