Macbeth Flashcards

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1
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who kills macbeth?

A

MACDUFF

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2
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what quote shows Banquos loyalty to macbeth at the start of the play?

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“worthy macbeth” - act 1

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what quote shows how Banquo is starting to have a lack of trust in macbeth?

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“give me my sword”

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what quote shows banquo has come to realisation about Macbeth & his attitude has completely changed

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“o treachery! Fly good Fleance, Fly Fly, Fly!” - he’s about to get killed

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5
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what quote shows how lady Macbeth controlled macbeth at the start?

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“from this time, such i account thy love” - if you don’t do it you don’t love me

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what quote does lady macbeth say to describe macbeth after he just killed duncan?

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“a foolish thought to say a sorry sight” - she finds it foolish to get emotional about the deed

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what 2 quotes shows how she feels guilty by act 5 about the deed?

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“out, dammed spot! Out i say!”
“the thane of fife had a wife - where is she now?”
now she feels guilty about lady macduffs murder

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what does macduff say when he finds the King dead?

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“oh, horror! horror! horror!”

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what quote shows that macduff thinks macbeth is the most evil person ever?

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“a devil more damned in evil to too macbeth”

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what quote shows how emotionally strong macduff is?

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“i must also feel it like a man”

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what quote shows that macduffs children is dead?

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“all my pretty chickens” vulnerable children cause macbeth killed them

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what quote shows macduff in the fight?

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“i have no words: my voice is in my sword”

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what quote shows how macbeth is against killing the king?

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“strong both against the deed”

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what quote shows macbeth regrets what he has done?

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“i am afraid to think what i have done” - act 2

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what quote shows macbeth still thinks he can win even though he knows he’s going to die?

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“being no women born, yet i will be thy last”

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16
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what does banquo say about the witches?

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“what are these, do withered and so wild?” shows he has sanity unlike macbeth - witches were seen as horrific

17
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what quote of the witches show they control macbeth?

A

“speak” , “demand”, “answer”

18
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who else does macbeth kill?

A

banquo but not his son

macduffs family

19
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what could be a way that macbeth actually loses power on the throne?

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he loses his compassion, peace and all sense of right and wrong.
Tormented by insecurities and beliefs that others will try and take the throne from him.

20
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when was macbeth written? what era?

A

1606 - jacobean era