Macbeth

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LITERARY TERM

A play where the main character learns something and the resolution is unhappy.

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Tragedy

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LITERARY TERM

A quick thought aloud to the audience.

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Aside

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LITERARY TERM

When Macbeth compares himself to Mark Antony and Bnquo to Octavius Caesar

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Allusion

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LITERARY TERM

A hint or clue about what will happen later

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foreshadowing

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LITERARY TERM

"fair is foul and foul is fair"

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Paradox

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LITERARY TERM

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank Verse

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LITERARY TERM

"Lesser than Macbeth yet greater"

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Paradox

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LITERARY TERM

Lady Macbeth welcomes kind Duncan and says she will "provide" for him whatever he needs.

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Dramatic Irony

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LITERARY TERM

Macbeth sees a vision of a bloody dagger with the handle toward him

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Foreshadowing

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LITERARY TERM

Macbeth says at the party that "blood will have blood" and later he is killed

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Foreshadowing

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LITERARY TERM

Malcolm orders the soldiers in Act V to disguise themselves by cutting down a branch from Birnam Wood to carry in front of them as they approach Macbeth's castle.

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Dramatic Irony

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LITERARY TERM

A seemingly contradictory statement that holds some truth

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Paradox

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what character?
Fights valiantly at Macbeth's side against the king's enemies

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Banquo

Front 14

what character?
Becomes Thane of Cawdor

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Macbeth

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what character?

Manipulates other characters for entertainment

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Witches

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what character?

Is told that he will be father to a line of kings

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Banquo

Front 17

what character?

Plots with Macbeth to cause Duncan's death

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Lady Macbeth

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what character?

Kills a man because his wife accuses him of being a coward

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Macbeth

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what character?
Welcomes Duncan to Inverness

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Lady Macbeth

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what character?

Receives the title "Prince of Cumberland"

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Malcolm

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what character?
Is described as being "too full o' the milk of human kindness"

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Macbeth

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what character?
Pretends that he will be a horrible king

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Malcolm

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what character?
Avenges his family's death by killing Macbeth

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Macduff

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speaker?
"Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't"

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Lady Macbeth

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speaker?
"make thick my blood...take my milk for gall"

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Lady Macbeth

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speaker?

"Hail, thane of Cawdor"

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Witch

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speaker?
"...oftentimes to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence."

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Banquo

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speaker?

"Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires."

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Macbeth

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speaker?
"A little water clears us of this deed. How easy it is then!"

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Lady Macbeth

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speaker?
"Me thought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more!'"

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Macbeth

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speaker?

"O Horror, Horror, Horror...ring the alarum bell. Murder and treason!"

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Macduff

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speaker?
"...this hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red."

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Macbeth

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speaker?

"wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!"

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Macbeth

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The scene with porter is provided in the play for what purpose?
a. So Shakespeare may make fun of the Scottish

b. To give dramatic irony that it is like hell since the King has been killed

c. to show the effects of drinking

d. to allow the audience to relax for a minute (it's comic relief)

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d

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What evidence is there from the text that nature may mirror life?

a. The owl shrieked during the night

b. The night was unruly and did shake as Duncan was murdered

c. The storm outdoors shows that Lady Macbeth is stormy as well

d. the morning brings light to the world and brings light to the murder of Duncan

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b

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Why did Macbeth refuse to return the bloody daggers to the scene of the crime?

a. He had to quickly get into his nightgown

b. He could not bear to look at what he had done

c. He wanted Lady Macbeth to feel some responsibility for the crime

d. He thought he would be caught

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b

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speaker?

"Naught's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content."

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Lady Macbeth

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speaker?
"We had scorched the snake, not killed it."

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Macbeth

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speaker?
"...that distilled by magic sleights shall raise such artificial sprites by the strength of their illusion shall draw him on his confusion"

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Witch

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True or False?
Banquo's son manages to escape the murderers

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true

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True or False?
The guests see Banquo's ghost sitting in Macbeth's place at the table

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true

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As he considers Macbeth's kingship, Banquo feels

a. premonitions of his own impending death

b. admiration for Macbeth's achievement

c. glimmers of hope for his sons

d. disgust at his encounter with the witches

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c

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The ghost of Banquo most likely symbolizes

a. Macbeth's fear of Banquo

b. Macbeth's guilt at killing Banquo's son

c. Macbeth's dislike of Banquo

d. Macbeth's guilt at killing Banquo

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d

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Hecate intends to ensure Macbeth's downfall by making him

a. devoted

b. angry

c. overconfident

d. fearful

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c

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speaker?
"Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him."

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Apparition

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speaker?
"From this very moment the very firstlings of my my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand"

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Macbeth

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speaker?
"Bleed, bleed, poor Country!"

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Macduff

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In response to Macbeth's questions, the witches

a. tell him everything and predict the course of his entire life

b. call upon the apparitions, who answer most of his questions but warn him not to probe too deeply

c. conjure up the ghost of the king, who answers the questions

d. attempt to intimidate Macbeth and threaten him with a curse

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b

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Malcolm pretends that he is too evil to become king in order to

a. avoid the responsibilities of ruling Scotland

b. ascertain (determine) Macduff's loyalty

c. fulfill the witches' prophecies

d. ensure that his brother inherits the throne

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b

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Best rewording?
"He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor to act in safety."
a. It is safer not to know about plans until after they are carried out.

b. I've gone too far to go back now.

c. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget about it.

d. He doesn't act rashly

e. You had a hallucination brought on by your terror

ab. Here is a picture of Banquo's ghost.

ac. One evil dead leads to another

ad. I would rather have your praise than your help.

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d

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best rewording?
"Things without all remedy should be without regard..."

a. It is safer not to know about plans until after they are carried out.

b. I've gone too far to go back now.

c. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget about it.

d. He doesn't act rashly

e. You had a hallucination brought on by your terror

ab. Here is a picture of Banquo's ghost.

ac. One evil dead leads to another

ad. I would rather have your praise than your help.

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c

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best rewording?
"Be innocent of the knowledge...till thou applaud the deed."

a. It is safer not to know about plans until after they are carried out.

b. I've gone too far to go back now.

c. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget about it.

d. He doesn't act rashly

e. You had a hallucination brought on by your terror

ab. Here is a picture of Banquo's ghost.

ac. One evil dead leads to another

ad. I would rather have your praise than your help.

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a

Front 53

best rewording?
"...blood will have blood."

a. It is safer not to know about plans until after they are carried out.

b. I've gone too far to go back now.

c. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget about it.

d. He doesn't act rashly

e. You had a hallucination brought on by your terror

ab. Here is a picture of Banquo's ghost.

ac. One evil dead leads to another

ad. I would rather have your praise than your help.

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ac

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best rewording?
"I am in blood stept so far, that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er: we are yet but young in deed."

a. It is safer not to know about plans until after they are carried out.

b. I've gone too far to go back now.

c. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget about it.

d. He doesn't act rashly

e. You had a hallucination brought on by your terror

ab. Here is a picture of Banquo's ghost.

ac. One evil dead leads to another

ad. I would rather have your praise than your help.

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b

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What is Macbeth's tragic flaw?

a. he's indecisive

b. he's a coward

c. he's ambitious

d. he's jealous

e. he's careless

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c