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📖Literature - Macbeth Flashcards

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“where shall… (witches)

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Where shall we three meet again, in thunder lightning or in rain act 1

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“fair is foul… (witches)

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‘Fair is foul and foul is fair hover through the fog and the filthy air” act 1

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“no spur… (Macbeth)

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No spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition act 1

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“false face… (macbeth)

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False face must hide what false heart doth know act 1

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“unsex …

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Unsex me here spirits, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst creulty act 1

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“take my… (LM)

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Take my milk for gall you murdering ministers act 1

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7
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“look like… (LM)

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Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t act 1

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why is the king killed offscreen

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Because it is so horrendous a crime that the audience of the time couldnt handle it. act 2

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“is this a… (M)

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Is this a dagger which i see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me touch thee. I have thee not, and yet i see thee still. act 2

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“macbeth! mac…

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Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware macduff - 3 witches act 4

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“laugh to scorn…

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Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm macbeth act 4

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“macbeth shall never…

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“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until great burnham wood to high dunsaname hill shall come against him” act 4

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“turn… (macduff to macbeth)

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Turn hell-hound turn! act 5

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14
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what was the book that James the first wrote called

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Daemonologie

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15
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what is hamartia

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The fatal flaw of a hero or heroine, Macbeth

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what is perpeteia

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It is the moment of realisation, it happens for Macbeth when he reflects on the killing of duncan
( reflects on the true nature of his position)

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17
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what is hubris

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Exaggerated pride of self confidence

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what is catharsis

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Tragedy set out to stir up feelings of fear and pity in the audience

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what is an agnorisis

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the point in a play in which a principal character (Macbeth) recognizes the true nature of their own circumstances.

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20
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what type of technique is symbolism

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it is a language technique

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21
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“what he hath lost…

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‘what he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won’ act 1

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“to win us to our harm…

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to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray ‘s In deepest consequence. act 1

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23
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the prince of Cumberland…

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‘The prince of Cumberland! That is a step On which I must fall down’ act 1

24
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‘yet do i thy nature…

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‘Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness’ act 1

25
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‘come to my woman’s breasts…

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‘Come to my woman’s breasts, And take my milk for gall’ act 1

26
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‘look like th’ innocent flower…

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‘Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under ’t’ act 1

27
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‘when you durst do it…

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‘When you durst do it, then you were a man’ act 1

28
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‘merciful powers…

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‘Merciful powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature act 2

29
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‘art thou but…

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‘Art thou but A dagger of the mind’ act 2

30
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‘I have done the deed’

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macbeth act 2

31
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‘glamis doth murder sleep…

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‘Glamis doth murder sleep therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more’ act 2

32
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‘Give me the daggers..

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‘Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures’ act 2

33
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‘will all great Neptune’s ocean…

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‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’ act 2

34
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‘a little water…

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‘A little water clears us of this
deed’ act 2

35
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‘O horror, horror, horror!….

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‘O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee!’ act 2

36
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‘Who can be wise…

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‘Who can be wise, amazed, temp’rate, and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.’ Act 2

37
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‘My hands are of…

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‘My hands are of your colour’ act 2

38
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‘I fear Thou played’st…

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‘I fear Thou played’st most foully for ’t.’ Act 3

39
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‘Upon my head…

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‘Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown’ act 3

40
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‘whats done…

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‘What’s done is done’ act 3

41
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‘Oh, full of scorpions…

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‘Oh, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!’ act 3

42
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‘Be innocent of the knowledge…

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‘Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck’ act 3

43
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‘Thou canst not say I did it…

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‘Thou canst not say I did it: never shake Thy gory locks at me’ act 3

44
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‘Are you a man?’

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Lady macbeth act 3

45
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‘I am a man again’

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Macbeth act 3

46
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‘By the pricking of my thumbs…

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‘By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes’ act 4

47
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‘I conjure you…

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‘I conjure you… answer me’ act 4

48
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‘Beware Macduff…

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‘Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of Fife.’ act 4

49
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‘for none of woman born…

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‘for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth’ act 4

50
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‘Macbeth shall never vanquished be until…

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‘Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him’ act 4

51
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‘give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword…

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‘give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword His wife, his babes, and all
unfortunate souls That trace him in his line.’act 4

52
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About Killing Macduffs kin?

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‘give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword His wife, his babes, and all
unfortunate souls That trace him in his line.’ act 4

53
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Out, damned spot! out, I say!’

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lady macbeth act 5

54
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'’all the purfumes of Arabia…

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‘all the perfumes of Arabia
will not sweeten this little
hand.’

55
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‘To bed, to bed, to bed!’

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lady macbeth adressing macbeth act 5

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