Macbeth Mock Flashcards
Name 5 themes that run through Macbeth
Supernatural Power Ambition Water Sleep
What is Macbeth
A tyrant
What are the people at the time called when it was written
Jacobean
Who was the king at the time and what was his interests
James 1st
Supernatural
What do 3 apparitions do the witches show Macbeth and when in the play
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
Which wood will move to fight him
Great birnam wood to high dunsinane
What quotation shows Macbeth hope to be king
If chance shall have me king, why, chance may crown me
Act1 S 3
What quotation shows Macbeths ambition is running away with him
Vaulting ambition which o’verleaps itself
What quote shows lady Macbeth telling Macbeth to be a man of duality
Look like th’ innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it
What does lady Macbeth call upon spirits to do after she reads macbeths letter
Unsex me here
What does Macbeth say when he lies to Banquo
“I think not of them”
Dramatic irony because he does and he’s about to kill Duncan because of them
What is stichomythia
Fast paced speech between characters, used between Macbeth and lady macbeth after murder = paranoia
Eg “when?” - “now”
Finish the quotation…
Will all great N
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
What have lady Macbeth and Macbeth done to the snake
We have scorched the snake not killed it
What is macbeths hamartia
Vaulting ambition
What do Macbeth and lady macbeth speak of with a euphemism
Duncan’s murder
What does Macbeth describe coming again in act 3 scene 4
“Here comes my fit again”
What does Macbeth think he is without his fit
Whole as a marble
(Hard, unbreakable)
Powerful figurative language
What does the doctor feel when she knows what lady macbeth has done
“I think, but dare not speak”
How does lady Macbeth mock macbeth act 1 scene 7 x2 quotes
And wakes it now to look so green and pale
Be so much more a man
What structure does Macbeth have
Explain
A twofold structure following macbeths rise and fall
Comparison between how lines are spoke
Blank verse (unrhymed) Whereas witches use rhyming couplets which show how spells are enchanted
What does the metaphor ‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it’ represent
the serpent is an allusion to the biblical story where adam and eve get tempted by a serpent
What quotation shows how Lady Macbeth cannot gain power unless Macbeth does
‘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
What quotation shows Banquoes ambition
Look into the seeds of time and #’royal hope’;
what type of word is unsex
imperative verb
finish the quotation ‘blood
blood will have blood- spoken by Macbeth which shows that he lacks control, ones he has killed he will continue to kill
finish the quotation ‘i am
i am in blood stepped in so deep’- physiological blood lust
finish the quotation and what does it mean ‘out
‘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
what does Shakespeare want to do with Macbeth
ingratiate himself
what does macbeth do
disturb the natural order of things AND THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING
What lexical field is employed by lady macbeths character
the lexical field employed by her character contains ‘raven’, ‘fatal’, ‘night’ which are arguably words associated with something more Machiavellian
what quotation shows lady macbeths lack of fear
a little water clears us of this deed
why is ‘full of scorpions is my mind’ ironic
scorpions have poor eyesight, which metaphorically links to macbeth who cannot see the severe consequences of his actions
what quotation shows the physical effects the witches have on macbeth
heart knocks at my ribs
what quote shows macbeth isnt afraid of dying
‘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
what do the prophecies also make macbeth suspicious about
banquo and his children as he knows he has a ‘fruitless crown’
