18th April Quotation

Question 1

‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’: who speaks these lines?

Answer 1

Lady Macbeth

Question 2

‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’: who are these lines addressed to?

Answer 2

Macbeth

Question 3

Lady Macbeth uses what literary technique here?

Answer 3

Simile

Question 4

What is the difference between an ‘innocent flower’ and a ‘serpent’?

Answer 4

An innocent flower is pretty, not guilty of wrongdoing, and benign; a serpent is symbolic of darkness, evil, and danger.

Question 5

What kind of illusion is made by referring to the ‘serpent’?

Answer 5

Biblical illusion

Question 6

In what part of the Bible does a serpent (snake) play an important role?

Answer 6

In Genesis, Eve is tempted to eat an apple from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. She does, and this leads to Adam and Eve being banished from the Garden by God

Question 7

Give the two images Lady Macbeth uses when telling Macbeth how to act:

Answer 7

‘innocent flower’, ‘serpent’

Question 8

What two themes does this quotation link to?

Answer 8

Deception, evil

Question 9

Fill in the blanks: ‘Look like the ___________________ but be the _________ under’t’

Answer 9

‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’

Question 10

Fill in the blanks: ‘____ like the ___________________ but ___ the _________ ______’

Answer 10

‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’