Monday, 3/24 - The Milk of Human Kindness

• P&P

• Discuss J10

• Begin Act 3

HW: (due Wednesday)

J11 - Macbeth: Acts 3-4

1. What does MB mean by his “fruitless crown” and “barren scepter”?
2. Shouldn’t MB be satisfied that he is now king? Why or why not? and how does this affect Banquo?
3. What does the feast symbolize, and what makes a feast different from a common dinner?
4. How does MB behave at the feast and why?
5. What effect does MB’s behavior have on the feast, and how does this reflect the situation in Scotland?
6. What does MB mean when he says, “Blood will have blood”?
7. How do you know that MB does not intend to repent of his bloody course?
8. How do the three apparitions link to the theme pertaining to equivocal communication?
9. Why does Malcolm tell Mcduff how evil he (Malcolm) is?
10. How does scene 3 highlight MB’s tyranny? (there are two ways)