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Shakespeare 3B Flashcards

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During the renaissance what was the type of human love that was the highest and most spiritual

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Friendship

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Shakespeare made a decent living from his plays true or false

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True

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3
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How many plays did he preserved

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37

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4
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The two long narrative poems Shakespeare wrote

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Venus an Adonis

The rape of lucrece

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During Shakespeare’s life time

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He had a great reputation and he was well of being materially successful

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6
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His great historical plays were written

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In his first half of his career

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The sonnets cover the subjects of

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Death , idealism, and eternity

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Themes of the sonnets

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Immortality of verse

Duration of genuine love

Frequent spiritual gain from physical decline

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9
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3 quatrians and 1 couplet

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Shakespearean

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10
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In sonnet 18 “shall I compare thee” Shakespeare discusses the superiority of his love to the loveliness of

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Nature

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11
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In sonnet 16 “Let me not to the marriage “

What does it talk about the virtue of

What is the metaphor for unshakeable love ?

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constancy

The start

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12
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Because of Macbeths treason he forfeits

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His love , sleep, and honor

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13
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The play “Macbeth “ is called a

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Morality play

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Macbeths resembles what type of effective medieval drama

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Teaching morals

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The impact of this play is based on it’s

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Artistry , and it’s biblical values

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16
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Famous lines from act 1

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“Fair is foul , foul is fair “
“The milk inhuman kindness “
“Screw your courage to the sticking place “

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17
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At the beginning , the witches foreshadow ?

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The struggle between good and evil in the human soul

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18
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Why does Shakespeare use witches instead of devils

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Because witches are more realistic

Devils were considered comedy

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The witches statement “fair is foul, foul is fair “ introduces what theme

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“Things don’t seem like what they appear “

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20
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Macbeth has a hardened sinner , considers his gain to be worth the price has has paid “ true or false

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False

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21
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What did the raven and blood Symbolize ?

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The raven and blood were images of evil , associated with Duncan’s murder

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22
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The one request that lady Macbeth makes of the spirits that are not granted

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To make her unable to feel remorse

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23
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The witches three prophecies

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1) Thane of Glamis
2) Thane of Cawdor
3) king

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24
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What happens when Duncan comes to the castle . It foreshadows what?

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Macbeths commit the crime

  • order will be restored at the end of the play
  • evil is unmasked
  • good will be shown in triumphed
25
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Two famous lines from act 2

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“Is this a dagger I see “

“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”

26
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Why does Macbeth call the dagger a fatal vision

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Because it prompts him to murder Duncan. It will become fatal to Macbeths physical and spiritual being

27
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Why couldn’t lady Macbeth kill Duncan

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Because she said he looked like her sleeping father

28
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The primary function of the porter in the beginning of scene 3 is

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For comic

29
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The function of the old man is

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To fulfill the role of the Greek chores giving the facts and expressing public opinion

30
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Up to act three Banquo serves as a

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Foil

31
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Act 3 contains the ______

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Turning point of the play

32
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Macbeth can’t turn back because

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The crime was committed

33
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Banquos regal nature

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Brave attitude

34
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Macbeth fears banquo because

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He has sold his soul to give the throne to his heirs

35
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Why is it ironic that Macbeth invited banquo to the Banquet as an honor

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Because he intends to kill him

36
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The appearance of banquos ghost is an example of

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Situational irony

37
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Macbeths visit to the witches cave reflects his belief

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That he is not able to retreat from his course of evil

38
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According to Hicate, over confidence is

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The primarily enemy of mortals

39
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As the symbol of treachery Macbeths mind is full of

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Scorpions

40
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What does Linux provide to the play

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An objective on the actions of the play

Also his dialogue gives explanations and locations

41
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Macbeths sees banquos ghost

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3 times

42
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The witches brew establishes an atmosphere of ?

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Horror

Because it prepares us for the slaughter of macduffs family

43
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Macbeths actions in act 4 disrupt

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Nature , society , and family

44
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Macduff is prevented from getting complete revenge because

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Macbeth doesn’t have children

45
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The three prophesies Macbeth receives

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1) beware mcduff
2) none of women born shall harm him
3) he shall never be vanquished until birnan wood comes to dunsinane

46
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The three apparitions Macbeths sees at the caves

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1) an armed head
2) a bloody child
3) a crowned child

47
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What does the mirror represent in the parade of Banquos heirs

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His kids will be king

48
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Macduff was not warned about the safely of his family before he went to find Malcolm true or false

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True

49
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Lady Macbeth ___,____,____ while she sleeps

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Walks , talks and writes

50
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What does lady Macbeth always have with her in act 4

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Lighted candle

51
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Macbeth asked the doctor to

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Cure his wife and Scotland

52
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He was considered to be one of the people who wrote Shakespeare plays

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Christopher marlow

53
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In Macbeths “tomorrow “ speech , Macbeth describes life as a

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Candle , a shadow , and a actor

54
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Blood is a symbol of

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Murder and guilt

55
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Macbeth faces his death with

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Courage because he knows he’s going to die

56
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With what is lady Macbeth most preoccupied when she sleeps walks

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The murder of Duncan

57
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What does blood symbolize in Macbeth

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Death

58
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What “now hangs loose about ,Macbeths , like a giant robe /upon a dwarfish thief”

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His title

59
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What news prompt Macbeths famous “tomorrow “ speech

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Lady Macbeths death

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