Today you will need to read Act 1 Scene 2 and answer the following study questions:
Scene ii
1) What does the bloody man report?
2) Why is Macdonwald a worthy rebel?
3)
What similes or metaphors does the captain (the bloody man) use to
describe Macbeth and Banquo? What is significant about these
descriptions?
4)
“Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, or memorize another
Golgotha.” What is the allusion? What is significant about the
statement? What does it suggest? Please keep in mind the
religious/superstitious images/symbols already presented.
5) Who was Scotland fighting?
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