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1
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husbandry means

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lights out; no starss

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2
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banquo is suspicious of macbeth so he cannot _____

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go to sleep

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3
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what did duncan give lady macbeth

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a diamond

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4
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what did duncan give macbeth

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a new castle

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5
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“I think not of them”
speaker?
them?
figurative language?

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macbeth
witches
irony

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6
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signal to kill Duncan =

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ringing of bell

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7
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symbol of guilt

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blood

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symbol of innocence

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water

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9
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macbeth hallucinates and believes that he sees a

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dagger with blood on it

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what is the imaginative dagger doing

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leading macbeth to duncan

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what is a knell

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funeral bell

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“that which hath made them drunk hath made me bold”
speaker?
them?

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lady macbeth

servants

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13
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another symbol of death and macbeth

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owl

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14
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what does stern’st good night mean

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death

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15
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“stern’st good night”

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lady macbeth

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16
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passets are

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drinks

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17
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“it was the owl that shrieked”

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lady macbeth

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18
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why couldn’t lady macbeth kill duncan

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he looked like her father

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19
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what is ironic about lady macbeth not killing duncan

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she can’t kill him but says she would kill her children

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20
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“This is a sorry sight”
speaker?
refers to?

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macbeth

blood on his hands

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21
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“I could not say “Amen!”, When the did say “God bless us!””

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macbeth

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22
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why is macbeth upset after killing duncan

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he was not able to say amen with the soldiers

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“consider it not so deeply”
speaker?
refers to ?

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lady macbeth

telling macbeth to not to consider about his actions of killing duncan

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24
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“These deeds must not be thought after these ways. So, it will make us mad”
speaker?
FL?

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lady macbeth

irony

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what are gilds
servants
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"balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course" speaker? FL?
macbeth | metaphor to sleep
27
who recites three metaphors to sleep
macbeth
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sleep are symbols of
innoncence
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"Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefor Cawdor / Shall sleep no more! Macbeth shall sleep no more!"
macbeth
30
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand"
macbeth | mythological allusion
31
what does macbeth say will happen if he puts his red hand in a green ocean
the green ocean will turn red
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"A little water clears us of this deed"
lady macbeth
33
a purity image
water
34
"Wake duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!"
macbeth
35
macbeth _____ himself from nobility by killing duncan
severs
36
comic relief scene
porter scene | act 2 scene 3
37
the porter acts like he is guarding the gates of
hell
38
how many scenes in this act
4
39
3 people who pass through the gates of hell
farmer- suicide lawyer (equivocator)- doublespeaking tailor- cheated people
40
everlasting bonfire represents
hell
41
"is the king stirring, worthy thane" speaker? who is it said to? FL?
macduff to macbeth | dramatic irony
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pathetic fallacies to duncan's death
``` chimneys blown down owls screaming earth shaking owl kills falcon horses stirring looks like night time but it is actually day ```
43
who finds duncan's body
macduff
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lord's anointed temple =
king's body
45
"the lord's anointed temple and stole thence"
macduff
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"o gentle lady" speaker? irony?
macduff to lady macbeth | ironic because lady macbeth is not gentle
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"There's nothing serious in mortality; all is but toys; renown and grace is dead" speaker? significance?
macbeth | reality- once he severed himself from nobility. he wont take life seriously anymore
48
who does macbeth kill and why
the two guards because he felt passionate for his love for duncan the sight of duncan's dead body
49
"Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate, and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?"
macbeth
50
why does lady macbeth faint
could be faking, or could actually be shocked that she created a monster in macbeth as he has killed the two guards without a thought
51
who begins to take charge in the chaos and tells everyone to dress before meeting again
banquo
52
how do malcolm and donalbain split up
malcolm shall go to england | donalbain to ireland
53
"There's daggers in men's smiles"
donalbain | apperanace v.s. reality quote of who stayed at Iverness and who killed duncan
54
"This murderous shaft that's shot Hath not yet lighted"
malcom | saying that we are next to die
55
how old is the old man
70 years
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"a falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place, was by a rmousing owl hawked at and killed"
falcon= duncan owl=macbeth said by the old man
57
who is now the suspects of duncan's death
his sons because they fled
58
where duncan is buried
Colmekill
59
where is macduff's kingdom
fife
60
where is the crowning of kings
Scone
61
who doesn't go to watch macbeth be kinged
Macduff
62
"Lest our old robes sit easier than our new"
macduff | he doesn't think that macbeth will rule well
63
"That would make good of bad, and friends of foes!"
old man reversal quote
64
historical source used by shakespeare
Holinshed's Chronicles
65
a large imposing gate
portal
66
macbeth killing the guards is a theme of
thought v.s. action
67
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
blank verse

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