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  1. “What _______ man is that?” Duncan, 1,2
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  1. “What bloody man is that?” Duncan, 1,2
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  1. “with his ________ steel, Which smoked with bloody ________-“ Injured soldier, 1,2
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  1. “with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution-“ Injured soldier, 1,2
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  1. “He ________ him from the _____ to th’ chops and fixed his _____ upon our battlements” Injured soldier 1,2
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  1. “He unseamed him from the nave to th’ chops and fixed his head upon our battlements” Injured soldier 1,2
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  1. “to ______ in reeking _______, Or ________ another _________,” Captain, 1,2
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  1. “to bathe in reeking wounds, Or memorise another Golgotha,” Captain, 1,2
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  1. Make _____ my blood, Stop up the access and ________ to ________” Lady Macbeth, 1,5
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  1. Make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse” Lady Macbeth, 1,5
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  1. “I’ll gild the faces of the _______ withal, for it must seem their ______” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “Will all great Neptune’s ______ wash clear this blood from my ______? No this my hand will rather the _____________ seas _________ making the _____ one red” Macbeth
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  1. “Will all great Neptune’s oceans wash clear this blood from my hand? No this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine making the green one red” Macbeth
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  1. “A little ______ clears us of this _____” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “A little water clears us of this deed” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “Here lay Duncan, his ______ skin laced with his _______ blood” Macbeth
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  1. “Here lay Duncan, his silver skin laced with his golden blood” Macbeth, ironically, explaining his murder of the grooms.
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  1. “______ will have _______” Macbeth
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  1. “Blood will have blood” Macbeth
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  1. “I am in blood _______ in so far that should I _____ no more, ________ were as ________ as go o’er” Macbeth
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  1. “I am in blood stepp’d in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er” Macbeth
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  1. “My _____ is too much _______ with blood of ______ already” Macbeth
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  1. “My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already” Macbeth
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  1. “Out out _______ spot” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “Out out damned spot” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “Who ______ have thought the old ____ to have so much ______ in him?” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “All the _______ of ______ will not _______ this little hand” Lady Macbeth
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  1. “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” Lady Macbeth
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In the quote: “bathe in reeking wounds or memorise another Golgotha”, what does this already tell us is linked to Macbeth’s savagery?

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macbeth’s savagery is already linked with an unholy act (as Golgotha is the place where Jesus was crucified)

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What quote marks the moment before Macbeth goes through with the murdering of Duncan?

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“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still” Macbeth. Macbeth hallucinates and sees a dagger with gouts of blood on the blade and handle, prefiguring the violent slaughter of the royal guest. It also highlights Macbeth’s guilt even before committing the act.

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“This is a _____ sight” Macbeth 2,2,

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“This is a sorry sight” Macbeth 2,2,
Macbeth is appalled by the amount of blood on his hands

19
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“______ trenched _______ on his head” First Murderer, 3,4

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“Twenty trenched gashes on his head” First Murderer, 3,4,

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What is Macbeth’s reaction to the quote: “Twenty trenched gashes on his head”? Use a quote to aid in answering

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Macbeth is pleased to note that the murderer who reports back to him is covered in Banquo’s blood saying, “Tis better thee without than he within”

21
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“Tis ______ thee without than he _______” Macbeth, 3,4,

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“Tis better thee without than he within” Macbeth, 3,4,

22
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What does Macbeth mean when he tells LM that “blood will have blood” in the Banquet scene?

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The cycle of violence and suffering is set to continue.

Macbeth recognizes that just as he murdered people (Duncan, Banquo) to gain power, others on a quest for power may murder him to gain what he has. There is a vicious cycle of bloodshed and violence as a result of Macbeth’s actions.

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What scene best describes the state of Scotland under Macbeth’s rule?

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The banquet scene

24
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What is Scotland under Macbeth’s rule personified as?

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Scotland under Macbeth’s tyrannical rule is personified as a wounded creature doomed to suffer repeated cruelties.

25
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What 2 quotes (said by Macduff and Malcolm) personify Scotland?

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“Bleed, bleed, poor country!” Macduff 4,3
and
“It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds” Malcolm 4,3

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“Bleed, bleed poor ______! Great _______, lay thou thy basis sure, For __________ dare not check thee;” Macduff 4,3

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“Bleed, bleed poor country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not check thee;” Macduff 4,3,
Macbeth will have a secure foundation for his tyrannical rule, for Malcolm’s goodness will not be able to curb it

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It ______, it bleeds, and each new day a ____
Is added to her ________” Malcolm 4,3

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It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds” Malcolm 4,3

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What is Lady Macbeth trying to do when she says, “Out, damned spot, out, I say!”?
What do these actions represent in her?

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She wanders the castle late at night vainly trying to scrub the stain away.
This represents her inescapable guilt

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What does Macbeth say to Macduff at the end of the play when he is reluctant to fight him?

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“My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already” Macbeth

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“My _____ is too much _______ with blood of _____ already” Macbeth

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“My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already” Macbeth

English: Macbeth - Literary Techniques & Quotes (13 decks)

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