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Regicide Flashcards

1
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Name 10 themes and ideas that link with regicide?

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Gender roles.
Supernatural.
Heaven/hell.
Justice.
Darkness.
Suffering.
Sleep.
Insanity.
Violence.
Entrapment.
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How is gender roles liked to regicide?

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Lady Macbeth must reject her “natural” femininity so she can commit the unnatural act of regicide.

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Where is gender role apparent throughout the play?

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Introductory soliloquy.
Sleepwalking scene.
Manipulation of Macbeth.
Unnatural consequences of embracing the supernatural.

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How does the introductory soliloquy link with regicide?

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Association of supernatural.
Witches are arguably possessed from this point.
Rejects feminine traits to become unnatural so she can commit an unnatural act.

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How does the sleepwalking scene link with regicide?

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Punished for her unnatural crime and her association with the supernatural.

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How is the supernatural linked with regicide?

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Evil influence supernatural leads to unnatural regicide.

Visions highlight horror and unnatural effects of crime.

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Where is the supernatural apparent throughout the play?

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Opening scene with witches.
The vision of the dagger.
Darkness.
Sleepwalking scene.
Prophecies.
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How does the opening witch scene link to regicide?

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Establishes the witches’ influence over the events of the play.
Unnatural essence of regicide.

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How does the vision of the dagger link to regicide?

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The witches have influenced this.

Lady Macbeth manipulation.

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How does darkness link to regicide?

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Disruption of nature because of regicide.

Causes whole country to suffer unnaturally.

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The quotation “unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles” links to what?

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The sleepwalking scene.

Actions have consequences.

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How do the prophecies link to regicide?

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Equivocation and entrapment.

Tells the truth but hides the truth.

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Why cant lady macbeth sleep?

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She is excluded from nature.

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STARTING PLAY WITH WITCHES MEANS WHAT?

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THE AUDIENCE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE REST OF THE PLAY IS ABOUT.

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Nothing Macbeth does is of what?

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His own free will.

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How is heaven and hell linked with regicide ?

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Regicide is a crime against God.

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17
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When is heaven and hell apparent throughout the play?

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The murder scene.

The sleep walking scene.

18
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How is heaven and hell apparent during the murder scene?

NAME QUOTATIONS

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“I could not say amen”
“Sacrilegious murder”
“Broke ope’Lords anointed temple”
“Hell is murky”

19
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How is justice linked to regicide?

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Macbeth is ultimately killed by Macduff as a punishment for his crime.
Cyclical nature of violence.

20
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Where is justice apparent throughout the play?

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Act 1,scene 7 soliloquy
Banquos ghost.
Macbeths beheading and beheaded.

21
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How is act 1, scene 7 the soliloquy scene linked to regicide?

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Macbeth doubts:

“bloody instructions, which being taught return to plague th’ inventor”

22
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How is Banquos ghost scene liked with regicide?

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“blood will have blood.

Violence creates more violence.

23
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Violence is what?

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Cyclical.

Circular structure.

24
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How is darkness linked to regicide?

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Symbolises the evil nature of regicide.

Darkness after the murder symbolises the unnatural murder disturbs nature.

25
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When is darkness apparent throughout the play?

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Concealment and evil.
Murder scene.
The old man.
The sleepwalking scene.

26
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Name quotations which link to concealment and evil?

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“Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires” Act 1, scene 4 Lady Macbeth.

27
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Name the quotation said by the old man, linked to concealment and evil?

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“Darkness strangles the travelling lamp”

28
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Name a quotation from the sleep walking scene linked to concealment and evil?

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“She has light by her continually ‘tis her command”

29
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How does suffering link to regicide?

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The Macbeths suffer as a punishment for their unholy crime.

30
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Areas where suffering is?

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Dagger scene - insanity.

Murder scene - guilt.

31
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The “tomorrow” speech is linked to what?

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Existential angst.

Worrying about the concept of life.

32
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How is sleep linked to regicide?

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The Macbeths inability to sleep symbolises their exclusion from nature after the unnatural deed.

33
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Where is sleep apparent?

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The murder scene.

The Macbeths inability to sleep.

34
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How is the murder scene linked to regicide?

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“Macbeth doth murder sleep”
“balm of hurt minds”
“great nature’s second course”

35
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How is insanity linked to regicide?

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The Macbeths insanity is a punishment for their unnatural act of regicide.

36
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Where is insanity apparent throughout the play?

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Dagger speech.
Banquo's speech.
Mental suffering.
Sleepwalking scene.
Tomorrow's speech.
37
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How is violence linked to regicide?

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Macbeth’s violent nature leads to regicide, but its consequences destroy him.

38
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Where is violence apparent throughout the play?

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The battle act 1 scene 2.
Murder of king duncan, guards, banquo, macduffs.
Beheading.

39
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What makes him a great solider makes him…

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A great villain.

40
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Killing the Macduffs.

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It had no logical purpose.

41
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How is entrapment linked to regicide?

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Macbeth’s are entrapped by suprnatural into commiting regicide then entrapped by their own suffering.

42
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Where is entrapment apparent?

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Prophecies scenes.
Mental suffering.
Sleep walking scene.

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