Macbeth Examination Questions and Answers - Hard Passages in Shakespeare's Macbeth

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Aesthetic Examination Questions on Macbeth

1. What do you understand the "Weird Sisters" in Macbeth to be?

2. How do you reconcile Macbeth's prompt murder of the grooms with his horror at the mere thought of killing Duncan, and his refusal to carry the bloody daggers back to the chamber?

3. Is Lady Macbeth's swoon, on hearing of the murder of the grooms, real or feigned - and the grounds of your opinion?

4. How do you explain the difference in Lady Macbeth's manner towards Macbeth after the Banquo ghost scene (III.iv), as compared with her bearing after the murder of Duncan (II.ii) ?

5. Do you regard Lady Macbeth as a suicide? And what do you consider the causes of her death?

6. What effect does Lady Macbeth's death have upon Macbeth, and upon our feelings toward him?

7. Describe the character of Macbeth in brief and compare Macbeth to Hamlet.

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