Act 2 Flashcards
Summary of Act 2?
Macbeth kills Duncan
Malcolm and Donalbain go to England scared they may get murdered too
What does Macbeth say to Banquo about the witches in act 2, elaborate?
“I think not of them”
Macbeth is lying to banquo, he has thought about the witches
What is the quote of the hallucinating dagger?
“Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”
What quote shows that Duncan looks like LM father?
“Had he not resembled / My father as he slept, I had done’t”
What is the quote about Macbeth murdering sleep?
“Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”
What quote shows that Macbeth is afraid of what he’s done?
“I am afraid to think what I have done”
What does LM say about cleaning their hands?
“A little water clears us of this deed”
What does the porter pretend he’s doing?
Opening the gate to hell
What happens as a result of the regecide?
Chaos
What quote shows the chaos (night and day)?
“By the clock tis day and yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp”
What quote shows Duncan’s horses?
“Turned wild in nature”
“They ate each other”
Context, what does wyrd mean?
Fate
Quote for bell ring before Duncan’s death
“The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell”
