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34 Cards in this Set
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abhorred
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despised; loathed
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antidote
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cure;remedy
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brandished
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shook;flourished
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equivocation
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lie; evasion
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fortifies
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strengthens; reinforces
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industrious
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busy; hard working
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oblivious
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careless; heedless
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perilous
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unsafe;harzardous
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perturbation
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disturbance; agitation
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pristine
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pure; natural
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prowess
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bravery; courage
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recoil
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flinch; retreat
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speculative
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theoretical; unproven
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upbraid
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scold; reprimand
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what does the lady in waiting report about her mistress
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reports she walks in her sleep, writes on a paper then goes back to sleep
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what two treatments does the doctor suggest for lady Macbeth
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get a priest and keep an eye on her remove anything that could be a danger
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who is leading the English army
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Malcolm, siward, macduff
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what are the reports about Macbeth
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he has lost it, gone mad, become more trecherous
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according to angus Macbeth feels his kingship hanging loosely on him like a giant robe on a dwarfish theif what is he comparing? what does he mean?
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comparsions to Macbeth's ability to rule
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how does Macbeth reassure himself that he will not lose his kingdom to malcolm
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he recalls witches prophecies
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how does Macbeth treat his servant? what does this indicate about Macbeth's mood
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treats his servants harsh critizes calls name. hes in a bit of a frenzy
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doctors opinion of lady Macbeth's illness and how she should be treated
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mental illness and she needs to cure herself
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what is Malcolm's plan to surprise macbeths soldiers
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conceal themselves with brances from trees of birman woods which make it seems the woods is moving
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what reason does malcolm give for those who remain with macbeth
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those who continue to serve him do only by force
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what is the strange noise that macbeth hears
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women crying because lady macbeth is dead
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in Macbeth soliloquy he compares life to what several things
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a walking shadow, a bad actor, a tale told by an idiot, a brief candle. all those short lasting
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whom does malcolm choose to lead the siege of the castle
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siward and his son
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why does Macbeth brag that "i smile at swords, and laugh scornfully at any weapons".
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the witches prophecy. no man born to woman can kill Macbeth
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what does macduff ask fortune to do for him
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to find Macbeth
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what good news does siward give macduff
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macbeths castle surrendered
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macbeth boasts that he has "a charmed life that cannot be lost to a man born to a women" what is macduffs reply
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that he was prematurely ripped from his mother's womb. he was a csection
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when macbeth learns of macduff's birth of what does he accuse the witches
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that they trick with words of double meanings
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what are king Malcolm's first orders
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his thanes and kingsmen from now on will called earls
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how does malcolm believe that lady macbeth died
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by taking her own life
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