Vocab
Misc.
Characters
Plot
Quotations
100
small; tiny
What is diminutive?
100
Lady Macbeth is talking in her sleep and rubbing her hands together.
What is the theme of sleeplessness/a crime against nature?
100
TWO-PARTS! Malcolm initially treats Macduff this way when he asks him for help against Macbeth because Macduff did this.
What is suspiciously AND What is leave his family?
100
The third apparition's prophecy came true in this way.
What is the soldiers tore down branches of Birnam Wood and held them in front of them as they attacked Macbeth's castle.
100
"Whither should I fly? I have done no harm. But I remember now I am in this earthly world, where to do harm is often laudable, to do good sometimes accounted dangerous folly."
Who is Lady Macduff?
200
firmly determined
What is resolute?
200
an utterance of good wishes
What is a benediction?
200
TWO-PARTS: This strategy in the war reveals this about Macbeth's character. (In other words, describe Macbeth's attitude toward the end of the play.)
What he decides not to attack, which shows he is overly confident.
200
The second apparition's prediction comes true in this way.
What is Macduff was "untimely ripped from his mother's womb."
200
"I have almost forgot the taste of fears: The time has been, my senses would have cooled to hear a night-shriek. [...] I have supped full with horrors."
Who is Macbeth?
300
characterized by good judgment
What is judicious?
300
How does Malcolm personify his country?
What is by saying it weeps and bleeds?
300
How does Lady Macbeth's words and actions in Act V contradict how she earlier felt about murder?
What is, in the beginning, she said that her conscience didn't bother her and that a little water would cleanse her of the evil deeds; but, at the end, her guilt is shown by her unconsciously rubbing her hands and talking about the murders?
300
The doctor observes Lady Macbeth doing these two things in Act V.
What is sleepwalking and continually rubbing her hands together?
300
Despair thy charm, and let the angel whom thou still hast served tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped.
Who is Macduff?
400
causing harm or ruin
What is pernicious?
400
a mark against a person for misconduct
What is a demerit?
400
What metaphor shows Macbeth's view of life's worth?
What is comparing people to actors who merely perform on a stage and then are forgotten?
400
TWO-PARTS At the end of the play, readers know Macbeth's soldiers feel this way about him because they do this.
What is they despise him; they don't actually fight for him?
400
Out, out, brief candle! [Life] is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Who is Macbeth?
500
holiness or godliness
What is sanctity?
500
Malcolm urges Macduff to use his family's death as a whetstone for his revenge whereas Macduff believes he first needs to weep for them.
What is the theme of masculinity?
500
This character is King at the end of the play.
Who is Malcolm?
500
Lady Macbeth dies in this way.
What is by "her own violent hands."
500
Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.
Who is Malcolm?
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