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act 2 macbeth Flashcards

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?

A

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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8
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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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10
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what is the imaginative dagger doing

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leading macbeth to duncan

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11
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what is a knell

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funeral bell

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12
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“that which hath made them drunk hath made me bold”
speaker?
them?

A

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
Q

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

A

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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23
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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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25
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what are gilds

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servants

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26
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“balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course”
speaker?
FL?

A

macbeth

metaphor to sleep

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27
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who recites three metaphors to sleep

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macbeth

28
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sleep are symbols of

A

innoncence

29
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“Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefor Cawdor / Shall sleep no more! Macbeth shall sleep no more!”

A

macbeth

30
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“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand”

A

macbeth

mythological allusion

31
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what does macbeth say will happen if he puts his red hand in a green ocean

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the green ocean will turn red

32
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“A little water clears us of this deed”

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lady macbeth

33
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a purity image

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water

34
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“Wake duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!”

A

macbeth

35
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macbeth _____ himself from nobility by killing duncan

A

severs

36
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comic relief scene

A

porter scene

act 2 scene 3

37
Q

the porter acts like he is guarding the gates of

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hell

38
Q

how many scenes in this act

A

4

39
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3 people who pass through the gates of hell

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farmer- suicide
lawyer (equivocator)- doublespeaking
tailor- cheated people

40
Q

everlasting bonfire represents

A

hell

41
Q

“is the king stirring, worthy thane”
speaker?
who is it said to?
FL?

A

macduff to macbeth

dramatic irony

42
Q

pathetic fallacies to duncan’s death

A 
chimneys blown down
owls screaming 
earth shaking
owl kills falcon
horses stirring
looks like night time but it is actually day
43
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who finds duncan’s body

A

macduff

44
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lord’s anointed temple =

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king’s body

45
Q

“the lord’s anointed temple and stole thence”

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macduff

46
Q

“o gentle lady”
speaker?
irony?

A

macduff to lady macbeth

ironic because lady macbeth is not gentle

47
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“There’s nothing serious in mortality; all is but toys; renown and grace is dead”
speaker?
significance?

A

macbeth

reality- once he severed himself from nobility. he wont take life seriously anymore

48
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who does macbeth kill and why

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the two guards because he felt passionate for his love for duncan the sight of duncan’s dead body

49
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“Who can be wise, amazed, temp’rate, and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?”

A

macbeth

50
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why does lady macbeth faint

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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
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who begins to take charge in the chaos and tells everyone to dress before meeting again

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banquo

52
Q

how do malcolm and donalbain split up

A

malcolm shall go to england

donalbain to ireland

53
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“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”

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donalbain

apperanace v.s. reality quote of who stayed at Iverness and who killed duncan

54
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“This murderous shaft that’s shot Hath not yet lighted”

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malcom

saying that we are next to die

55
Q

how old is the old man

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70 years

56
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“a falcon, tow’ring in her pride of place, was by a rmousing owl hawked at and killed”

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falcon= duncan
owl=macbeth
said by the old man

57
Q

who is now the suspects of duncan’s death

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his sons because they fled

58
Q

where duncan is buried

A

Colmekill

59
Q

where is macduff’s kingdom

A

fife

60
Q

where is the crowning of kings

A

Scone

61
Q

who doesn’t go to watch macbeth be kinged

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Macduff

62
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“Lest our old robes sit easier than our new”

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macduff

he doesn’t think that macbeth will rule well

63
Q

“That would make good of bad, and friends of foes!”

A

old man reversal quote

64
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historical source used by shakespeare

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Holinshed’s Chronicles

65
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a large imposing gate

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portal

66
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macbeth killing the guards is a theme of

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thought v.s. action

67
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unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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blank verse

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