Paradox
Irony
Symbolism
Foreshadowing/Pathetic Fallacy
Random
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Define paradox.
What is - a statement that seems contradictory or absurd and yet is true.
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Why is the following quote ironic? "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."
What is- Women are supposed to be delicate/kind but the audience knows that Lady Macbeth orchestrated the murder after calling on the spirits to "unsex" her.
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Define symbolism.
What is- the use of objects or actions to suggest ideas or emotions.
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Is the following an example of pathetic fallacy or personification? -"Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care" Act 2 Scene 2 line 40
What is- personification
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What literary device is the following an example of? "Sleep shall neither night nor day" 1.3.19
What is- alliteration
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What is meant by the paradox- "Father'd he is, and yet he's fatherless."
What is- Lady Macduff means that although her son has a father, because he has been identified as a traitor he cannot come back to his son or he will die a traitor's death, so either way he is dead to them.
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What is ironic about the first title Macbeth inherits after the Witches' prediction?
What is- The Thane of Cawdor was killed for committing treason as Macbeth will eventually be.
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What does weather symbolize in the play?
What is- the weather reflects the corruption in the moral and political orders.
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Name three examples of foreshadowing in the play. (only one witch example).
What is -any of the witches prophecies, bloody battle, Duncan naming Macbeth Thane of Cawdor, voice he heard when killing Duncan, etc.
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What do you call the use of words in which the sense is suggested by the sound.
What is- onomatopoeia
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Who says this paradox- "What hath quenched them hath given me fire"
What is- Lady Macbeth
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Name an example of verbal irony from the play.
What is- Lennox's speech where he suspects Macbeth is to blame for the murders at his castle- "Was that not nobly done? Ay, and wisely too,/ for 'twould have anger'd any heart alive/ To hear the men deny't." -when Macbeth says to Banquo "Fail not our feast." when he wants him dead before the feast.
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How might the dagger symbolize one of the relationships in the play?
What is- the dagger is short in length compared to all other instruments of murder- it is an instrument of assassination- it requires for the user to be close in order to kill= thereby highlighting the intimate relationship that Duncan and Macbeth share.
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What part of the houses does Lennox say was affected by the storm the night of the King's murder.
what is- chimneys
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Who said this line and what is the significance of the repetition? "She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time..."
What is- Macbeth -questioning life- what the future holds in store- the inevitability of death and the tediousness and pointlessness of life....
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What main theme of the play is aptly expressed by the concept of a paradox itself?
What is- the theme of deceptiveness of appearances- illusion vs reality, etc. -a paradox presents something which is and is not, it conceals the truth- it is deceptive.
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Define irony and dramatic irony.
What is - What is- irony- a form of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning. Dramatic irony- the words or acts of a character that carry a meaning unknown to himself but understood by the audience.
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Explain what clothes are a symbol of in Macbeth.
What is- clothes are used as a symbol of status and position. ie. when Macbeth is named the Thane of Cawdor he responds by saying "The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me/ In borrowed robes?"
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What signs in nature reflected a world out of balance due to the death of the king? Name at least two.
What is- The falcon was eaten by the owl, the horses were eating each other, it looked like night during the day...
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What literary device is used in the following quote and who says it? -"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage."
What is- personification/metaphor and Macbeth
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Explain the three paradoxical aspects of the witches prophecies for Banquo.
What is - he will be "lesser than Macbeth, and greater/ Not so happy, yet much happier/ Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none."
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What two literary devices are in the following quote, where Duncan says to Macbeth- "I have begun to plant thee, and will labour/ To make thee full of growing." 1.4.28-29
What is- irony and metaphor.
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What two literary devices are in the following quote- "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand?"
What is- symbolism, allusion
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What is foreshadowed by each of the three apparitions?
What is- 1. The armed head- tells Macbeth to beware Macduff- foreshadows Macduff killing Macbeth. 2. A bloody child- tells him none of women born will harm Macbeth- foreshadows his death at the hands of Macduff who was untimely ripped from his mother's womb. 3. A child crowned with a tree in his hand- Macbeth shall not be defeated until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him- foreshadows the army using branches to camouflage their numbers and defeated Macbeth.
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What two literary devices are used in the following quotation? "that but this blow Might be the be-all and end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come." --Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 4-7
What is METAPHOR- Macbeth compares his indecision about killing Duncan to being on the bank of a river. and ALLUSION- it is implied that this is the River Styx, the river that in Greek mythology that the damned had to cross over to enter hell. Macbeth is thus likening his murderous thoughts to a damned soul. He says that if it were sure that King Duncan's death would have no dire consequences, Macbeth would gladly "jump" (cross) the river (Styx) for the "life to come" (hell) in return for mortal pleasure.
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