Act 1, Scene 3

Act 1, Scene 3

Comprehension Questions

 

 

Basic Comprehension Questions:

What three titles do the witches use to greet Macbeth, and why do two of the three surprise him?

 

What do the witches predict for Banquo?

 

What question does Banquo ask when he and Macbeth learn that King Duncan has named Macbeth the thane of Cawdor?

 

 

Banquo warns Macbeth about the witches’ predictions. What is his warning?

 

A close look at the soliloquies of Macbeth:

 

Page 19 in the MacMillan Reader

Page 6 of No Fear

 

Macbeth says he is imagining something terrible. What is it that he is imagining? Whom do you blame for these imaginings – the witches or Macbeth himself?

Be prepared to give support for argument about whom to blame.

 

If fate will make me King,

Then fate will crown me.

What does Macbeth’s philosophy seem to be here?