Macbeth Flashcards

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Who is Macbeth?

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A Scottish General and Thane of Glamis. He fights valiantly for his country, and is highly regarded by everyone, including the King

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How is Macbeth led to evil thoughts?

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After hearing the Weird Sister’s prophecies

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What does his wife urge him to do?

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Kill King Duncan, he then employs 3 men to murder Banquo, and has Macduff’s family slaughtered

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What happens to Macbeth in the play’s finale?

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He is killed by Macduff

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What is the quote starting with, “So foul…”?

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“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (Act 1, Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “If chance will…”?

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“If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me” (Act 1, Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “Stars, hide…”?

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“Stars, hide your fires, / Let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act 1, Scene 4)

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What is the quote starting with, “My dearest…”?

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“My dearest partner of greatness [referring to his wife in a letter]” (Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Yet do I…”?

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“Yet do I [his wife] fear thy nature. / It is too full o’th’ milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way” (Lady Macbeth)(Act 1, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “He’s here in…”?

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“He’s here in double trust: / First, as I am his kinsman, and his subject, / Strong both against the deed. / Then as his host” (Act 1, Scene 7)

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What is the quote starting with, “We will proceed…”?

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“We will proceed no further in this business” (Act 1, Scene 7)

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What is the quote starting with, “I dare do…”?

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“I dare do all that may become a man, / Who dares do more, is none.” (Act 1, Scene 7)

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What is the quote starting with, “Away, and mock…”?

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“Away, and mock the time with the fairest show: / False face must hide what the false heart doth know” (Act 1, Scene 7)

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What is the quote starting with, “Is this a…”?

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“Is this a dagger I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?” (Act 2, Scene 1)

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What is the quote starting with, “I heard a voice…”?

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“I heard a voice cry, ‘sleep no more. / Macbeth doth murder sleep.’” (Act 2, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “Our fears…”?

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“Our fears in Banquo stick deep” (Act 3, Scene 1)

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What is the quote starting with, “We have scorched…”?

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“We have scorched the snake, not killed it: / She’ll close and be herself” (Act 3, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “Be innocent…”?

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“Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck” (Act 3, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “O full of…”?

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“O full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife: Thou knowst that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives” (Act 3, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “Come, sealing…”?

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“Come, sealing night, / Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day” (Act 3, Scene 2)

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What is the quote starting with, “But now I…”?

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“But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined [on Fleance’s escape]” (Act 3, Scene 4)

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What is the quote starting with, “Thou canst…”?

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“Thou canst not say I did it: never shake / Thy gory locks at me” (Act 3, Scene 4)

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What is the quote starting with, “I’ll fight…”?

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“I’ll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked” (Act 5, Scene 3)

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What is the quote starting with, “Out, out brief candle…?

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“Out, out brief candle, / Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, / That struts and frets his hour upon a stage, / And then is heard no more” (Act 5, Scene 5)

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What is the quote starting with, “Why should I…”?

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“Why should I play the Roman fool, and die / On mine own sword?” (Act 5, Scene 8)

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What is the quote starting with, “I must not…”?

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“I must not yield [my life] / To one of woman born” (Act 5, Scene 8)