Figurative Language
"Come, seeling night,
scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day,
And with thy bloody and invisible hand
Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond
Which keeps me pale."
Personification
Who is Hecate?
The goddess of witchcraft
What mistake did the murderers make?
They let Fleance get away.
"Oh these flaws and starts,
Imposters to true fear, would well become
A woman's story at a winter's fire,
Authorized by her grandam."
Lady Macbeth
"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
And put a barren scepter in my grip,
Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand..."
Macbeth
"We have scorched the snake, not killed it.
She'll close and be herself whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of her former tooth."
Metaphor
Why is Hecate mad at the witches?
She wasn't allowed to participate in the spells the witches cast on Macbeth.
Who was the surprise visitor at the scene of the murder?
Third Murderer
"Thou hast it now - King, Cawdor, Glamis, all
As the Wierd Women promised, and I fear
Thou played'st most foully for 't"
Banquo
"We are men, my liege."
First Murderer
"Can such things be
And overcome us like a summer's cloud...?"
Simile
What does Hecate think about Macbeth's character?
Spiteful, wrathful, and self-centered
What does the ghost of Banquo symbolize?
The ghost symbolizes Macbeth's guilt, which is driving him mad.
"Let every man be master of his time
Till seven at night."
Macbeth before the feast
"May't please your Highness sit."
Lennox
"Oh these flaws and starts,
Imposters to true fear, would well become
A woman's story at a winter's fire,
Authorized by her grandam."
Personification
What does Hecate plan to use to create spirits?
A drop hanging from the moon
Why are the following lines ironic?
"Here had we now our country's honor roofed,
Were the graced person of our Banquo present..."
"And I, the mistress of your charms,
The close contrived of all harms,
Was never called to bear my part
Or show the glory of our art?"
Hecate to the witches
"Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake
Thy gory locks at me."
Macbeth to the ghost
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!
Thou know'st that Banquo an his Fleance lives.""
Metaphor
Double the points if you can describe the landmark.
They will meet at the pit of Acheron, a river in hell.
Why was it personally important to Shakespeare that he allowed Fleance's character to escape?
He wanted to make King James happy because the king thought he was a descendent of Banquo.
"And the right valiant Banquo walked too late,
Whom you may say, if't please you, Fleance killed,
For Fleance fled."
Lennox
"Thither Macduff
Is gone to pray the holy king upon his aid
To wake Northumberland and warlike Siward..."
Lord