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Elizabethan English
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"They have tied me to a stake: I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course"
Who is Macbeth?
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"They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly"
What is Macbeth has been cornered by both Malcolm's and Macduff's armies and can't escape?
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Another thane, he is planning to kill Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
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Thy
What is your?
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Why is Macduff planning to kill Macbeth?
Because Macbeth arranged the death of Macduff's family.
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"What is thy name?"
Who is Young Siward?
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Young Siward slain. "Thou wast born of women"
What is Macbeth believes in the prophecy of the witches and thinks no man born of a women can kill him?
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Son of Duncan, next in line for the throne.
Who is Malcom?
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"undeeded"
What is having done nothing wrong?
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Why is Macbeth so confident?
Because he understood the witches' prophecy to mean that no man born of a woman could kill him.
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"My wife and children's ghost will haunt me still."
Who is Macduff?
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"I cannot strike a wretched kerns whose arms Are hir'd to bear their staves; either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with unbatter'd edge I sheath again undeeded"
What is Macduff is talking about how he will fight no one but Macbeth because he only wants to take revenge against Macbeth?
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The relationship between Siward and Young Siward
What is father and son?
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"Strike beside us"
What is who fight on our side?
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At this point, who would the people prefer to have as king instead of Macbeth?
Malcolm, son of Duncan.
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"Enter, sir, the castle" who is he speaking to?
Who is Macduff?
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"What's he That was not born of woman? Such a one Am I to fear, or none"
What is Macbeth is saying that the only man he is going to fear is a man not born of a woman and Macbeth thinks that every man is born of a woman so he has nothing to fear?
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Who is killed (and by whom?)?
Young Siward is killed by Macbeth
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"Wretched Kerns"
What is lightly armed foot soldiers?
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How had Macduff's army disguised themselves?
By carrying trees and branches to blend into the forest.
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"The devil himself could not pronounce a title More hateful to mine ear"
Who is Young Siward?
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"No nor more fearful"
What is macbeth is saying in response to the young Siward that his name is more terrifying than the devils, Macbeth thinks of himself as worse than the Devil?
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What state is Macbeth's mentality?
He is losing all sanity.
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"Gently Render'd
What is surrendered without fuss?
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Three sentences that summarized the scene
Macbeth kills Siward, Macduff is about to invade Macbeth's castle, Macbeth surrenders.