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Macbeth Act 1 & 2

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  • Why does Macbeth kill the guards
    To make it look like he was so angry at them for killing Duncan/ to silence them
  • "when you ____ do it, then you were a man"
    durst
  • What are some of the unnatural events that occur after the King is killed
    Duncans horses escape and eat each other/a falcon was killed by an owl/ it is dark when it should be light
  • Who is "too full of the milk of human kindness"
    Macbeth
  • Why is Lady Macbeth cross at Macbeth after the murder?
    Because he brought the daggers back and is behaving foolish
  • What are all of the witches predictions for Macbeth
    Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, King hereafter
  • 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 irony
  • "That which hath made them ___ hath made me ____"
    drunk/bold
  • In which Act and Scene do we first meet the witches
    Act One Scene One
  • Which Act and Scene is the soliloquy: "Is this a dagger which I see before me"
    Act 2 Scene 1
  • Foul is...
    fair
  • Reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of a character
    Soliloquy
  • What does "Art thou a'feared" mean?
    Are you scared?
  • Who says: "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition"
    Macbeth
  • "Stay you ____ speakers, tell me more"
    imperfect
  • Who is the traitor that was sentenced to death by the king
    Thane of Cawdor
  • "The Prince of Cumberland; That is a ____ on which I must fall down, or else _____"
    Step, overleap
  • Macbeth's "hamartia"
    ambition
  • In which Act and Scene do Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches?
    Act 1 Scene 3
  • The fatal flaw of a character
    Hamartia
  • Who tells Macbeth that he must learn to "look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it"
    Lady Macbeth
  • What are the witches predictions for Banquo
    His descendants will be King, but he will not
  • Who do not look like "inhabitants o' the earth"
    The witches
  • Who discovers Duncan's body
    Macduff
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