Analytical Verbs Macbeth

Shakespeare begins by __________ Lady Macbeth's aggressiveness as she berates Macbeth as a "coward" and "drunk" when Macbeth announces that they "will proceed no further in this business."

• asserting

• complicating

• conceding

• conveying

The dagger, which Macbeth "sees before" him, ________ Macbeth from the waiting chamber to Duncan's bedroom by "usher[ing] [him] in the way that [he] was going and the instrument [he] was to use."

• defends

• conradicts

• conveys

• exemplifies

Lady Macbeth _______ "that which hath made [the guards] drunk" to make her "bold," suggesting that her earlier bragging about being willing to kill Duncan may not have been as true as she promoted.

• outlines

• implies

• fpresjadpws

• employs

Here, "Fair is foul and foul is fair," _____ the central paradox of the play that connects to the theme concerning the differences in appearance and reality.

• connotes

• contradicts

• emphasizes

• juxtaposes

Having established the connection in the minds of Shakespeare's audience and the divine right of kings, weather phenomenon such as the earth that "did shake," the "night" of the day, and the strange "nature" of Duncan's horses _______ that the murder of Duncan is a great attrocity.

• implies

• emphasizes

• foreshadows

• juxtaposes

In contrast to Macbeth's earlier statement that "if chance will have [him] king, chance will crown [him] king," he _________ his decision to wait after falling victim to Lady Macbeth's taunts of "cowardice" and lack of honor.

• contradicts

• concedes

• defends

• outlines

By _________ the safety of the martlet's nesting place to the raven who "croaks the fatal entrance" of Duncan into Macbeth's castle, Shakespeare emphasizes the motif of birds within the play.

• juxtaposing

• contradicting

• outlining

• complicating

Here, as Macbeth listens to Lady Macbeth's detailed plans for the murder, Macbeth _________ to follow through with the plot and lauds Lady Macbeth to "bring forth men children only."

• defends

• implies

• concedes

• validates

Between the stories of the sailor's wife and the announcement that they are there to "meet with Macbeth," Shakespeare _________ that the involvement of the witches is meant to foreshadow Macbeth's downfall and not his fortunate future.

• implies

• validates

• foreshadows

• exemplifies

This "supernatural soliciting cannot be be ill, cannot be good" _______ the psychomachia within Macbeth's character as he first hears the witches' prophecy.

• exemplifies

• outlines

• foreshadows

• employs