Macbeth Flashcards
stage direction
Thunder and Lightning. Enter three witches.
all witches
Fair is foul and foul is fair: / hover through the fog and filthy air.
What is the opening stage direction of Macbeth?
Thunder and Lightning. Enter three witches.
What do the witches say in unison?
Fair is foul and foul is fair: / hover through the fog and filthy air.
How does the Captain describe Macbeth?
Brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name / Till he un-seam’d him from the knave to the chaps.
What title does the Captain give to Macbeth?
Ballona’s Bridegroom.
What does Macbeth wish for regarding his desires?
Stars hide your fires; / Let light not see my black and deep desires.
What does Lady Macbeth ask the spirits to do?
Come, you spirits… unsex me here.
What metaphor does Lady Macbeth use to describe her appearance?
Look like the innocent flower/ but be the serpent under it.
What does Macbeth say about the blood on his hands?
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather /The multitudinous seas in incarnadine.
What does Lady Macbeth say about cleansing the deed?
A little water clears us of this deed.
How does Macbeth describe Duncan’s body?
His silver skin laced with his golden blood.
What does Ross observe the morning after Duncan’s murder?
by the clock, ‘tis day, /And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.
What does Macbeth say about his mental state?
Oh! Full of scorpions is my mind.
What does Macbeth say to the ghost of Banquo?
Thou canst not say I did it: never shake/ Thy gory locks at me.
What does Malcolm say about the state of the country?
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; / It weeps, it bleeds.
What does Lady Macbeth exclaim about the spot?
Out, damned spot! out, I say!–Hell is murky!
What does Macbeth declare about fighting?
I’ll fight till, from my bones, my flesh be hacked. Give me my armor.
What does Macduff call Macbeth?
Turn, hell hound, Turn! Tyrant.
What theme does Shakespeare explore in Macbeth?
The catastrophic consequences of betrayal of the Chain of Being.
Who does Macbeth betray in the play?
His King, God, his best friend Banquo, and even evil itself.
What warning does Shakespeare convey through Macbeth’s betrayal?
Against betraying the King; endorsing James I’s Divine Right.
