Why do you think Shakespeare uses the prophecy of the witches to set Macbeth's rise to power in motion? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
What can you tell about Macbeth and Banquo from the way each reacts to the witches' prophecy? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
What does Macbeth's use of paradox in line 149 -"cannot be ill, cannot be good" - indicate about his frame of mind?
Explain how you can use your knowledge of Greek prefix pro-, meaning "prior to" as well as context clues to determine the meaning of the world prologues as it is used in this passage.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word pains as it is used in this passage from Macbeth. Write your definition of pains and explain how you arrived to it.