Supernatural Flashcards
1
Q
What are the witches motivated by?
A
“destruction”
2
Q
How does Shakespeare use pathetic fallacy?
A
- darker and scarier atmosphere to accompany the witches
- Shakespeare hints at what’s real and what’s not, adding to the drama
- “thunder and lightening” whenever the witches arrive
3
Q
What are the three scenes that include hallucinations?
A
- Act 2 Scene 1
- Act 3 Scene 4
- Act 5 Scene 1
4
Q
What does the dagger leading Macbeth to Duncan’s room represent?
A
the “bloody business” he’s about to do
5
Q
What does Banquo’s ghost give Macbeth?
A
a “strange infirmity” and as nobody else can see it which suggests it’s a sign of his guilty conscience
6
Q
How do we know Lady Macbeth is driven mad?
A
she imagines that her hands will “ne’er be clean”
7
Q
How does Macbeth’s language become agitated when he sees Banquo’s ghost?
A
“Prithee, see there! Behold, look, lo!”
8
Q
What does Lady Macbeth’s language when she sleepwalks show?
Give examples.
A
- she is disturbed be the vision of blood
- “O, o, o!”
- “One, two: why, then, ‘tis time to do’t”
- the doctor says that her heart is “sorely charged”
- her language has changed from blank verse to confused prose
