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
Name one mistake the murderers made.
They let Fleance get away or they extinguished the light so they couldn't see the murder scene.
"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
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"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 and Personification
Why does Hecate have FOMO?
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 Weird Women promised, and I fear
Thou played'st most foully for 't"
Banquo
"And I another
So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune,
That I would set my life on any chance to mend it or
be rid on't."
First Murderer
"Can such things be
And overcome us like a summer's cloud...?"
Simile
What does Hecate think about Macbeth?
Spiteful, wrathful, and self-centered
What does the ghost of Banquo represent?
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
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"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."
Metaphor
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..."
Macbeth wishes Banquo were present while knowing he is dead in a ditch.
"And I, the mistress of your charms,
The close contriver 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
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What two types of figurative language are used in the following lines?
"I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er."
Metaphor and metonymy
Who calls Hecate to leave the witches in Scene 5?
Her little spirit.
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What does Lady Macbeth say will make Macbeth feel better? She calls it the"season of all natures."
Sleep
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"What sights, my lord?"
Ross
"Goes Fleance with you?"
Macbeth
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!
Thou know'st that Banquo an his Fleance lives.""
Metaphor
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What is the name of the landmark where Hecate tells the witches they will meet with Macbeth?
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 descendant of Banquo.
Double points
"And the right valiant Banquo walked too late,
Whom you may say, if't please you, Fleance killed,
For Fleance fled."
Lennox
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"Thither Macduff
Is gone to pray the holy king upon his aid
To wake Northumberland and warlike Siward..."
Lord