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Question #2
Macbeth says,
"Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell."
What does "summons" mean in this passage?
Question #3
Lady Macbeth says,
"Alack! I am afraid they have awaked.
And 'tis not done: th'attempt and not the deed
Confounds us."
What does "Confounds" mean in this passage?
Question #4
Macduff wakes everyone after discovering the murdered Duncan saying:
"Ring the alarum bell! Murder and treason!
Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! Awake!
Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,
And look on death itself!"
What does "sleep, death's counterfeit" mean in this passage?
Question #5
Macbeth says,
"Here lay Duncan,
His silver skin laced with his golden blood,
And his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature"
What does "breach" mean in this passage?