Question

Match each theme in Macbeth to the excerpt in which it is found. Tiles: ambition, fate versus free will, appearance versus reality, kingship
Pairs DUNCAN: There's no art To find the mind's construction in the face: He was a gentleman on whom I built An absolute trust

MACBETH: I have no spur To the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other.

MALCOLM: But I have none: the king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them

Answer 1

Answers:

• Duncan: Appearance versus reality
• Macbeth: Ambition, fate versus free will
• Malcolm: Kingship

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, first performed in 1606. It tells the story of Scottish general Macbeth, who receives a prophecy that he will become the King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition, he takes the throne, but is then consumed by guilt and paranoia. The story dramatizes the physical and psychological effects of ambition.