Macbeth Questions; please help
Before Duncan’s arrival, Lady Macbeth gives Macbeth some advice.
How does her advice move the plot forward?
Her advice to not let his face reveal his true intentions helps Macbeth conceal his plan to kill Duncan.
Her advice to kill Duncan and his sons all at the same time helps Macbeth recognize the dangerous consequences of his actions.
Her advice to commit the crime only after Duncan is asleep helps Macbeth to avoid feelings of guilt over the murder.
Her advice to include Banquo in the plot helps ensure that others suspect Duncan’s sons rather than Macbeth after the murder.
After murdering Duncan, Macbeth then kills the king’s servants so that the blame for Duncan’s death can fall on them.
Which lines from the play show that Macbeth’s plot works as he planned?
Macbeth: "The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood / Is stopped; the very source of it is stopped."
Macbeth: "Oh, yet I do repent me of my fury, / That I did kill them."
Malcolm: "Why do we hold our tongues, / That most may claim this argument for ours?"
Lennox: "Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done 't: / Their hands and faces were an badged with blood."
