The positive connotations I found in the excerpt are the following: mean, to be part of it, vowed, banner of freedom and peace and instruments of knowledge and understanding. The freedom and peace through knowledge and understanding is what we, as humans should mean. These words uses contrast to negative thoughts, which make the excerpt's tone inspirational.
Answer:
Tom is paranoid about the idea of being condemned to hell.
Explanation:
Tom makes a pact with the devil to get wealth and, in fact, he does. He becomes a type of corrupt moneylender who enriches the rates of abusive fees over the loans he gives. Although he is very rich, Tom begins to be afraid of the consequences of his pact. He becomes paranoid about the idea of having his soul condemned to hell and desperately seeks a church becoming a fanatic for religion, in the search for his soul to be forgiven. All this paranoia is in vain and ends up accelerating Tom's death and condemnation.
Lady Macbeth tells their guests that this behavior is something Macbeth has been suffering from his entire life, and that they should ignore him.
Macbeth has suddenly gone mad during the banquet because he saw the ghost of Banquo, his former friend whom he murdered due to his ambition. He starts rambling about seeing the ghost (when no one else can see him), so everyone is startled until Lady Macbeth tells them to ignore him.
