© Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved.NOTESBy his loved mansionry^6 that the heaven’s breath
Smells wooingly here. No jutty,^7 frieze,
Buttress, nor coign of vantage,^8 but this bird
Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle.^9
Where they most breed and haunt,^10 I have observed
The air is delicate.
[Enter Lady Macbeth.]
King. See, see, our honored hostess!
The love that follows us sometime is our trouble,
Which still we thank as love. Herein I teach you
How you shall bid God ’ield us for your pains
And thank us for your trouble.^11
Lady Macbeth. All our service
In every point twice done, and then done double,
Were poor and single business^12 to contend
Against those honors deep and broad wherewith
Your Majesty loads our house: for those of old,
And the late dignities heaped up to them,
We rest your hermits.^13
King. Where’s the Thane of Cawdor?
We coursed^14 him at the heels, and had a purpose
To be his purveyor;^15 but he rides well,
And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp^16 him
To his home before us. Fair and noble hostess,
We are your guest tonight.
Lady Macbeth. Your servants ever
Have theirs, themselves, and what is theirs, in compt,^17
To make their audit at your Highness’ pleasure,
Still^18 to return your own.
King. Give me your hand.
Conduct me to mine host: we love him highly,
And shall continue our graces towards him.
By your leave, hostess. [Exit.]⌘ ⌘ ⌘Scene vii • Macbeth’s castle.
[Hautboys. Torches. Enter a Sewer,^1 and diverse Servants with dishes
and service over the stage. Then enter Macbeth.]
Macbeth. If it were done when ’tis done,^2 then ‘twere well
It were done quickly. If th’ assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch,
With his surcease, success;^3 that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all—here,- mansionry nests.
- jutty projection.
- coign of vantage advantageous
corner. - procreant cradle nest where
the young are hatched. - haunt visit.
- The love... trouble though my
visit inconveniences you, you
should ask God to reward me
for coming, because it was my
love for you that prompted my
visit.
51015- single business feeble service.
- rest your hermits remain your
dependents bound to pray for
you. Hermits were often paid
to pray for another person’s
soul. - coursed chased.
- purveyor advance supply
officer. - holp helped.
2025- compt trust.
- Still always.
30- Sewer chief butler.
- done over and done with.
- If... success if the
assassination could be done
successfully and without
consequence.
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Consider Motive
Students may have marked Scene vi,
lines 14−20 during their first read. Use
these lines to help students understand
the ambitions of Lady Macbeth. Encourage
them to talk about the annotations that they
marked. You may want to model a close read
with the class based on the highlights shown
in the text.
ANNOTATE: Have students mark details
in these lines that reveal Lady Macbeth’s
duplicitous behavior, or have students
participate while you highlight them.
QuEsTiON: Guide students to consider what
these details might tell them. Ask what a
reader can infer from Lady Macbeth’s words
to the king, and accept student responses.
Possible response: She is telling the king that
any service she and her husband can do for
the king is nothing compared to what the king
has done for them by honoring them with his
presence.
CONCLuDE: Help students to formulate
conclusions about the importance of these
details in the text. Ask students why the
author might have included these details.
Possible response: Lady Macbeth is showing
respect and humility to the King because she
wants to make sure he is not suspicious. She
wants to make sure others will not suspect her
plot to murder the king.
Remind students that a character’s motive,
or purpose, is what drives the plot forward.
Here, Lady Macbeth is playing a role that the
king would expect of her, while she hides her
true intentions.CLOSER LOOK
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