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act 3 macbeth Flashcards

1
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banquo’s son

A

fleanc

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2
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“and I fear thou play’dst most foully for’t”
speaker?
meanign
what is it?

A

banquo
banquo is suspicious of macbeth
crown

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3
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what do banquo and macbeth go do

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ride horses

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4
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“I wish your horses swift and sure of foot, and so i do commend you to their back”
speaker?
FL?

A

macbeth to banquo
verbal irony
it means that macbeth wishes banquo a safe trip but it is ironic b/c macbeth is sending murderers.

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5
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sirrah=

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address for a servant

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6
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fruitless crown =

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no sons

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7
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“upon my head they placed a fruitless crown”

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macbeth

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8
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parricide =

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killing of a father

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9
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“to be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus”
speaker?
meaning?

A

macbeth

to be a king is nothing unless you are safe

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10
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“and put a ______ ____ in my gripe

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barren scepter

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11
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mine eternal jewel =

A

soul

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12
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macbeth is saying that he didn’t just give his “mine eternal jewel” to the devil to lose kingship to who

A

banquo’s son

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13
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why is macbeth getting rid of banquo and fleance

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to put safety in his mind

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14
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what did macbeth tell the murderes about banquo

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that banquo is the reason for their troubles

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15
Q

“heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave and beggared yours for ever?”
speaker?
to who?
about?

A

macbeth to murderes about banquo

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16
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why can’t macbeth order the death of banquo

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they both have the same freinds and macbeth needs to keep those friends

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17
Q

“masking the business from the common eye for sundry weighty reasons”
speaker?
to who?
theme?

A

maccbeth to murderes

appearance v.s. reality

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18
Q

“tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy”
speaker?
to who?
theme?

A

lady macbeth to macbeth
theme of reversal
lady macbeth notices change in macbeth and is surprised by it

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19
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why does macbeth envy duncan

A

he can sleep

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20
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“In restless ectasy, duncan is in his grave; after life’s fitful fever he sleeps well”
meaning
speaker

A

macbeth is jealous about duncan’s peaceful sleep

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21
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vizards=

A

masks

22
Q

“and make our faces vizards to our hearts, disguising what they are”
spekear
to who?
theme?

A

macbeth to lady macbeth

appearance v.s. reality

23
Q

“be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed”

A

macbeth to lady macbeth

where he calls on dark spirits

24
Q

chuck=

A

deragotary term for women

25
Q

“things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. so prithee go with me

A

macbeth to lady macbeth

26
Q

at the end of scene 2 there is a comparison between

A

macbeth now calling on dark spirits ( seeling night) and lady macbeth being shocked to page 340 where lady macbeth calls on dark spirits.

27
Q

what is the technical climax

A

act 3 scene 3

28
Q

what happens in the technical climax

A

murderes kill banquo, fleance escapes

29
Q

“o, treachery! fly, good fleance, fly, fly, fly!

thou mayst revenge. O slave!”

A

banquo

30
Q

“we have lost best half of our affair”
speaker?
meaning?

A

second murderer

fleance ( the object to kill) has escaped

31
Q

“There’s blood upon thy face”

speaker? spoken to?

A

macbeth to murderer

32
Q

“There the grown serpent lies; the worm that’s fled”
speaker?
serpent?
worm?

A

macbeth
serpent-banquo
worm-fleance

33
Q

who enters during scene 4 and sits in macbeth’s seat

A

the ghost of banquo

34
Q

“were the graced person of our banquo present; who may I rather challenge for unkindness than pity for mischance?
speaker?
meaning

A

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

35
Q

“Which of you have done this….. never shake thy gory locks at me”

A

macbeth

36
Q

“this is the very painting of your fear. this is the air-drawn dagger which you said led you to duncan”
speaker?
spoken to?

A

lady macbeth to macbeth

37
Q

how many wounds on banquo’s head

A

20

38
Q

“avaunt and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee!
speaker?
who is this directed to ?

A

macbeth to banquo’s ghost

39
Q

“what man dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, the armed rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger”

meaning?

A

macbeth is saying that he would fight anything except the ghost of banquo

40
Q

“stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once”
speaker?
directed to ?
meaning?

A

lady macbeth to the crowd

means that there was a a certain order that people left in by rank

41
Q

where does macbeth have a spy

A

in macduff’s house

42
Q

“I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more”

A

macbeth-means that he is so far into evil that he can’t go back

43
Q

“strange things I have in head, that will to hand, which must be acted ere they may be scanned”

head=?

A

macbeth-

head- thoughts

44
Q

goddess of witchcraft

A

hecate

45
Q

why is hecate mad?

A

she was never asked to be involved with macbeth

the witches should not have chosen macbeth

46
Q

“was never called to bear my part”

A

hecate

47
Q

“and you all know secuirty is mortals’ chiefest enemy”
speaker?
security-

A

Hecate

overconfidence

48
Q

who in scene 6 is sarcastic about the king’s sons killing duncan

A

lenoxx

49
Q

where has macduff went

A

to england to help raise army with malcolm

50
Q

who is current king of england

A

edward the confessor

51
Q

what is edward the confessor known for

A

his virtue and religiousness

52
Q

malcolm will lead 2 branches of edward’s armyy _____ and _____

A

northumberland and siward

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