act 1 - macbeth notes Flashcards
how many scenes in this act
7 scenes
what is the purpose of scene 1 (with witches)
set a tone, thunder, lightning, witches, dark, eerie tone
“fair is foul, and foul is fair”
speaker?
significance?
witches
theme of reversals
who are the demon helpers
graymalkin, paddock
what does hurly burly mean
turmoil
what are the witches doing in scene 1
probably scavenging
who is an inexperienced soldier
malcolm
who is to be the prince of Cumberland
Malcolm
macbeth ____ ____ the traitor, Macdonwald
brutally killed
things that set macbeth up as a hero
commitatus, killed rebels, leads battles, valor’s minion (bravest of all)
who is the thane of fife
macduff
who is described as the husband of bellona
macbeth
compliment’s macbeth’s braveness
what is macbeth’s current title
thane of glamis
what title will macbeth soon receive t
thane of cawdor
“go prounounce his present death”
his- thane of cawdor
speaker- duncan
what does the witch want from the sailor’s wife
chestnuts
what does the witch say when she doesn’t get the chestnuts
she will take revenge against woman’s husband by throwing his ship in the storm
“so found and fair a day I have not seen”
macbeth
3 prophesies of macbeth
Thane of Glamis
thane of cawdor
king
what imagery does banquo use to describe macbeth’s prohesies
growth
3 prophesies of banquo
less than macbeth but greater
not so happy, yet much happier
thou shalt get kings, but not be one
“why do you dress me in borrowed robes”
macbeth- clothing imagery
instruments of darkness are
witches
macbeth’s voice of reason is who
banquo
because banquo is suspicious of macbeth , he is the ____ to macbeth
foil
Macbeth ______ the witches after becoming thane of cawdor
believes
what is making macbeth nervous
the thought of killing king
it is against his nature, he is a loyal thane
nothing is but what is not
macbeth
reversal
“nothing in his life
became him like the leaving it”
what is this quote describing
thane of cawdor’s death and how he easily gave his life
duncan’s flaw
naive
who is duncan’s cousin
macbeth
duncan is to visit macbeth’s castle ____
iverness
“are to your throne and your state children and servants”
macbeth
“This is a step on which i must fall down.
who is the stetp
macbeth
malcom becoming king is the step
3 things that influence macbeth
witches
lady macbeth
his ambition
“Yet do I fear thy nature. Iti s too full o’ the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way”
speaker?
significance?
lady macbeth
she fears that macbeth is too good or nice to seize the throne
golden round =
crown
impedes =
stops
symbol of death + bird imagery
raven
“unsex me here, and fill me, forom the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty”
lady macbeth wants to get rid of womanly feelings
lady macbeth calls on the
thick night
“as a book wehere men may read strange matters”
lady macbeth to macbeth
A v.s. R
“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t”
lady macbeth to macbeth
A v.s. R
how does lady macbeth have a fake appearance to duncan
pretends to be a great hostess while plotting his murder
a martlet is a _____ bird
peaceful
3 reasons to not kill Dncan
Judgement- here and in heaven
double(triple)trust- kinsmen, subject, host
he is a great king
“but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself”
macbeth
