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what are the doctor and gentlewoman waiting when scene 1 opens
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waiting to see Lady Macbeth sleepwalk
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What does Lady Macbeth do as she sleepwalks?
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she rubs her hands
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What does she say? What is the meaning behind her words?
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"Here's the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." The murder plagues her mind and she cannot reid herself of it
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Where do the armies of Malcolm, Siward, and MAcduff congregate?
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forests of Duinsane
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setting of the play
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1040 AD Scotland
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date play was written
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1606
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Role of King James, King Christian
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Charistian , James' brother in law was visiting so james had to SHakespeare write a play
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Inverness
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Macbeth's castle
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Fife
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Macduff's castle
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Dunsinane
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Macbeth's Castle
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scone
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where kings of Scotland crowned
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Birname wood
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woods outside of Dunsinane
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Holinshed Chronicles
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History book, Shakespeare's source
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soliloquy
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actor alone on stage revealing thoughts to audience
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aside
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revealing of thoughts with other actors on stage
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tragic hero
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high ranking, tragic flaws lead to downfall
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blank verse
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unrhymed couplets
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purpose of rhymed couplets
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ends the scene
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# of plays written in Scotland
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36 history, comedy, and tragedy
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# of plays set in Scotland
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1
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Hecate
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Queen of the Witches
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Earl of Northumberland
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Siward
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Graymalkin
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cat, used as familar
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Equivocator
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one who misleads through language
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MacDonwald
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traitor to Scotland
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Prince Cumberland
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heir to Scottish throne, Malcom
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Macbeth's tragic flaws
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ambition and valiant fury
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Lady Macbeth's tragic flaws
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ambition and desire to unsex yourself
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purpose of witch
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plant seed of ambition in Macbeth's mind
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Length of plays
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2 hours
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who played women's roles
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boys
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three apparitions
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1. beware MacDuff 2. no man born of women will harm Macbeth 3. he will remained undefeated until Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane
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How apparitions came true
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Macduff's c-section, Malcolm tells soldiers to disguise themselveswith branches
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Characteristics fo a tragedy
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high ranking individual, serious, ending catastrophic, ending result of the tragic flaw
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