Macbeth Flashcards

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What is iambic pentameter?

A

where the same amount of syllables are used on each line

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what is trochaic tetrameter?

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where lines are shorter than other characters

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3
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who is prose used by in Macbeth?

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lower class characters

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4
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what is prose

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where the writing is like a book

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5
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what is antithesis

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two opposites

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6
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How is Macbeth described at the start of act 1 scene 2?

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“Brave” and “noble”

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Which quote in act 1 scene 3 shows Macbeth already showing signs of duality and a draw to murder

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“Cannot be ill, cannot be good”

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8
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Which act does Macbeth start to use the witches language “so fair and foul a day I’ve not seen”

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Act 1 scene 3

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9
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In act 1 scene 5 lady macbeth claims Macbeth is too full of what

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“The milk of human kindness”

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10
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In act 1 scene 5, lady Macbeth speaks of what kind of bird which has connotations to eating dead bodies

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Raven

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Which quote in act 1 scene 5 shows lady Macbeth wanting to destroy her femininity

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“Unsex me here”

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12
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How does Macbeth describe his wife in act 1 scene 5

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“My dear partner of greatness”, “my dearest love”

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Which quote by lady Macbeth had connotations to the medal those who helped in the gun powder plot received

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“Look like th’inocent flower but be the serpent under’t

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14
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In macbeths soliloquy in act 1 scene 7, he claims he has no ___

A

Spur

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15
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What is hubris

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Fatal flaw

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16
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What is harmatia

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Excessive pride

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17
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In which quote does Macbeth highlight his fatal flaw in act 1 scene 7

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“I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people”

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18
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What does L Macbeth say in act 1 scene 7 to manipulate macbeths hubris

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“Was the hope drunk”,”hath it slept since”

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19
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Macbeth and lady Macbeth exchange a conversation in act 1 scene 7 where Macbeth doubts their plan but lady Macbeth downplays the fear. What do they say

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M “if we should fail?” LM “we fail?”

20
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Which quote in act 1 scene 7 does Macbeth confirm his intention to kill the king

A

“I am settled”

21
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In act 2 scene 1 Macbeth ironically describes himself as what to Banquo

A

“A friend”

22
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Macbeth lies to banquo in act 2 scene 1 after banquo states he dreamed of the 3 weird sisters. What does Macbeth say

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“I think not of them”

23
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Which former Roman king is Macbeth connected to in act 2 scene 1

24
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What does macbeth hallucinate in act 2 scene 1 and what does he say

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“Is this a DAGGER I see before me?” “ a dagger of the mind”

25
Lady Macbeth begins act 2 scene 2 with a nervous emotion. What does she fear
“I am afraid they have awak’d”
26
Which quote shows Macbeth being haunted in his dreams in act 2 scene 2
“Macbeth shall sleep no more”
27
In act 2 scene 2 Macbeth claims that he is ____
“Afraid to think of what I have done”
28
Which quote in act 2 scene 2 shows lady Macbeth asserting back her dominance
“Give me the daggers”
29
In act 2 scene 3 Macbeth confesses to what murder
The murder of the guards
30
Lady Macbeth distracts the investigators of Duncan’s murder by doing what
Fainting “help me hence. Ho”
31
Lady Macbeth ironically claims that if banquo had been left out of the feast there would have been a ___
A gap in our great feast
32
Macbeth describes banquo as what before he saddles off
Chief guest
33
Macbeths says to the murderers in act 3 scene 1 that his fears in banquo ___
Stick deep
34
What metaphor does Macbeth use to describe his own infertility
Fruitless crown
35
L Macbeth claims that they gained nothing and lost everything in what quote in act 3 scene 2
“Noughts had”
36
Macbeth claims in act 3 scene 2 he is having ___ dreams that___
Terrible , “that shake us nightly”
37
Macbeth claims that they had done what to a snake in act 3 scene 2
“Scorch’d the snake, not kill’d it”
38
How does macbeth deflect the plot to kill banquo to lady Macbeth
“Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck”
39
In act 3 scene 4 L Macbeth questions Macbeth in a quote. What is it?
“Are you a man”
40
L Macbeth claims Macbeths fit is momentary and that it “”
Hath been from his youth
41
Macbeth shows fear in act 3 scene 4 and shouts at banquos ghost and claims it must never do what
“Never shake thy gory locks at me”
42
Lady Macbeth takes charge in act 3 scene 4 and commands them to do what once Macbeth is hallucinating
“Go at once”
43
Macbeth alliteravely comes to the conclusion that Duncan’s murder will result in what
“Blood will have blood”
44
Which quote does L Macbeth claim every day is like a new challenge
“Almost at odds with the morning”
45
What does Macbeth say to show that they are only at the start of their journey
“We are yet but young in deed”
46
Which quote in act 4 scene 1 shows Macbeth cares little for the witches
“Whate’er thou art”
47
Macbeth returns to the witches again in act 4 scene 1 and demands to know whether who will live
Macduff