Who said?
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?"
Macbeth
What is below an example of?
"Will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood."
Allusion
Which happens first?
Macbeth sees a bloody dagger in front of him.
OR
Macduff finds Duncan's dead body.
Macbeth sees a bloody dagger in front of him.
True or false.
Macbeth left the daggers where he was supposed to after killing King Duncan.
False
What is the name of King Duncan's 2 sons?
Malcom and Donalbain
"A little water clears us of this deed."
Lady Macbeth
As readers we know that Macbeth is the one who killed King Duncan, however, the characters in the story do not. What is this called?
Dramatic irony.
Which happens first?
Lady Macbeth places the daggers where they belong and bloodies up the guards.
or
Macbeth murders the guards in anger.
Lady Macbeth places the daggers where they belong and bloodies up the guards.
True or False.
Lady Macbeth said she would have killed King Duncan herself if he didn't look like her father sleeping.
True.
Why is Banquo up late and not able to sleep?
He keeps having nightmares involving the 3 witches.
"There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in blood, The nearer bloody."
Donalbain
Before killing King Duncan, Macbeth delivers a long speech alone on stage about the dagger and what he's about to do. What is this type of speech called?
Soliloquy.
Malcom & Donalbain think that close friends and family are dangerous and could be out to kill them next.
or
Macbeth is confronted on why he killed the guards.
Macbeth is confronted on why he killed the guards.
True or False.
Malcom and Donalbain escape to Ireland and England to avoid looking like suspects of their father's murder.
False
While the servants were sleeping, Macbeth kept hearing them say, "God bless us." Macbeth found himself not able to respond with "Amen". Why is this?
"Confusion now hath made his masterpiece. Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope the Lord's anointed temple and stole thence the life o' th' building."
Macduff
The beginning of scene 3 begins with a comic scene with a drunk door keeper. What does this scene bring to the atmosphere of the act?
comic relief
Which happens first?
Macbeth admits that he could not say "Amen".
OR
Macbeth meets Banquo in the hall as neither can sleep.
Macbeth meets Banquo in the hall as neither can sleep.
True or False.
As readers, we do not get to see the actual murder of King Duncan.
True.
After killing King Duncan, what does the voice that Macbeth keeps hearing say that he's done to sleep?
"Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with man's act, threatens his bloody stage. By th' clock 'tis day, and yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp. Is 't night's predominance of the day's shame that darkness does the face of earth entomb when living should kiss it?"
Ross
What is below and example of?
"O gentle lady, tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition in a woman's ear would murder as it fell."
Irony
Which happens first?
Macbeth is crowned King as Duncan's sons are in hiding.
or
Porter, the drunk door-keeper, lets Macduff in to wake Duncan from his slumber.
Porter, the drunk door-keeper, lets Macduff in to wake Duncan from his slumber.
True or False.
At the end of Act 2, Macbeth is NOT crowned King.
False.
How do Lady Macbeth and Macbeth deal with the murder of King Duncan differently? Explain.
Macbeth is truly bothered and impacted by the murder, whereas, Lady Macbeth is ready to wipe it clean and move on. It is not as big of a deal to her as it is to Macbeth.