act 4 macbeth Flashcards by akshay patel

what is an apparition

something that the witches call out of the cauldron

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who is the thane of fife

macduff

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what is the 1st apparition

armed head- macduff

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most significant thing that is thrown by the witches into the cauldron

“finger of birth-strangled babe ditch delivered by a drab”

finger of a baby strangled by a prostitute

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“something wicked this way comes”

what is the wicked thing?

macbeth

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in scene 1, macbeth goes on a tirade against the witches saying that he doesn’t care __________
as long as he gets an ______

what happens to the world as long as he gets an answer

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2nd apparition

bloody child

macduff

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castle of king

Dunsinane Hill

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Dunsinane hill is surrounded by

Great Birnam wood

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3rd appartition

child crowned- Malcom- crown on head, tree in hand

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2 things that make macbeth feel indestructible

witches say that he can’t be harmed by someone born by a woman
he cannot die until the woods around the castle move.

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4th apparition

8 kings + banquo

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who are the 8 kings

banquo’s ancestors

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what is the 8th king holding

glass (mirror)

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“infected by the air whereon they ride, and damned all those that trust them!”
speaker?
to who?
FL?

macbeth to lennox

irony- macbeth trusts the witchse

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Edge of the sword means

to kill

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"From this moment
the very firstlings of my heart shall be
the firstlings of my hand. And eve now,
to crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done!"
speaker?
meaning?
theme?
hand=?
heart=?

macbeth
he is going to kill macduff's family.
thoughts v.s. action
hand- action
heart= thoughts

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ross tries to defend who

macduff

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lady macduff thinks that macduff is a

traitor

macduff doesn’t act with wisdom as he leaves

his family behind

“he wants the natural touch. for the poor wren,
the most diminutive of birds will fight,her young ones in her nest, agasint the owl.”
speaker?
to who?
imagery?
wren?
owl?

lady macduff to ross
bird imagery
wren- macduff
owl- macbeth

son is _____ and wise about how many honest men there are in the world

precocious

“fathered he is, and yet he’s fatherless”

speaker?

lady macduff about macduff’s son

give a detailed death count

-macdonwald killed by MB in battle
-thane of cawdor executed for being a traitor (duncan’s orders)
-Duncan killed by macbeth for his crown
-2 guards by macbeth for cover up
-banquo by murderes hired by MB
-(fleance escapes= death was ordered)
-lady macduff
-macduff’s children

pet name for lady macduff to her son

monkey

``` "each new morn New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows" speaker? to who? FL? ```

macduff to malcolm | dramatic ironic because he is talking about widows and he has just become one but he doesn't know it yet

"he hath not touched you yet" speaker? to who? FL?

malcolm to macduff | dramatic irony because we know macduff's family is dead

who should kill macbeth

macduff

``` "to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god" speaker lamb god ```

malcolm to macduff lamb-malcolm god-macbeth

``` "Through all things foul would wear the brows of grace, yet grace must still looks so" speaker to who? theme? ```

malcolm to macduff | appearnace v.s. reality

"it weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds. I think withal" speaker? to who? it?

malcolm to macduff | Scotland

"that, when they shall be opened, black Macbeth will seem as pure as snow" speakeer to who

malcolm to macduff

what are malcolm's two mentioned sins

lust. greed/ avarice

``` "and yet seem cold- the time you may so hoodwink we have willing dames enought" speaker to who meaning ```

macduff to malcom saying there are enough girls to satisfy his lust

"all these are portable, with other graces weighed" speaker? to who? meaning

macduff to malcom say9ing that it is possible to get malcolm the riches that he desires.

list some kingly graces

justice, temperance, stableness, mercy, bounty devotion, patience, courage, fortitude

"it cannot be called our mother, but our grave" speaker? meaning? FL?

ross saying that scotland isnt our motherland but a grave daramtic irony that some graves are macduff's family and ross is having a hard time telling macduff

edward the confessor had a

healing touch

who was this play written for

king james I

"no, they were well at peace when I did leave 'eM" speaker to who fl?

ross to macduff | dramatic irony- ross having hard time telling macduff about his family

``` "let's make us medicines of our great revenge to cure this deadly grief" spekaer? medicins? grieF? ```

malcolm medicine-malcolm and macduff grief-macbeth

``` "o hell-kite! all? what , all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?"" speaker? chickens? dam? kite? ```

macduff kite-macbeth chickens-macduff's kids dam-mom

"be thus the whetstone of your sword. Let grief convert toanger; blunt not the heart, enrage it"

malcolm to macduff

how does macduff react to his family's death

macduff is going to seek revenge, convert grief into anger

""angels are bright still, though the brightest fell"

malcolm to macduff

"that , when they shall be opened, black maccbeth will seem as pure as snow" they?

vices