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macbeth review Flashcards

1
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macbeth is written during what periods

A

elizabethean and renaissance

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2
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what is shakespeaere’s theater

A

globe

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3
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who ordered the writing of this play

A

king james

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4
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how many acts do tragedies have

A

5

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5
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where is the tech cimax

A

act 3

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6
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where is the dram climax

A

act 5

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7
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act 1 is called the

A

exposition

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8
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act 2 is called the

A

rising action

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9
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what is the actual tech climax

A

fleance escapes = first thing that macbeth has ordered that doesn’t go by his plan

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10
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who is duncan’s youngest son

A

donalbain

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11
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where does donalbain go

A

ireland

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12
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sins of malcolm

A

lust and avarice

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13
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title of to be king

A

prince of cumberland

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14
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macbeth’s first castle

A

Inverness

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15
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castle of the king

A

Dunsinane

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16
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woods around king

A

great birnam woods

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17
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who is the thane of fife

A

macdfuff

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18
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who is the thane of glamis

A

macbeth

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19
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two countries at war

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scotland v.s. norway

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20
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reason for the porter scene

A

comic relief

21
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what 3 things destroy macbeth

A

ambition, witches, lady macbeth

22
Q

where are kings crowned

A

Scone

23
Q

where are kings buried

A

colmeskill

24
Q

what does the whetstone represent

A

grief

25
Q

“be this the whetstone to your sword”

A

malcolm to macduff

26
Q

who is the best half that is lost by the murderers

A

fleance

27
Q

who says, Macbeth shall sleep no more

A

macbeth

28
Q

To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself
And falls on the other.

A

macbeth

29
Q

Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand. Oh, oh, oh!

A

lady macbeth during her hallucination

30
Q

Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent ______,

But be the _____ under’t

A

flower
serpent
lady macbeth to macbeth trying to persuade him to kill duncan

31
Q

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,

A

banquo to macbeth about the witches

32
Q

O, yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them.
speaker?
meaning?

A

macbbeth

saying that he killed duncan’s guards out of fury for the death of his king

33
Q

the falcon =

A

duncan

34
Q

who are compared to eagles and lions

A

banquo and macbeth for their nobiility in battle

35
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owl = the ____

A

darkness in macbeth

36
Q

a martlet =

A

peace

37
Q

This guest of summer,

The temple-haunting martlet, does approve,

A

banquo is the speaker

38
Q

what does a wren do

A

protect its nest

39
Q

who is a vulture in the play and for what reason

A

malcolm = lust

40
Q

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.

A

lady macduff about her husband

41
Q

3 people who react to death

A

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

42
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MB and Lady MB reversals

A

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

43
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3 appearances v.s. reality

A

withces=good/ tricking
malcolm=building pretense to test macduff
lady mb= good host/ plotting duncan’s murder

44
Q

how does macbeth degrade as a warrior

A

lets army go, drives them off
doesn’t think
can’t decide to put on armor

45
Q

3 ironies in the play

A

???

46
Q

3 clothing imageries

A

borrowed robes
giant robes on a thief
fruitless crown

47
Q

2 reversal quotes

A

fair is foul and foul is fair

fair and foul a day i have not seen- macbeth saying aabout the battlefield is not true

48
Q

3 blood quotes

A

old man has so much blood
wade in blood so far
all the perfumes of arabia
blood on dagger

49
Q 
7 places
colmeskill
scone
engalnd
ireland
scotland
dunsiane
fife
inverness
A
  • kings buried
  • kings crowned
  • malcolm raises army
  • donalbain goes here
  • seetting
  • -king’s castle
  • macduff family’s murder
  • duncan’s muder

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