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THE MURDER
THE MACBETHS
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a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?”
hyperbole
100
To what country does Malcolm flee upon learning of his father's death?
England
100
Who has “dreamt last night of the three weird sisters…”
Banquo
100
Who fears a “dagger of the mind, a false creation”? What does this mean?
Macbeth He think he sees a dagger floating in front of him, but talks himself out of it. Either guilt or sent by the witches.
100
This gift shows the generosity of the king and therefore makes his undeserved death even more pitiful. What is the gift? Who is it for?
Diamond for Lady Macbeth
200
the presentation of something as being smaller, or less important than it actually is,
understatement
200
Macduff does not attend the coronation of the king. Where does he go?
Home to Fife to be with his wife and children
200
Who offers this suggestion? “If you shall cleave to my consent, when ‘tis / It shall make honor for you.” What does it mean?
Macbeth Go along with my plans and I will honor you.
200
Who states “Had he not resembled / My father as he slept, I had done ‘t.” What does it mean?
Lady Macbeth She doesn't kill Duncan because he looks like her father sleeping
200
Macbeth finds himself unable to say what word? Why is this important?
Amen He feels that he can no longer turn to God for forgiveness
300
to provide humor or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
Comic Relief
300
To what country does Donalbain flee upon learning of his father's death?
Ireland
300
Who states “Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell / That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.” What does it mean?
Macbeth Doesn't want Duncan to hear the bell because it symbolizes his death.
300
Who states this “I have done the deed.” What does it mean?
Macbeth He has killed the king
300
How does Macbeth’s reaction to the blood on his hands differ from Lady Macbeth’s reaction to the same blood?
Lady Macbeth sees the blood as evidence that must be removed from her hands and smeared on the grooms. Macbeth sees the blood as a symbol of his crime and the overwhelming guilt he is unable to escape.
400
someone who can make two contradictory statements and swear that both are true.
Equivocator
400
Duncan's body has been taken from the castle and will be placed in the sacred storehouse of bones. Where is this located?
Colmekill
400
Who says “The sleeping and the dead / Are but pictures. ‘Tis the eye of childhood / That fears a painted devil”? What does it mean?
Lady Macbeth A dead person can't hurt you. You are acting like a child who is scared of a scary picture.
400
Which two characters are discussing this statement “Tis unnatural / Even like the deed that’s done.” What does it mean?
Old Man and Ross Rumor that Malcolm and Donalbain hired the guards to kill their father
400
What two things do not go as planned during the murder?
Macbeth forgets to leave the daggers in Duncan's bedchamber. Macbeth murders the guards/grooms
500
Macduff’s statement, “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 literary term describes this statement? Why?
Irony Lady Macbeth is not a gentle woman and will certainly not fall to her death from hearing of the kings murder
500
Macbeth and Ross are both headed to the same place. Where are they going and why?
Scone - Macbeth will be crowned king
500
ho says “Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope / The Lord’s anointed temple, and stole thence / The life o’th’ building”?
Macduff The king has been murdered and the life of our castle has been taken.
500
Several characters (4) believe that things are not as simple as they appear and further investigation is needed to figure out what really happened. Who are these characters?
Banquo, Macduff, Malcolm and Donalbain
500
Explain how the Macbeths have messed up the natural order of the universe. What do the Elizabethans believe?
The Elizabethans believed that the universe in a great chain of being from God down to the lowliest creature. Everything has its proper place. When this natural order of things was disrupted, the whole structure of the universe was disrupted. The Elizabethans would not have been surprised when the killing of Duncan leads to a disturbance in nature.