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6 Cards in this Set
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Name how many scenes are in each act in Macbeth |
Act 1 - 7 scenes Act 2 - 4 scenes Act 3 - 6 scenes Act 4 - 3 scenes Act 5 - 9 scenes |
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Summarise each scene in Act 2 |
Scene 1 - Dagger Soliloquy Scene 2 - After the murder Scene 3 - Porter Scene (Bathos) and the discovery of the body, Malcolm and Donald Bain flee Scene 4 - Ross and 'old man' discuss what happened |
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Act 2 Scene 1 (quotes and summary) |
Dagger Soliloquy, the last chance Macbeth has to stop "Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle towards my hand? Come , let me clutch thee" "It is a bell that summons me to heaven or to hell" |
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Act 2 Scene 2 (quotes and summary) |
After the murder Macbeth feels regret , "Sleep no more, Macbeth doth murder sleep" and could not say Amen to repent. LM Macbeth reassures him and tells him to stop feel guilty , " Consider it not so deeply" , " it will make us mad". LM comes back after planting the daggers and say " My hands are of your colour but I shame to wear a heart so white". |
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Act 2 Scene 3 (quotes and summary) |
Porter and body is found Porter is guarding the gates 'to hell' Bathos Macduff discovers body and LM faints ,"Help me hence, ho". Donald Bain says "There is daggers in men's smiles" and flees with Malcolm |
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Act 2 Scene 4 (quotes and summary) |
Ross and old man discuss the events that transpired and how the chain and natural order of being has being disturbed. " Those that would make good of bad and friend of foes". Suspicion and paranoia builds |
