macbeth review Flashcards
macbeth is written during what periods
elizabethean and renaissance
what is shakespeaere’s theater
globe
who ordered the writing of this play
king james
how many acts do tragedies have
5
where is the tech cimax
act 3
where is the dram climax
act 5
act 1 is called the
exposition
act 2 is called the
rising action
what is the actual tech climax
fleance escapes = first thing that macbeth has ordered that doesn’t go by his plan
who is duncan’s youngest son
donalbain
where does donalbain go
ireland
sins of malcolm
lust and avarice
title of to be king
prince of cumberland
macbeth’s first castle
Inverness
castle of the king
Dunsinane
woods around king
great birnam woods
who is the thane of fife
macdfuff
who is the thane of glamis
macbeth
two countries at war
scotland v.s. norway
reason for the porter scene
comic relief
what 3 things destroy macbeth
ambition, witches, lady macbeth
where are kings crowned
Scone
where are kings buried
colmeskill
what does the whetstone represent
grief
“be this the whetstone to your sword”
malcolm to macduff
who is the best half that is lost by the murderers
fleance
who says, Macbeth shall sleep no more
macbeth
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself
And falls on the other.
macbeth
Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand. Oh, oh, oh!
lady macbeth during her hallucination
Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent ______,
But be the _____ under’t
flower
serpent
lady macbeth to macbeth trying to persuade him to kill duncan
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
banquo to macbeth about the witches
O, yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them.
speaker?
meaning?
macbbeth
saying that he killed duncan’s guards out of fury for the death of his king
the falcon =
duncan
who are compared to eagles and lions
banquo and macbeth for their nobiility in battle
owl = the ____
darkness in macbeth
a martlet =
peace
This guest of summer,
The temple-haunting martlet, does approve,
banquo is the speaker
what does a wren do
protect its nest
who is a vulture in the play and for what reason
malcolm = lust
He wants the natural touch: for the poor wren,
The most diminutive of birds, will fight,
Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.
lady macduff about her husband
3 people who react to death
MB to lady MB- no time to mourn
Siward to young siward- noble death, death in battle facing forwrd
MD to family- avenges his family
MB and Lady MB reversals
lady MB calls on dark spirits first and then MB calls on dark spirits later
MB felt guilt for killing duncan and Lady MB said that water can wash the blood away.
Later, MB was too deep in the blood to care while lady MB wanted to wash off her blood.
MB begins to make the plans later in the play instead of lady MB
3 appearances v.s. reality
withces=good/ tricking
malcolm=building pretense to test macduff
lady mb= good host/ plotting duncan’s murder
how does macbeth degrade as a warrior
lets army go, drives them off
doesn’t think
can’t decide to put on armor
3 ironies in the play
???
3 clothing imageries
borrowed robes
giant robes on a thief
fruitless crown
2 reversal quotes
fair is foul and foul is fair
fair and foul a day i have not seen- macbeth saying aabout the battlefield is not true
3 blood quotes
old man has so much blood
wade in blood so far
all the perfumes of arabia
blood on dagger
7 places colmeskill scone engalnd ireland scotland dunsiane fife inverness
- kings buried
- kings crowned
- malcolm raises army
- donalbain goes here
- seetting
- -king’s castle
- macduff family’s murder
- duncan’s muder
