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Macbeth Mock Flashcards

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1
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Name 5 themes that run through Macbeth

A 
Supernatural 
Power 
Ambition 
Water 
Sleep
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2
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What is Macbeth

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A tyrant

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What are the people at the time called when it was written

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Jacobean

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4
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Who was the king at the time and what was his interests

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James 1st

Supernatural

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What do 3 apparitions do the witches show Macbeth and when in the play

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In act 4 scene 1
1- an armed head - beware Macduff
2-Bloody child - no man born of woman born can harm him
3-child with a crown on his head holding a tree in his hands -he is safe till he sees the forest approaching- burnham wood

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6
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Which wood will move to fight him

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Great birnam wood to high dunsinane

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7
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What quotation shows Macbeth hope to be king

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If chance shall have me king, why, chance may crown me

Act1 S 3

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8
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What quotation shows Macbeths ambition is running away with him

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Vaulting ambition which o’verleaps itself

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What quote shows lady Macbeth telling Macbeth to be a man of duality

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Look like th’ innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it

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10
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What does lady Macbeth call upon spirits to do after she reads macbeths letter

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Unsex me here

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11
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What does Macbeth say when he lies to Banquo

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“I think not of them”

Dramatic irony because he does and he’s about to kill Duncan because of them

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12
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What is stichomythia

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Fast paced speech between characters, used between Macbeth and lady macbeth after murder = paranoia
Eg “when?” - “now”

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13
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Finish the quotation…

Will all great N

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Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood

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What have lady Macbeth and Macbeth done to the snake

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We have scorched the snake not killed it

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What is macbeths hamartia

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Vaulting ambition

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16
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What do Macbeth and lady macbeth speak of with a euphemism

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Duncan’s murder

17
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What does Macbeth describe coming again in act 3 scene 4

A

“Here comes my fit again”

18
Q

What does Macbeth think he is without his fit

A

Whole as a marble
(Hard, unbreakable)
Powerful figurative language

19
Q

What does the doctor feel when she knows what lady macbeth has done

A

“I think, but dare not speak”

20
Q

How does lady Macbeth mock macbeth act 1 scene 7 x2 quotes

A

And wakes it now to look so green and pale

Be so much more a man

21
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What structure does Macbeth have

Explain

A

A twofold structure following macbeths rise and fall

22
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Comparison between how lines are spoke

A 
Blank verse (unrhymed) 
Whereas witches use rhyming couplets which show how spells are enchanted
23
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What does the metaphor ‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it’ represent

A

the serpent is an allusion to the biblical story where adam and eve get tempted by a serpent

24
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What quotation shows how Lady Macbeth cannot gain power unless Macbeth does

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‘dearest partner’ he is suggesting that he will treat her as equal- this is a persuasive technique used to cause Lady Macbeth to become the ‘spur’ to ‘prick’ Macbeths intent

25
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What quotation shows Banquoes ambition

A

Look into the seeds of time and #’royal hope’;

26
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what type of word is unsex

A

imperative verb

27
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finish the quotation ‘blood

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blood will have blood- spoken by Macbeth which shows that he lacks control, ones he has killed he will continue to kill

28
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finish the quotation ‘i am

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i am in blood stepped in so deep’- physiological blood lust

29
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finish the quotation and what does it mean ‘out

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‘out damned spot’ the blood on her hands- in an attempt to stop her from thinking her soul is damned she convinces herself its just the spot of blood- Shakespeare disagrees with all killing- pacifist

30
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what does Shakespeare want to do with Macbeth

A

ingratiate himself

31
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what does macbeth do

A

disturb the natural order of things AND THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING

32
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What lexical field is employed by lady macbeths character

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the lexical field employed by her character contains ‘raven’, ‘fatal’, ‘night’ which are arguably words associated with something more Machiavellian

33
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what quotation shows lady macbeths lack of fear

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a little water clears us of this deed

34
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why is ‘full of scorpions is my mind’ ironic

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scorpions have poor eyesight, which metaphorically links to macbeth who cannot see the severe consequences of his actions

35
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what quotation shows the physical effects the witches have on macbeth

A

heart knocks at my ribs

36
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what quote shows macbeth isnt afraid of dying

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‘I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hack’d’ - not afraid as he has overruled the great chain of being o r because of nihilism

37
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what do the prophecies also make macbeth suspicious about

A

banquo and his children as he knows he has a ‘fruitless crown’

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