Macbeth Act 4 and 5 Quiz with quotes

Act 4:

1. The decision to murder Macduff’s family shows that Macbeth is just corrupt and he has no bearings.  He has just lost it and he is willing to listen to anything that the witches propose.  Has lost the motive to pave his own path and possible change the prophecy.  Also, Macbeth is just power hungry, paranoid, distraught, etc.  Nothing can cure him he already has too much blood on his hands.
2. The purpose for the scene between Lady Macduff and her son is to explain Macduff’s departure because the main objective was to kill Macduff so that he was out of the picture.  However, it is just Lady Macduff and her son and they speak to each other of their husband/father’s betrayal.  Whereas the mom agrees that Macduff is a traitor and is trying to explain to her son her definition of that term, the son still disagrees.  Soon after they are murdered since Macbeth is trying to murder all of Macduff’s relations.
3. Malcolm tests Macduff by ranting on about how Macduff can betray Malcolm and kill him since his relations with Macbeth were pretty stable and Macbeth hasn’t tried to bring harm to him yet, so they thought.  Malcolm also tests Macduff about himself and what he truly is like.  Asking him questions about his family and such and why he would even think of leaving his two most valuable possessions.  Just questioning his choices and trying to break him.
4. When Macduff receives the news of his loss, he immediately feels silent grief.  Then Malcolm tells him to speak his feelings and turn that grief into anger towards Macbeth because at this point, they already know that he is a tyrant.  Macduff absorbs the information that Malcolm has told him and focuses his anger toward killing Macbeth no matter the cost.  He also rags on himself saying that this was his all fault and that his family paid the cost for his sins instead of him.

Act 5:

1. Yes Lady Macbeth’s mental condition came as a surprise to me because she was the one that seemed so careless about committing deeds such as murder.  She was like the man in the relationship.  Acting all sturdy and stable like nothing could really faze or get to her when really she felt the guilt this whole entire time.  I guess that I just expected Macbeth to be the one to give it away.  Lady Macbeth could have just been soft from the beginning and she just wanted to create this tough exterior to try and transform Macbeth into a ruthless leader who is willing to do whatever to stay in power.
2. I think that Macduff was ultimately responsible for Macbeth's death because he literally walks out to greet his fellow comrades with Macbeth’s head on a pole.  Also Macduff wanted to avenge his family by slaying the tyrant Macbeth for all of the treacherous deeds that he has committed. Macbeth was going to die anyways because he was losing it both mentally and physically and Malcolm’s army was greater.
3. Shakespeare’s opinion on Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is that they are just like some of the typical people in power who will do anything to get more of that power.  Over time however, they end up becoming corrupt just thinking about the sinister acts that they have done because even though you may try to forget about something, it will scar you mentally and stay with you forever. You will eventually feel the guilt.
4. When Macbeth receives the news of his wife's death, he kind of just blows it off and moves on.  He talks about he would eventually hear the news that she has passed, talks about life and how it is just like a walking shadow, how it drags on from day to day, etc.  Macbeth is already like a shadow of his former self who has no emotions.
5. Macduff reveals Macbeth’s doom by telling him that he was taken from his mother’s womb before her time.  
6. The significance of Malcolm’s ascension to the throne is that Malcolm will have a chance to restore peace and order to the kingdom.

Quotes:

“Macbeth!  Macbeth!  Macbeth!  Beware Macduff!  Beware the thane of Fife!  Dismiss me.  Enough.”

“I mean myself.  In me, I know vice is so rooted that when I blossom forth, black Macbeth will seem as pure as snow.”

“Your castle has been taken, your wife and children savagely slaughtered.  To say how would be to add your death to those of your loved ones.”

“Why should we fear who knows it, when no one can challenge our authority?  Yet who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him?”

“Don’t look so pale.  I tell you yet again: Banquo is buried.  He can’t rise from his grave.”

“When I was on watch on the hill, I looked toward Birnam.  Soon I thought the wood began to move.”

“They’ve tied me to a stake.  I can’t escape.  Like a bear I must stand and fight.  What kind of man is he who wasn’t born of woman?  That’s the sort I’m to fear - or nobody.”