Vocabulary bestride – defend concord – harmony birthdom – homeland untitled – usurping; unworthy dolor – pain interdiction – admittance redress – correct breed – name; breeding sole – mere passion – a display deserve of – gain from trains – schemes recoil – to submit unspeak – to retract transpose – to change forsworn – dishonest rawness – an unprotected state point – prepared affeer’d – confi rmed goodness – success to boot – as well quarrel – cause fear – distrust convinces – eludes confi neless – boundless strangely-visited – affl icted luxurious – lecherous mere – utter sudden – violent mark’d – noticed continent – containing; confi ning ecstasy – commonplace convey – to secretly tend to relation – a report cold – indifferent power – an army time – population doff – to rid oneself of stanchless – insatiable latch – to catch summer-seeming – youthful fee-grief – personal woe sword – downfall quarry – a heap foisons – plenty fraught – overburdened will – greed naught – a wicked person portable – tolerable intermission – a delay lowliness – humility leave – deployment relish – trace 1. What various reasons does Malcolm give for being suspicious of Macduff? How does Macduff react? 2. Interpret the following quote. “Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell./Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,/Yet grace must still look so.” What larger theme might this passage support? 3. How does Malcolm cleverly test Macduff’s loyalty? What is Macduff’s initial response? What finally indicates to Malcolm that Macduff is truly loyal? 4. What support has Malcolm arranged for their cause? 5. What strange power does the King of England possess? What qualities seem to make him a good king? 6. What news does Ross bring to Macduff? 7. Why do you think Macduff comments about Macbeth’s lack of children? 8. What is Macduff’s resolve? Act V, Scene I Vocabulary meet – proper taper – a candle
Vocabulary bestride – defend birthdom – homeland dolor – pain redress – correct sole – mere deserve of – gain from recoil – to submit transpose – to change rawness – an unprotected state affeer’d – confi rmed to boot – as well fear – distrust confi neless – boundless luxurious – lecherous sudden – violent continent – containing; confi ning convey – to secretly tend to cold – indifferent time – population stanchless – insatiable summer-seeming – youthful sword – downfall foisons – plenty will – greed portable – tolerable lowliness – humility relish – trace concord – harmony untitled – usurping; unworthy interdiction – admittance breed – name; breeding passion – a display trains – schemes unspeak – to retract forsworn – dishonest point – prepared goodness – success quarrel – cause convinces – eludes strangely-visited – affl icted mere – utter mark’d – noticed ecstasy – commonplace relation – a report power – an army doff – to rid oneself of latch – to catch fee-grief – personal woe quarry – a heap fraught – overburdened naught – a wicked person intermission – a delay leave – deployment 1. What various reasons does Malcolm give for being suspicious of Macduff? How does Macduff react? 2. Interpret the following quote. “Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell./Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,/Yet grace must still look so.” What larger theme might this passage support? 3. How does Malcolm cleverly test Macduff’s loyalty? What is Macduff’s initial response? What finally indicates to Malcolm that Macduff is truly loyal? 4. What support has Malcolm arranged for their cause? 5. What strange power does the King of England possess? What qualities seem to make him a good king? 6. What news does Ross bring to Macduff? 7. Why do you think Macduff comments about Macbeth’s lack of children? 8. What is Macduff’s resolve? Act V, Scene I Vocabulary meet – proper taper – a candle