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Macbeth - - Sheridan Flashcards

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1
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Who is the person that is crowned king at the end of the play?

A

Malcolm

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2
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Who is the leader of the witches?

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Hecate

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Who was the brave English soldier, in his first military campaign, fighting alongside his warlike father and discovers Macbeth in his castle and is killed by Macbeth?

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Young Siward

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Who is the noble and brave captain in the Scottish army who shall “get kings” though “he be none”?

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Banquo

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What is the name of Duncan’s oldest son and the rightful heir to the throne?

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Malcolm

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Who is the wife of a powerful and sell-respected thane - she has a very strong personality and decides what is best for their future in Act 1?

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Lady Macbeth

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Who was a great King of Scotland is well loved and wrongfully killed?

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Duncan

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Who is the wife of a Scottish thane who is viciously murdered alongside her helpless children and all who cross paths with the hired murderers?

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Lady Macduff

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9
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Who is the tragic hero who starts the play noble but deteriorates into a vile and tyrannical figure?

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Macbeth

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Who is the Scottish thane who travels to England and leaves his family to ask the rightful heir of the Scottish throne to fight against Macbeth?

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Macduff

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11
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Who is the doctor who said that to cure a diseased mind “therein the patient must minister to himself”?

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Scottish Doctor

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Who is the son of a second slaughtered man who flees the country following the examples of two other orphaned sons before him?

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Fleance

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13
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What is the name of the characters that introduce Macbeth in the play?

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Weird sisters

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14
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Who was the Scottish nobleman who is a minor character but acts as the messenger to the other major characters?

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Ross

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15
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Who chants spells and dance around cauldrons?

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Weird sisters

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Who orders his Scottish and English troops to cut down trees to disguise their numbers?

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Malcolm

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17
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Who orders the murders of several people after putting his faith in supernatural predictions?

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Macbeth

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Who is the warlike English lord who alongside Malcolm and his son, leads the charge against Macbeth at Dusinane?

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Siward

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Who is the doctor who praises the English King Edward and his healing powers?

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English Doctor

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20
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Who carries a candle out of fear?

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Lady Macbeth

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21
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Who is the drunken gate-keeper at Inverness who says he is the “gate-keeper to hell”?

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Porter

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22
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Who is consumed by guilt and sleepwalks in Act 5 - eventually commits suicide?

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Lady Macbeth

23
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Who is Macbeth’s enemy - according to the first apparition?

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Macduff

24
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What is the name of Duncan’s younger son who fled the country after his father’s murder?

A

Donalban

25
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Who are the men hired to do Macbeth’s dirty work in relations to Banquo and the Macduff’s

A

murderers

26
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What quality does Macbeth possess that pushes him to murder over all objections?

A

Ambition

27
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Who is Scotland at war with at the beginning of Macbeth?

A

Norway

28
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What does Lady Macbeth carry with her at all times after Act III especially at night when she is in one of her fits?

A

Candle

29
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Who committed treason at the beginning of the play?

A

The Thane of Cawdor

30
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What is the punishment for the Thane of Cawdor for treason?

A

execution

31
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What does Lady Macbeth pray to supernatural powers to take away from her so that she may be able to do what needs to be done?

A

Femininity

32
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What is the name of the Scottish noblemen who led the Scots to victory in the beginning of the play?

A

Macbeth and Banquo

33
Q

Finish the following: “By the pricking of my thumbs something ______ this way comes”?

A

Wicked

34
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What does Lady Macbeth call her husband that pushes him toward certainty - when he wants to cancel the murder?

A

Coward

35
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What does Macbeth envisions before him pointing the way toward Duncan?

A

A bloody Dagger

36
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What is the plan with the murder weapon?

A

To plant it one the guards

37
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Why won’t the guards remember anything about the night of the murder?

A

Lady Macbeth drugged their wine

38
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Where does Donalbain flee to after the murder of his father?

A

Ireland

39
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What does Lady do when the murder of Duncan is discovered by Macduff?

A

She faints

40
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What does King Edward supple the Scottish rebels with?

A

10,000 soldiers

41
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What does Macbeth see sitting at his place at the banquet table?

A

Banquo

42
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What does Banquo wish to do after the murder of Duncan?

A

Put his trust in Macbeth to solve the murder

43
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What are some reasons that Macbeth has to NOT kill Duncan?

A

Too risky - - he could lose everything
King Duncan is like a father to him
King Duncan is well-loved by the people

44
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What are the predictions made by the witches in Act 1 for Macbeth?

A

Will be King in the hereafter

Will be the Thane of Cawdor

45
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What is the climax of the play?

A

The death or murder of Duncan

46
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Why is Macbeth’s reaction to Lady Macbeth’s death so understated?

A

He is in the middle of an attack

He lost all humanity at this point

47
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What does the candle symbolize for Lady Macbeth and Macbeth?

A

The light through the evil or darkness

Death

48
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What does Macbeth do to the Macduff’s and why?

A

He has them killed because of the 1st apparition - claiming that Macduff is his enemy

49
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What reason did Macbeth give for viciously killing Duncan’s guard?

A

His anger and loyalty

50
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Why does Macbeth need to kill Banquo and Fleance?

A

The prediction of the witches that Banquo’s sons will be the kings

51
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How does Lady Macbeth explain away Macbeth’s hallucination during the dinner party?

A

Because he hasn’t go much sleep

52
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How does Shakespeare incorporate real historical context into Macbeth - how and why did Shakespeare change the details of history in Macbeth?

A

Macbeth is a real person
King Duncan is a real person
Real Macbeth ruled for 14 years and was well liked
King Duncan was murdered in history
Real Macbeth lived during King Duncan’s reign
There was a war between Scotland and Norway
Was said to be written for King James
Banquo is ancestor of King James
King James was interested in witches

53
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In the space provided describe each one of the three apparitions and what they tell Macbeth in Act IV - describe how each of these apparitions came to life?

A

1st apparitions - - Armed head - - beware of Macduff
Macduff eventually killed Macbeth

2nd apparitions - - Bloody child - - no man born of woman shall harm Macbeth
Macduff was ripped or C-section from his mother’s womb

3rd apparition - - Child crowned holding tree - - Macbeth will not be defeated until Birnam woods march up against Dunsinane - - Malcolm has his soldiers cut down trees to disguise the number of soldier and march on Dunsiname

54
Q

Who was at fault for Macbeth’s actions?

Be able to defend your position

A

Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Duncan

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