Question

Read this excerpt from Act 1, Scene 2

CAPTAIN

For a while you couldn’t tell who would win. The armies were like two exhausted swimmers clinging to each other and struggling in the water, unable to move. The villainous rebel Macdonwald was supported by foot soldiers and horsemen from Ireland and the Hebrides, and Lady Luck was with him, smiling cruelly at his enemies as if she were his . But Luck and Macdonwald together weren’t strong enough. Brave Macbeth, laughing at Luck, chopped his way through to Macdonwald, who didn’t even have time to say good-bye or shake hands before Macbeth split him open from his navel to his jawbone and stuck his head on our castle walls.

DUNCAN

My brave relative! What a worthy man!

Question 1 (2 points)
For the above excerpt, which character trait best describes Macbeth?

Question 1 options:

Anxious


Cowardly


Brave


Excited

Answer 1

Answer: Brave.

according to the excerpt of the scene, Macbeth is shown as a fearless man. In other words, he is depicted as a brave warrior because at the end of this passage it is shown a description of what he was going to do. Duncan who was part of that scene says to him that he is a brave relative.