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This prophecy represents the hope for Scotland's future.
What is the crowned child holding a tree?
This concept protects Kings from judgement and punishment.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
This man acts as a character foil for our main hero.
Who is Banquo?
Where is Scotland?
This is Macbeth's "Tragic Flaw".
What is Ambition?
This literary device is what prophecies are a good example of.
What is foreshadowing?
This direct quote explains the real relationship between Macbeth and his "loyal" followers. Provide Act, Scene, and Line numbers.
What is:
"Those he commands move only in command, / Nothing in love" (A5S2Lines22-23) ?
"And none serve with him but constrained things, / Whose hearts are absent too" (A5S4Lines17-18) ?
What is "usurper and bloodthirsty king"?
This physical landscape plays a part in the battle at Dunsinane Hill.
What is Birnam Wood?
This is one explanation for why Lady Macbeth would end her own life.
What is because she was overwhelmed with guilt?
What is because she was not in her right mind, perhaps hallucinating, as Macbeth had been before her?
These are reasons for why Hecate was angry with the witches in Act III Scene V.
What is because they did not involve her in their plans and because they have behaved chaotically?
Malcolm describes himself in this negative way when testing Macduff's loyalty. Provide a direct quote with Act and Scene numbers.
What is Act Four Scene Three?
These characters speak in Prose for specific reasons. (300 points for two correct names and full explanations WITH ACT AND SCENE NUMBERS)
Who are:
The Porter because of his social status and role as comedic relief (A2S3)
The Old Man because of his social status and lack of education (A2S4)
The Doctor because of his doubt in the situation (A5S1)
The Gentlewoman because of her social status (A5S1)
Lady Macbeth because of her mental state (A5S1)
These are examples of unnatural disturbances in the setting of the play.
What are: horses eating each other, no sunrise, screams and shrieks, owls hunting hawks, storms?
Macbeth responds with this quote when he learns of his wife's apparent suicide. This quote tells us what about Macbeth's mental state?
What is "She should have died hereafter"? Macbeth is upset, but numb and unable to process his true feelings beyond despair and hopelessness.
This situational irony in Act 3 Scene 3 shows how Macbeth's actions affect his fate as he tries to avoid the prophecy.
What is the fact that Macbeth sends three murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance and the plan still fails? This inspires the hallucination of Banquo's ghost and Macbeth's desperate interaction with the witches in Act 4 Scene 1.
These three words describe the true heir to a throne.
What are: Named, Chosen, Blood heir?
These are explanations for why Lady Macduff is included in the play.
What are to emphasize the human cost of Macbeth’s ambition and to highlight the unnaturalness of Lady Macbeth’s actions earlier in the play?
This direct quote from Act One reveals much about the creepy, gloomy, mysterious tone of the play to come.
A Shakespearean Tragedy must include this crucial element.
What is the fact that the tragic events must deeply impact characters AND the world in general?
These three points explain Macbeth's hallucinations in the play.
What are inner turmoil, supernatural influence and they are metaphorical?
This object present in one prophecy clearly connects Shakespeare's play with current events in Shakespeare's England. (name the object, explain the prophecy, and connect it to Shakespeare's England).
What is the mirror from Act Four Scene One? The prophecy shows a line of eight kings resembling Banquo but the mirror implies that King James I would have seen himself as a reference to his kingship and lineage.
This stage direction helps readers understand that a character is speaking truth. (write it properly!)
What is: [Aside] ?
Reasons why Duncan's murder inspires unnatural disturbances.
What are: Duncan was chosen by God, Duncan was a good/moral king, and murder is always unnatural?
This is the definition of Hubris as understood in "Macbeth".
What is the deadly pride that is often the driving force of a tragic hero?