Activity 1: 1. Macbeth may be praised as a soldier and may become king; bloodshed follows his pursuit of the crown. 2. It suggests fear, unease or a warning that danger is approaching. 3. The witches’ disappearance and empty sky shift the mood from supernatural excitement to isolation or uncertainty. 4. Their promise tempts Macbeth with power, while the reference to blood warns of violence and consequences.\nActivity 2: 1. B ; 2. D ; 3. C ; 4. A\nActivity 3: 1. The witches’ prophecy in Act 1, Scene 3; it plants the idea of kingship and helps awaken Macbeth’s ambition. 2. Duncan’s murder in Act 2, Scene 2; Macbeth takes the crown, but Scotland is plunged into fear and disorder. 3. The banquet scene in Act 3, Scene 4; Macbeth’s loss of control exposes his fear and unsettles the nobles. 4. The moving wood prophecy is fulfilled in Act 5, Scene 4; Malcolm’s soldiers carry branches from Birnam Wood to disguise their approach.\nActivity 4: 1. Ambition; Macbeth murders Duncan to gain the crown. 2. Guilt; Lady Macbeth imagines that she cannot remove Duncan’s blood. 3. Fate and the supernatural; the witches’ predictions shape Macbeth’s hopes and choices. 4. Kingship; Malcolm’s challenge opposes Macbeth’s tyranny and supports the restoration of rightful rule. Accept other well-supported themes.\nActivity 5: 1. A contrast between “innocent flower” and “serpent”; it suggests a deceptive appearance hiding danger. 2. The rhetorical question shows Macbeth’s uncertainty and disturbed state of mind before Duncan’s murder. 3. The spot represents guilt and the imagined blood of Duncan’s murder. 4. “Walking shadow” is a metaphor suggesting life is insubstantial, brief or meaningless to Macbeth.\nActivity 6: Answers will vary. A strong paragraph explains that Macbeth’s ambition leads to murder, fear, isolation and eventual defeat; it supports the point with a relevant quotation, such as “I am in blood / Stepp’d in so far”, and analyses Shakespeare’s language.