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Exámenes 2019 (Verano) > Language Arts > Flashcards

Language Arts Flashcards

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  1. What is the point of the first scene literally and in reference to the whole play?
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  1. There are three witches that are deciding the meeting with Macbeth in order to tell him that he will be the Thane of Cawdor…
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  1. What does Duncan call Macbeth when he hears Macbeth has defeated Macdonwald?
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  1. “Valiant cousin, worthy gentleman”.
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  1. Who is sentenced to death?
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  1. The Thane of Cawdor.
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  1. What do the witches predict in I.iii for Macbeth? For Banquo?
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  1. Macbeth will be the king, and the sons of Banquo, later, will became the new kings.
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  1. What news does Ross bring Macbeth?
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  1. That he is the Thane of Cawdor.
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  1. Banquo, like Macbeth, is surprised that the witches have predicted Macbeth’s new title. He is, however, leery. What does he say about the motives of the “instruments of darkness”?
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  1. That they tell the good news and things without saying the bad part…
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  1. Malcolm describes Cawdor’s last moments before execution. What is Duncan’s reply?
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  1. He says that you cannot predict what the person things, how he feels, by looking in his face; like, it is not related with the heart. You must see the heart in order to know what is happening on his feelings.
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  1. Macbeth says, “Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires. “What are Macbeth’s desires?
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  1. He wants to be the king, so he thinks that he must kill the one that is now in order to be, like, a legitimated king.
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  1. After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth, and how does she plan to help him?
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  1. Because of the mellifluous heart of Macbeth, she says that she will help him, even though she thinks he is a great king.
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  1. What is Lady Macbeth’s “prayer” to the spirits after she learns Duncan is coming”?
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  1. She exhorts to the spirit to give her more cruelty so she can effectuate her job.
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  1. What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?
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  1. That he needs to be crueler in those situations, and, also, to be a king.
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  1. What are Macbeth’s arguments to himself against killing Duncan?
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  1. That he has been loyal to that honorable, noble and admirable person.
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  1. What arguments does Lady Macbeth use to convince Macbeth to commit the murder?
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  1. She, by citing an afraid promise, that he must not be a coward…
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  1. What is Lady Macbeth’s plan?
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  1. She will drug the guards, enter to the room of the king, kill him, and frame the guards.
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  1. What is Macbeth’s lie to Banquo about the witches’ predictions?
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  1. He like does not remember or think about, being centralized in his job…
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  1. What is the signal Lady Macbeth is to give Macbeth to let him know that she has taken care of the guards (grooms)?
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  1. The ring of the bell.
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  1. What excuse does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?
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  1. She actually evocates his father by seeing him sleeping. So, in a funny way, she was being what she doesn’t want Macbeth to be: a coward.
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  1. After Macbeth kills Duncan, he goes to Lady Macbeth and is concerned about not being able to say “Amen.” What is her advice to him?
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  1. That do not think about it, be calm and all that stuff…
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  1. Then, Macbeth is worried about hearing a voice saying, “Macbeth does murder sleep.” What does Lady Macbeth then tell him to do?
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  1. To clean his hands, take the dagger back and to put blood on the guards in order to have them as evidence.
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  1. Why won’t Macbeth take the daggers back to the scene of the crime?
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  1. He was afraid of being caught after what he did.
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  1. Who was knocking?
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  1. The Porter, Macduff and Lennox.
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  1. What three things does drinking provoke?
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  1. Sleep, urine and nose painting.
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  1. How does Lennox describe the night, and what is Macbeth’s response?
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  1. Lennox said it was a night in which the people were screaming and in shock. Macbeth literally said that it was a rough night.
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  1. What did Macduff discover?
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  1. The body of Duncan.
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  1. Macduff says, “Oh, gentle lady, ‘Tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition, in a woman’s ear, would murder as it fell.” What is ironic about this?
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  1. That he was implicated in that assassination, around a couple of minutes, in a certain way, he was exposing himself becoming a possible candidate of that killing…
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  1. What excuse or explanation did Macbeth give for killing the guards (grooms)? What is his real reason?
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  1. Because he was angry of what they did.
27
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  1. Why do Malcolm and Donalbain leave?
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  1. They thought that, after the death of Duncan, they will be the next one.
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  1. Why does ross not believe Malcolm and Donalbain were responsible for Duncan’s murder?
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  1. Because, in a logically way, it was impossible that little guys kill their king. It was against nature.
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  1. Why does Macbeth want Banquo and Fleance dead?
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  1. Because he thinks that they suspect about him.
