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act 1 - macbeth notes Flashcards

1
Q

how many scenes in this act

A

7 scenes

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2
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what is the purpose of scene 1 (with witches)

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set a tone, thunder, lightning, witches, dark, eerie tone

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3
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“fair is foul, and foul is fair”
speaker?
significance?

A

witches

theme of reversals

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4
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who are the demon helpers

A

graymalkin, paddock

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5
Q

what does hurly burly mean

A

turmoil

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6
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what are the witches doing in scene 1

A

probably scavenging

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7
Q

who is an inexperienced soldier

A

malcolm

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8
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who is to be the prince of Cumberland

A

Malcolm

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9
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macbeth ____ ____ the traitor, Macdonwald

A

brutally killed

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10
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things that set macbeth up as a hero

A

commitatus, killed rebels, leads battles, valor’s minion (bravest of all)

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11
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who is the thane of fife

A

macduff

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12
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who is described as the husband of bellona

A

macbeth

compliment’s macbeth’s braveness

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13
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what is macbeth’s current title

A

thane of glamis

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14
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what title will macbeth soon receive t

A

thane of cawdor

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15
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“go prounounce his present death”

A

his- thane of cawdor

speaker- duncan

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16
Q

what does the witch want from the sailor’s wife

A

chestnuts

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17
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what does the witch say when she doesn’t get the chestnuts

A

she will take revenge against woman’s husband by throwing his ship in the storm

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18
Q

“so found and fair a day I have not seen”

A

macbeth

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19
Q

3 prophesies of macbeth

A

Thane of Glamis
thane of cawdor
king

20
Q

what imagery does banquo use to describe macbeth’s prohesies

A

growth

21
Q

3 prophesies of banquo

A

less than macbeth but greater
not so happy, yet much happier
thou shalt get kings, but not be one

22
Q

“why do you dress me in borrowed robes”

A

macbeth- clothing imagery

23
Q

instruments of darkness are

A

witches

24
Q

macbeth’s voice of reason is who

A

banquo

25
Q

because banquo is suspicious of macbeth , he is the ____ to macbeth

A

foil

26
Q

Macbeth ______ the witches after becoming thane of cawdor

A

believes

27
Q

what is making macbeth nervous

A

the thought of killing king

it is against his nature, he is a loyal thane

28
Q

nothing is but what is not

A

macbeth

reversal

29
Q

“nothing in his life
became him like the leaving it”
what is this quote describing

A

thane of cawdor’s death and how he easily gave his life

30
Q

duncan’s flaw

A

naive

31
Q

who is duncan’s cousin

A

macbeth

32
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duncan is to visit macbeth’s castle ____

A

iverness

33
Q

“are to your throne and your state children and servants”

A

macbeth

34
Q

“This is a step on which i must fall down.

who is the stetp

A

macbeth

malcom becoming king is the step

35
Q

3 things that influence macbeth

A

witches
lady macbeth
his ambition

36
Q

“Yet do I fear thy nature. Iti s too full o’ the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way”
speaker?
significance?

A

lady macbeth

she fears that macbeth is too good or nice to seize the throne

37
Q

golden round =

A

crown

38
Q

impedes =

A

stops

39
Q

symbol of death + bird imagery

A

raven

40
Q

“unsex me here, and fill me, forom the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty”

A

lady macbeth wants to get rid of womanly feelings

41
Q

lady macbeth calls on the

A

thick night

42
Q

“as a book wehere men may read strange matters”

A

lady macbeth to macbeth

A v.s. R

43
Q

“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t”

A

lady macbeth to macbeth

A v.s. R

44
Q

how does lady macbeth have a fake appearance to duncan

A

pretends to be a great hostess while plotting his murder

45
Q

a martlet is a _____ bird

A

peaceful

46
Q

3 reasons to not kill Dncan

A

Judgement- here and in heaven
double(triple)trust- kinsmen, subject, host
he is a great king

47
Q

“but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself”

A

macbeth

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