A soliloquy is a long speech given by one character, talking to himself, when no other characters can hear. This speech reveals inner thoughts or motives of the character. Re-read Macbeth's soliloquy starting on page 6, beginning "Two truths are told. . ." ("So far the witches have told me. . ." in the modern text) and ending on the next page. Also re-read his next line, which is an aside (like a short soliloquy).

Now, fill in each blank with an appropriate word, phrase, or sentence. You'll get full credit for logical, complete answers.


Macbeth's reaction to the witches' predictions is 1. _______________ (state an appropriate emotion) and 2. _______________ (state an appropriate emotion). I can tell this by these words/phrases in his soliloquy: 3. _______________. Because of these predictions, Macbeth is considering 4. _______________ (only one possible answer here). As he thinks about this, he feels 5. _______________ (state an appropriate emotion). Based on this soliloquy, one adjective to describe Macbeth is 6. _______________ because 7. _______________ (state why).