Macbeth Act 2 Journal Entries
Directions: Cut and paste each quote from Act 2 into your journal. Then write down who said the quote. Paraphrase the quote (i.e. put the quote in your own words – do not copy from the modern translation!). Then say why the quote is important. You might need to discuss what is happening in the play at the point these words are spoken.
QUOTE #1:
“Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep’”
Act 2, Scene 2, lines 47-48
Speaker:
QUOTE #2:
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?”
Act 2, Scene 1, lines 44-45
Speaker:
QUOTE #3:
“A little water clears us of this deed.”
Act 2, Scene 2, line 86
Speaker:
QUOTE #4:
“There’s daggers in men’s smiles. The near in blood, / The nearer bloody.”
Act 2, Scene 3, lines 165-166
Speaker:
QUOTE #5:
“I have done the deed.”
Act 2, Scene 2, line 19
Speaker:
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