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Macbeth Act 1 and 2

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  • What is the plan to kill the king?
    Lady Macbeth will drug the guards, then Macbeth will go in and kill him
  • What are Malcom and Donalbain afraid of?
    That they are next to be murdered
  • Who discovers Duncan's body?
    Macduff
  • Why is Macbeth honored by the king?
    He defeated MacDonwald in the war
  • What kind of irony is it when the reader know something that the character doesn't know?
    Dramatic
  • What is an example of a paradox from Act 1?
    "Fair is foul....."
  • A traitor that is sentenced to death by the king
    Thane of Cawdor
  • What does Macbeth desire to do when he hears that Malcom will be King?
    Get rid of him
  • 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
  • What is a metaphor?
    A comparison that does not use like or as
  • What is personification?
    Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
  • A statement that contradicts itself, but is still true
    paradox
  • 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
  • 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 are all of the witches predictions for Macbeth?
    He will be Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King
  • What does lady Macbeth ask the spirits for when she hears Duncan is coming?
    To be filled with cruelty
  • What is tone?
    The author's attitude about a subject
  • What news does Macbeth get after meeting the witches that makes him start to believe their prophecies?
    He is Thane of Cawdor
  • reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of a character
    soliloquy
  • How does Lady Macbeth let Macbeth know that the guards have been taken care of?
    rings a bell
  • Who tells Macbeth that he must learn to look innocent even when his heart is full of evil?
    Lady Macbeth
  • What are the witches predictions for Banquo?
    His descendants will be king, but he will not
  • 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
  • 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
  • What is a common symbol for guilt that is used in Act 1 and 2?
    Sleep
  • Why won't Macbeth take the daggers back to the crime scene?
    He can't bear to look at what he did
  • Macbeth's flaw that makes him a tragic character
    his ambition
  • What is Lady Macbeth's excuse for not killing Duncan herself?
    He reminds her of her dad
  • What is mood?
    How the reader feels
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