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What is a metaphor?
A comparison that does not use like or as
What is a common symbol for guilt that is used in Act 1 and 2?
Sleep
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
What are Malcom and Donalbain afraid of?
That they are next to be murdered
Why does Macbeth kill the guards?
To make it look like he was upset by Duncan's murder, but he is really worried they will talk
Who discovers Duncan's body?
Macduff
What are some of the unnatural events that occur in act 2 (must have at least 2)?
The horses each each other, it is dark when it should be light, a falcon was killed by an owl
Why won't Macbeth take the daggers back to the crime scene?
He can't bear to look at what he did
What is Lady Macbeth's excuse for not killing Duncan herself?
He reminds her of her dad
How does Lady Macbeth let Macbeth know that the guards have been taken care of?
rings a bell
What is the plan to kill the king?
Lady Macbeth will drug the guards, then Macbeth will go in and kill him
What does Lady Macbeth say to convince Macbeth that he should murder the king?
She calls him a coward and tells him to be a man and get what he wants
What reasons does Macbeth give for not wanting to kill the king?
He is a good and popular king, it is Macbeth's job to protect him, the people of Scotland would be very upset
Who tells Macbeth that he must learn to look innocent even when his heart is full of evil?
Lady Macbeth
What does lady Macbeth ask the spirits for when she hears Duncan is coming?
To be filled with cruelty
What does Lady Macbeth say about Macbeth when she first reads his letter?
He does not lack ambition, but he is too weak and kind to become the king himself
What does Macbeth desire to do when he hears that Malcom will be King?
Get rid of him
What news does Macbeth get after meeting the witches that makes him start to believe their prophecies?
He is Thane of Cawdor
What are all of the witches predictions for Macbeth?
He will be Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King
What are the witches predictions for Banquo?
His descendants will be king, but he will not
A traitor that is sentenced to death by the king
Thane of Cawdor
Why is Macbeth honored by the king?
He defeated MacDonwald in the war
What is an example of a paradox from Act 1?
"Fair is foul....."
What is mood?
How the reader feels
What is tone?
The author's attitude about a subject
reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of a character
soliloquy
A statement that contradicts itself, but is still true
paradox
What kind of irony is it when the reader know something that the character doesn't know?
Dramatic
Macbeth's flaw that makes him a tragic character
his ambition
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