act 3 macbeth Flashcards
banquo’s son
fleanc
“and I fear thou play’dst most foully for’t”
speaker?
meanign
what is it?
banquo
banquo is suspicious of macbeth
crown
what do banquo and macbeth go do
ride horses
“I wish your horses swift and sure of foot, and so i do commend you to their back”
speaker?
FL?
macbeth to banquo
verbal irony
it means that macbeth wishes banquo a safe trip but it is ironic b/c macbeth is sending murderers.
sirrah=
address for a servant
fruitless crown =
no sons
“upon my head they placed a fruitless crown”
macbeth
parricide =
killing of a father
“to be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus”
speaker?
meaning?
macbeth
to be a king is nothing unless you are safe
“and put a ______ ____ in my gripe
barren scepter
mine eternal jewel =
soul
macbeth is saying that he didn’t just give his “mine eternal jewel” to the devil to lose kingship to who
banquo’s son
why is macbeth getting rid of banquo and fleance
to put safety in his mind
what did macbeth tell the murderes about banquo
that banquo is the reason for their troubles
“heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave and beggared yours for ever?”
speaker?
to who?
about?
macbeth to murderes about banquo
why can’t macbeth order the death of banquo
they both have the same freinds and macbeth needs to keep those friends
“masking the business from the common eye for sundry weighty reasons”
speaker?
to who?
theme?
maccbeth to murderes
appearance v.s. reality
“tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy”
speaker?
to who?
theme?
lady macbeth to macbeth
theme of reversal
lady macbeth notices change in macbeth and is surprised by it
why does macbeth envy duncan
he can sleep
“In restless ectasy, duncan is in his grave; after life’s fitful fever he sleeps well”
meaning
speaker
macbeth is jealous about duncan’s peaceful sleep
vizards=
masks
“and make our faces vizards to our hearts, disguising what they are”
spekear
to who?
theme?
macbeth to lady macbeth
appearance v.s. reality
“be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed”
macbeth to lady macbeth
where he calls on dark spirits
chuck=
deragotary term for women
“things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. so prithee go with me
macbeth to lady macbeth
at the end of scene 2 there is a comparison between
macbeth now calling on dark spirits ( seeling night) and lady macbeth being shocked to page 340 where lady macbeth calls on dark spirits.
what is the technical climax
act 3 scene 3
what happens in the technical climax
murderes kill banquo, fleance escapes
“o, treachery! fly, good fleance, fly, fly, fly!
thou mayst revenge. O slave!”
banquo
“we have lost best half of our affair”
speaker?
meaning?
second murderer
fleance ( the object to kill) has escaped
“There’s blood upon thy face”
speaker? spoken to?
macbeth to murderer
“There the grown serpent lies; the worm that’s fled”
speaker?
serpent?
worm?
macbeth
serpent-banquo
worm-fleance
who enters during scene 4 and sits in macbeth’s seat
the ghost of banquo
“were the graced person of our banquo present; who may I rather challenge for unkindness than pity for mischance?
speaker?
meaning
mabeth is saying that he notices that banquo is gone and hopes that his absence is due to rudeness and not due from an accident
“Which of you have done this….. never shake thy gory locks at me”
macbeth
“this is the very painting of your fear. this is the air-drawn dagger which you said led you to duncan”
speaker?
spoken to?
lady macbeth to macbeth
how many wounds on banquo’s head
20
“avaunt and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee!
speaker?
who is this directed to ?
macbeth to banquo’s ghost
“what man dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, the armed rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger”
meaning?
macbeth is saying that he would fight anything except the ghost of banquo
“stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once”
speaker?
directed to ?
meaning?
lady macbeth to the crowd
means that there was a a certain order that people left in by rank
where does macbeth have a spy
in macduff’s house
“I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more”
macbeth-means that he is so far into evil that he can’t go back
“strange things I have in head, that will to hand, which must be acted ere they may be scanned”
head=?
macbeth-
head- thoughts
goddess of witchcraft
hecate
why is hecate mad?
she was never asked to be involved with macbeth
the witches should not have chosen macbeth
“was never called to bear my part”
hecate
“and you all know secuirty is mortals’ chiefest enemy”
speaker?
security-
Hecate
overconfidence
who in scene 6 is sarcastic about the king’s sons killing duncan
lenoxx
where has macduff went
to england to help raise army with malcolm
who is current king of england
edward the confessor
what is edward the confessor known for
his virtue and religiousness
malcolm will lead 2 branches of edward’s armyy _____ and _____
northumberland and siward
