Literature

Question 1

What is “on seeing England for the first time” about?

Answer 1

It’s an essay speaking about the authors experience in England

Question 2

J.k’s childhood

Answer 2

She was raised in Antigua and was taught to respect all things English

Question 3

Jk’s adulthood

Answer 3

-She realizes that England means conquests and humiliation for her people
-during her 1st visit, she was surprised by the rudeness of the people
-her hate for them reached its limit when she went to see the “white” cliffs of Dover that was actually dirty

Question 4

What does metaphor mean?

Answer 4

Figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object (not literally)

Question 5

Example of metaphor:

Answer 5

England is not apart of jk’s culture, England is foreign at best and insulting at worst

Question 6

Symbolism:

Answer 6

An object/animal etc that stands for something larger

Question 7

Example of symbolism:

Answer 7

A felt hat represents fathers attitude towards england

Question 8

Contrast:

Answer 8

An observation of how two things are different

Question 9

Example of contrast:

Answer 9

-People think Christopher Columbus was a hero, but he wasn’t.
-People think England has a kind gov but they dont

Question 10

King Duncan

Answer 10

King of Scotland

Question 11

Malcom

Answer 11

Son of king Duncan and crown prince

Question 12

Donalbain

Answer 12

Brother of Malcom and son of king duncan

Question 13

Banquo

Answer 13

Nobleman and macbeths friend

Question 14

Fleance

Answer 14

Son of banquo

Question 15

Ross

Answer 15

Messenger

Question 16

Macduff

Answer 16

Nobleman

Question 17

Lady Macbeth

Answer 17

Wife of macbeth

Question 18

Macbeth

Answer 18

-(act 1) Nobleman/thane of glanis
-(act 2) thane cowder
-(act 3) king of scotland

Question 19

3 weird sisters

Answer 19

3 witches

Question 20

Setting

Answer 20

11th century Scotland

Question 21

General themes

Answer 21

-guilt
-corruption
-power
-greed
-loyalty
-appearance vs reality

Question 22

Scene one: opening of the three witches, they speak about….?

Answer 22

-Macbeth
-prophecy
-“fair is foul and foul is fair” : good is bad and bad is good (appearance is different from reality)

Question 23

Scene 2: king gets information about…?

Answer 23

-Macbeth and banquo win the war against Ireland and Norway
-thane of cowder betrays the king and will be executed

Question 24

Scene 3: on their way back to king Duncan Macbeth and banquo meet the three witches, what do they tell them?

Answer 24

They tell them the prophecy,:
-Macbeth will be the thane of cowder
-Macbeth will be the king of Scotland
-banquo’s sons will be the kings but he wont

Question 25

Scene4: lady Macbeth reads Macbeth’s letter, how does she respond?

Answer 25

-she makes a plan to kill king Duncan - she fears Macbeth is too kind to kill king Duncan

Question 26

Scene 6 and 7 what happens?

Answer 26

-king Duncan arrives - Macbeth struggles to choose whether to kill king Duncan or not, but decides to not kill him (regicide=murder of a king) - lady Macbeth tries to convince him with her plan: drug soldiers and put the blood of king Duncan on them

Question 27

Soliloquy means..?

Answer 27

When a character thinks out loud for the audience/readers to understand

Question 28

Scene 1: murder of the king , how does it happen?

Answer 28

Macbeth hears a bell ring, a sign from lady that the guards have been drugged and he should kill the king

Question 29

An example of soliloquy and the theme of it

Answer 29

-Macbeth has a vision of a bloody dagger that turns to the direction of king Duncan’s bedroom - theme portrayed: violence

Question 30

Scene 2 starts with?

Answer 30

-Macbeth enters with the bloody dagger and feels guilty for killing the king, saying he refuses to plant the evidence on the guards so lady does it - lady claims she would have killed the king herself but he looked like her father as he slept

Question 31

Analyze the guilt Macbeth feels after killing the king

Answer 31

-As he tries to wash the blood off his hand he says : “ even neptunes oceans couldn’t clean my hands” the blood symbolizes guilt which now stains his soul - also has trouble sleeping -theme: guilt and corruption

Question 32

Scene 3: macduff and Lenox arrive at Macbeth’s palace to take the king home. what happens?

Answer 32

-macbeth takes them to king Duncan’s room and acts surprised at the murder -Macbeth claims that out of “rage” of the murder, he kills the “guilty guards” to misguide them. -lady also faints to further dramatize their lies (+ out of fear for their lives Malcom and donalbain run away, making themselves look guilty of their fathers murder.)

Question 33

Scene 4 Ross discusses w/ an old man about the disturbances that are happening after the kings murder, what are the disturbances?

Answer 33

-its night when its supposed to be day -the owls that go after mice went after a falcon (caught and killed) -and that the horses have escaped and went crazy and ate each other

Question 34

Dramatic irony means ?

Answer 34

When an audience knows information that characters in the story dont know

Question 35

Scene 1: begins with Macbeth as the king of Scotland , what else happens?

Answer 35

-Macbeth feels threatened by banquo because of the prophecy -Macbeth invites banquo and his son to a banquet, banquo agrees but says fleance will go out for a ride

Question 36

Example of soliloquy is the second act

Answer 36

“To be king is nothing to be safely king” : it shows how he feels threatened by the banquo prophecy

Question 37

Scene 2and 3: Macbeth persuades assassins to murder banquo and fleance while they are on their ride, how does it go?

Answer 37

-lady still thinks Macbeth is upset about the murder, but doesn’t know macbeths plan to kill and banquo and his son -banquo is killed but fleance escapes, they go to Macbeth and inform him that “we have lost best half of our affair” meaning they did get the job completely done as fleance escaped.

Question 38

Scene 4: at the banquet, Macbeth sees the ghost of banquo, what does it signify?

Answer 38

-it signifies his guilt for basically killing his friend and goes crazy at the banquet -lady covers for him and tells the guests that “hes always been able to see the dead ever since he was a child”

Question 39

How does that author see England for the first time

Answer 39

She was a student when her teacher proudly shows the class a map of England