act 2 macbeth Flashcards
husbandry means
lights out; no starss
banquo is suspicious of macbeth so he cannot _____
go to sleep
what did duncan give lady macbeth
a diamond
what did duncan give macbeth
a new castle
“I think not of them”
speaker?
them?
figurative language?
macbeth
witches
irony
signal to kill Duncan =
ringing of bell
symbol of guilt
blood
symbol of innocence
water
macbeth hallucinates and believes that he sees a
dagger with blood on it
what is the imaginative dagger doing
leading macbeth to duncan
what is a knell
funeral bell
“that which hath made them drunk hath made me bold”
speaker?
them?
lady macbeth
servants
another symbol of death and macbeth
owl
what does stern’st good night mean
death
“stern’st good night”
lady macbeth
passets are
drinks
“it was the owl that shrieked”
lady macbeth
why couldn’t lady macbeth kill duncan
he looked like her father
what is ironic about lady macbeth not killing duncan
she can’t kill him but says she would kill her children
“This is a sorry sight”
speaker?
refers to?
macbeth
blood on his hands
“I could not say “Amen!”, When the did say “God bless us!””
macbeth
why is macbeth upset after killing duncan
he was not able to say amen with the soldiers
“consider it not so deeply”
speaker?
refers to ?
lady macbeth
telling macbeth to not to consider about his actions of killing duncan
“These deeds must not be thought after these ways. So, it will make us mad”
speaker?
FL?
lady macbeth
irony
what are gilds
servants
“balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course”
speaker?
FL?
macbeth
metaphor to sleep
who recites three metaphors to sleep
macbeth
sleep are symbols of
innoncence
“Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefor Cawdor / Shall sleep no more! Macbeth shall sleep no more!”
macbeth
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand”
macbeth
mythological allusion
what does macbeth say will happen if he puts his red hand in a green ocean
the green ocean will turn red
“A little water clears us of this deed”
lady macbeth
a purity image
water
“Wake duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!”
macbeth
macbeth _____ himself from nobility by killing duncan
severs
comic relief scene
porter scene
act 2 scene 3
the porter acts like he is guarding the gates of
hell
how many scenes in this act
4
3 people who pass through the gates of hell
farmer- suicide
lawyer (equivocator)- doublespeaking
tailor- cheated people
everlasting bonfire represents
hell
“is the king stirring, worthy thane”
speaker?
who is it said to?
FL?
macduff to macbeth
dramatic irony
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
who finds duncan’s body
macduff
lord’s anointed temple =
king’s body
“the lord’s anointed temple and stole thence”
macduff
“o gentle lady”
speaker?
irony?
macduff to lady macbeth
ironic because lady macbeth is not gentle
“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
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
“Who can be wise, amazed, temp’rate, and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?”
macbeth
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
who begins to take charge in the chaos and tells everyone to dress before meeting again
banquo
how do malcolm and donalbain split up
malcolm shall go to england
donalbain to ireland
“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”
donalbain
apperanace v.s. reality quote of who stayed at Iverness and who killed duncan
“This murderous shaft that’s shot Hath not yet lighted”
malcom
saying that we are next to die
how old is the old man
70 years
“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
who is now the suspects of duncan’s death
his sons because they fled
where duncan is buried
Colmekill
where is macduff’s kingdom
fife
where is the crowning of kings
Scone
who doesn’t go to watch macbeth be kinged
Macduff
“Lest our old robes sit easier than our new”
macduff
he doesn’t think that macbeth will rule well
“That would make good of bad, and friends of foes!”
old man reversal quote
historical source used by shakespeare
Holinshed’s Chronicles
a large imposing gate
portal
macbeth killing the guards is a theme of
thought v.s. action
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
blank verse
