Macbeth

Front 1

When was Shakespeare born, and die?

Back 1

1564-1616

Front 2

Who did he marry? How many kids?

Back 2

Anne Hathaway. 3 children.

Front 3

When did James ascend the throne of England? What kind of monarchy did he lead?

Back 3

1603. protestant monarchy.

Front 4

What was Shakespeare's acting company called under King James' patronage?

Back 4

Kings Men

Front 5

When, and what was the gun powder plot?

Back 5

1605- Cathiloc's plotted to kill James by blowing up gun powder in the cellar of his palace.

Front 6

What references are made in Macbeth about the gun powder plot?

Back 6

Medal made to commemorate the plot has snake hidden amongst the flowers. Its important cause it means you need to act all nice and seem on the outside, but fierce and strong underneath.

Front 7

What is James' connection to the predictions made in the play?

Back 7

Banquo was thought to be a direct ancestor of James I seperated by 9 generations.

Front 8

What did tragedy have to imitate? Why?

Back 8

Something that could realistically happen so that people would be able to relate, but also bigger than life.

Front 9

What does "catastrophe" mean in relation to tragedy?

Back 9

A change in fortune.

Front 10

What was the catastrophe in Macbeth?

Back 10

The suicide of Lady Macbeth, and the death of Macbeth.

Front 11

Explain tragic irony as it relates to Macbeth.

Back 11

Macbeth goes in hoping to be a good ruler, then witches blind him and dosn't realize.

Front 12

What does catharsis mean?

Back 12

When the main character obtains realization of own flaws.

Front 13

In what weather do the witches like to meet?

Back 13

Stormy weather.

Front 14

What predictions do the witches make for Macbeth and Banquo?

Back 14

Macbeth:

-Thane of Glamis (he already is)

-Thane of Cordor

-King here after Banquo:

-Macbeth is great, but you are greater

-You will be happier than Macbeth

-You won't be king, but your children will be.

Front 15

What equivocations were made by the apparitions?

Back 15

-No one born from woman can harm

-Beware MacDuff

-Birnam wood

Front 16

How was Macbeth duped?

Back 16

The witched tricked him into jumping to his own conclusions.

Front 17

How does Lady Macbeth's character change throughout the play?

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Beginning- Strong, powerful, ambitious, clear goal

Middle- Dissapears

End- Unstable, guilty, depressed, sleep walking, crazy, suicidal

Front 18

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." (1.1.10)

Back 18

Witches to each other

Things arent always as they seem.

Front 19

“He’s here in double trust:
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself.” (1.7.12-16)

Back 19

Macbeth to Lady Macbeth

2 different kinds of trust. As his subject, to be loyal and protect his country. As his host, who should keep him safe, not murder him in Macbeth's own house.

Front 20

"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way." (1.5.16-19)

Back 20

Lady Macbeth to Macbeth

Lady says she doesn't think Macbeth would follow through, because he's too kind.

Front 21

“Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No. This my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnating making the green one red. ” (2.2.59-62)

Back 21

Macbeth to Lady Macbeth

His guilt cant be washed away, even with all the water in the sea. His hands are so bloody it would turn the seas red.

Front 22

"To show an unfelt sorrow is an office which the false man does easy." (2.3.138-139)

Back 22

Malcom to Donalbain

It’s easy for a liar to pretend to feel sorrow when he actually feels none.

Front 23

"Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,

Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

Strange things I have in head, that will to hand,

Which must be acted ere they may be scanned." (3.4.137-141)

Back 23

Macbeth to Lady Macbeth

He's killed so many that he has to keep going to avoid suspicion. Killing the witnesses.

Front 24

"To be thus is nothing,

But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo

Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature

Reigns that which would be feared." (3.1.48.51)

Back 24

Macbeth to Himself

To be king is nothing, unless, as king, you are safe.

Front 25

"The flighty purpose never is o'ertook

Unless the deed go with it. From this moment

The very firstlings of my heart shall be

The firstlings of my hand." (4.1.145-148)

Back 25

Macbeth to Lennox

Whatever his heart first tells him to do, no matter how heinous or bloody, his hands will follow through with the action--including the murder of Macduff's family.

Front 26

"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing." (5.5.19-28)

Back 26

Macbeth to himself

Days go by slow, fools are closer to death, life is nothing but an illusion. Worrying all the time, to turn out as crap. His life has no meaning anymore.