30
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  1. What is Macbeth’s plan for killing Banquo and Fleance? Does it work?
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  1. He managed to buy to murders. However, when they
31
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  1. Macbeth says, “The worm that’s fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed, No teeth for the present.” What does that mean?
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  1. He said that Fleance can be a problem of future, if, for example, he has kids. So, he wants to kill in the less if it is possible.
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  1. Who (what) did Macbeth see at the banquet table?
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  1. The ghost of Banquo.
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  1. How does Lady Macbeth cover for Macbeth at the banquet? What excuses does she give for his wild talk?
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  1. She was explaining that, actually, it was normal those paranoiac and strange problems that he was having in those moments. Then, after that, she began to take off the guests.
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  1. Who else was missing from the banquet table (besides Banquo)?
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  1. Macduff.
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  1. Macbeth says, “I am in blood Stepped in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er.” What does he mean?
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  1. That, what he has done is irreversible, so he has to continue what he’s doing…
36
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  1. What does Hecate want the witches to do?
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  1. To prophecy false future events in order to create on him false hopes and all that stuff… So, he will continue doing what he is actually doing.
37
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  1. What does Lennox think about Macbeth?
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  1. That Macbeth is the innocent, the one that has the true answer…
38
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  1. Witch 2 says, “By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.” Who comes?
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  1. Macbeth.
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  1. What is Macbeth’s attitude towards the witches this time?
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  1. He wants to be like the leader of everything. To be the one that organize all the stuff, in a demandant way.
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  1. What four things did the witches show Macbeth? What does each show/say? What is Macbeth’s reaction?
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  1. An armed head, a bloody child, a crowned child with a tree in its hand, and eight kings ordered by Banquo’s ghost. They told him that he must be attentive of Macduff´s actions and to be clarified that no one will defeat him until the sons of Banquo appeared to reclama the throne.
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  1. Macbeth says (about the witches), “Infected be the air whereon they ride, and damned all those that trust them!” What is Macbeth, in effect, saying about himself?
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  1. That he is damned because he trusted on them.
42
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  1. Where is Macduff?
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  1. In England.
43
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  1. Why does Macbeth have Macduff’s family and servants killed?
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  1. Because Macbeth thinks that Macduff is not loyal, so, because of that, he is angry.
44
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  1. Why does Lady Macduff’s son say liars and swearers are fools?
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  1. Because there are more no trustable people, they should defeat the honest one, but they are imbecile because they do not do that.
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  1. Malcolm says, “Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, yet grace must still look so.” What does that mean?
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  1. His making a remembrance when the devil was an angel and because he does not want to obey the orders, he became what he is nowadays. But there are others that must not be judged; they still have brightness.
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  1. Macduff says, “Oh, Scotland, Scotland!” Why?
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  1. Because Malcolm reveals his horrid kingdom if he would be on the throne…
47
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  1. What news does Ross bring to Macduff?
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  1. The death of Macduff´s family.
48
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  1. What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing? What do they decide to do about it?
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  1. She is walking while sleeping and talking about the murders. The doctor says to try to not mention anything about that…
49
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  1. What does Macbeth want the doctor to do for his wife?
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  1. He wants the doctor to applicate something in order to calm her troubles.
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  1. What trick does Malcolm use to hide the number of men in his army?
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  1. He uses tree branches as camouflage.
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  1. Malcolm says, “And none serve with him but constrained things Whose hearts are absent, too.” What does that mean?
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  1. That the army of Macbeth are in body, and there should not be an opposition.
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  1. What is Macbeth’s reaction to Lady Macbeth’s death?
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  1. He is calmly, knew that she will die in any moment.
53
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  1. What is Macbeth’s reaction to the news that Birnam Wood is moving?
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  1. He will fight until the end states his death…
54
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  1. Who first fights Macbeth? What happens?
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  1. Young Siward fights Macbeth and is slain.
55
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  1. Macbeth says to Macduff, “But get thee back, my soul is too much charges with blood of thine already.” To what is he referring?
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  1. He doesn’t want to fight against Macduff because he killed his family.
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  1. When does Macbeth know he’s in trouble?
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  1. When he knows that Macduff doesn’t born directly as others does: he arrived from the womb…
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  1. How does Macbeth die?
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  1. He dies as soldier, by being killed against Macduff.
58
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  1. Who will be King of Scotland?
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  1. Malcolm.

Exámenes 2019 (Verano) (8 decks)

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