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Macbeth Flashcards

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Why does Shakespeare open the start of Macbeth with the witches?

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He decides to open the play with the witches suggesting that they will take a significant role in Macbeth`

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First line of play and what it means

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“When shall we three meet again?” - prompts curiosity on what the witches meeting was about.

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Why do the witches talk in rhyming cuplets?

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Emphasise on how different they are compared to the rest of the characters who speak normally- this creates mystery and adds power

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How is the weather when the witches appear?

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“thunder and lightening” - pathetic fallacy, makes the atmosphere dark and frightening

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How do the witches prompt MB to kill Duncan?

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They predict he will be the king after Duncan which pushes him to murder Duncsn

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How do the witches keep control of MB?

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They confuse him using paradoxes, not being clear of what the future will hold

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quote to show macbeths fatal flaw (hamartia)

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“i have no spur, only leaping ambition” - his spur is encourages by LMB

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How does Macbeth use LMB to his advantage

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he knows he needs her to reach his ambition, so he entices her by telling her the prophecies

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what does MB say to LMB to entice her with the prophecies?

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“what greatness is promised thee”

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what does MB call LMB and why?

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“dearest partner in greatness” - shakespeare killed them both bc they are just as responsible as eachother

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how does banquo show ambition?

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“speak then to me” wants the witches to talk directly to him.

he also tells MB he had a dream about the weird sisters before they met them.

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what is Shakespeare implying with Banquos ambition?

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all good men can be destroyed by their ambition

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how do the witches show ambition

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through love by macbeth. but hecarty reminds them hes in it for himself

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what does Hecarty say to the witches about macbeth

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“Loves for his own ends, not for you.” - he only cares for himself not the witches showing cowardice

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how does LMB show masculinity and neocrmancy

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“come you spirits, unsex me here” - literally taking away her woman hood

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how does LMB show masculinity and neocramancy #2

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“come to my womans breasts, and take my milk for gall” - suggesting she wants to turn her milk to poison. This is a metaphor for what society does to woman

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how did men act

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a strict patriarchy forces men to act in a more ruthless way

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how does macbeth contridict his masculinty

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“i dare do all that to become a man.” showing he doesn’t want to go as far as regicide

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how is kingship shown through Malcom

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he criticises Macduff after he hears about the murder of his family. tells him to man up

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what does King Malcom say to macduff after he hears about his family being killed

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“dispute it like a man.” - pull yourself together.

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how does Macduff react to Malcom telling him to man up?

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he replies saying “i shall do so, but i must also feel it as a man.” which teaches Malcom about masculine role models

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how can we tell king malcom has become more masculine?

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he responds to siwards death “hes worth more sorrow and ill spend for him”

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why does shakespeare make king malcom turn from critising masculinity to showing it?

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because he is giving a message to king James that this is what a king should be like.

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what is one of shakespears motives

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great trouble in the country in the time with catholics, SP doesnt want king james to turn into a tyrant like macbeth.

25
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how does macbeth believe in fate

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he freely chooses to believe in his fate which leads to his downfall

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what does the innocent flower quote show?

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the serpent links LMB to Satan who tempted adam and eve in the garden of eve

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why do the witches chant fair is foul and foul is fair?

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they are suggesting that things that appear good are actually evil

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“Brave Macbeth”

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portray Macbeth as a very strong and loyal soldier, and a hero on the battlefield who fought bravely to protect his king.

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quote that represents good snd evil through light and darkness

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Stars hide your fires; let not light see my dark and deep desires

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When thou durst do it, then you were a man

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trying to insult Macbeth, by telling him that he is no longer a man.
Lady Macbeth feels that a real man would be able to kill the king and usurp the crown without questioning it, due to their desire for power.
This is a desire that she clearly has, and this quote is also a good example of how she is able to manipulate Macbeth.

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will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand

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Shakespeare uses blood as a metaphor for guilt. Macbeth uses this quote to say that he is so guilty that he is covered in blood, which could also represent the blood of his victims

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“I am in blood, steeped in so far,”

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Steeped is the key verb in this quote, as Macbeth feels that the blood has steeped into his body and into his soul, so will remain there forever

33
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Hamartia

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Ambition

34
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Peripeteia

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Macbeths killing of Duncan

35
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When was Macbeth set

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Jacobean times - 11th century

36
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What does harmatia mean

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Fatal flaw (macbeths ambition)

37
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Quote to show Macbeth’s hamartia

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I have no spur only vaulting ambition

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ambition Banquo

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To witches ‘speak to me’ ambitious to know what future might hold

39
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Banquos hamartia

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Dreamt about weird sisters before he meets them so ambitious

40
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All good men can be destroyed by ambition

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41
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Banquo dies for fam.,

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Bc he wants family name crown (ambition)

42
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Witches harmatia

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Love from witches ‘loves for his own ends not for you’

43
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“Take my milk for gull”

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Metaphor for what society does to women, power must be masculine

44
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“Brave Macbeth - well he deserves rhat name”

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Shows in a high regard adjective brave - PATRICARHY
As play continues we see him betray the king
Foreshadowing ‘brave’ he’s willing to do things -kill king

45
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“Let not light see my dark and deep desires”

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Shows Macbeth was already influenced Before LMB

Catalyst harmatia spurs him on

46
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“Unsex me here..”

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“…fill me from the crown to thr toe top full of direst cruelty”

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