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Literature Paper 1 - Shakespeare (Macbeth) Flashcards

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What are two features of Macbeths downfall?

A

He started off as a hero then
He begins to kill people for his owns selfish needs

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What were people afraid of in the 17th century, especially King James I?

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Witches

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In Jacobean time, women were expected to be subordinate to their husbands.

What does subordinate mean in this sense?

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Women were supposed to obey their husbands

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What character in Macbeth contrasts to the patriarchal view of the Jacobean times?

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Lady Macbeth

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What religion was James l?

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Protestant

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What was Shakespears message through macbeth that King James l was pleased with?

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It warned about what could happen to people if they commited treason

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7
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What was the divine right of kings?

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The belief that Kings were appointed by God

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8
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What does Shakespeare begin with 3 withces at the start of macbeth

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To show that Supernaturals are throught the play

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What key qoute do the witches say in the beginning of macbeth?

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“Fair is foul and foul is fair”

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10
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What does the oxymoron ‘ fair is foul and foul is fair’ suggest to the audience?

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Things are not always what they seem to be

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11
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What title in Macbeth given in Act 1 scene 2

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Thane of Cawdor

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Macbeth orders the witches to explain how he is Thane of Cawdor, but they vanish

What does this show?

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Macbeth cant control them

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What does the qoute “If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me” mean in act 1 scene 3

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He can become king without doing anything because fate has decided it for him

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What does the qoute “If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me” in act 1 scene 3 SHOW about his ambition?

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Very weak as he wont take any action to become king

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What are the three prophecies that the witches tell in Act 1 Scene 3?

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Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdow
Macbeth will become King
Banqous children will become kings

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16
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Why is Macbeth uncomfortable when he hears the news about becoming king?

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He realises something would have to happen to King Duncan

17
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When Macbeth enters in Act 1 Scene 3, what does he say?

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So foul and fair a day i have not seen

18
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What can you analyse in “So foul and fair a day i have not seen?” (Macbeth Act 1 Scene 3)

A

Echos the witches - is already being influenced
Macbeth uses ‘and’ instead of ‘is’ which dhows he can distinguish good and evil

19
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“Stars, hide your fires, let motnlight see my black and deep desires” (Macbeth Act 1 Scene 4)

What are Macbeth’s ‘black and deep desires’?

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Wanting the crown

20
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Why does Lady Macbeth worry about Macbeth?

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Thinks Macbeth is too good and soft to take action to get the corwn

21
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Why does Lady Macbeth want Macbeth to become the King and powerful?

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So she can share the power

22
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What does the qoute “I may pour my spirits in thine ear” (Lady Macbeth Act 1 Scene 5)

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She wants to manipulate macbeth

23
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What is the significance of Lady Macbeth saying “unsex me here” in Act 1 Scene 5?

A

She wants to the spirits to make her less womanly so she can embrace the traditional male traits of anger and ferocity

24
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Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth ‘Look like th’innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t’.

What does this mean?

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Macbeth should hide his true feelings
He needs to come across as innocent even though he has violent intentions

25
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King Duncan uses praising language to address Macbeth: ‘honour’d hostess’; ‘fair and noble hostess’; ‘by your leave, hostess”

How does this create dramatic irony?

A

The audience know that Lady Macbeth plans to kill Duncan

26
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What is a soliloquy?

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When a character speaks to themselves

27
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How does Macbeth try and tell Lady Macbeth that he is not comfortable with killing Duncan and becoming King in Act 1 Scene 7?

A

He says “We will proceed no further in this business”

28
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What are some ways Lady Macbeths persuades Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7?

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She becomes aggresige in her language
She tells him hes a coward
She makes him feel guilty for breaking a promise to his wife

29
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How does Lady Macbeth find out about what the witches told Macbeth?

A

Macbeth sends her a letter

30
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What happens to Macbeth in Act 2 Scene 1?

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He hallucinates that he is holding a dagger

31
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Macbeth seems disturbed. He looks at the blood on his hands and says ‘This is a sorry sight’ (Act 2 Scene 2)

Why is this?

A

He feel the guilt

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