Which Theme
a falcon…was by a mousing owl hawk’t and killed
What is the inversion of nature.
Hires murderers to kill this person. Who hires and who is the target
Blood will have blood is an example of a ?
What is a symbol
“Is this a dagger I see before me”
“Look like th’ innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”. What does this mean?
What is: ambition - Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to look innocent, so they do not arouse suspicion.
Killing the king
What is regicide
The witches give Macbeth and Banquo a prophecy
What is Act 1 scene 3
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
Supernatural
Flees to England and Ireland
Who is Malcolm and Donalbain
Will all of Neptune’s oceans wash this blood clean from my hands? what type of literary device?
What is a metaphor
“Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t”
Who is Lady Macbeth
“The night has been unruly… the earth was feverous and did shake” Lennox
What is: Nature is in chaos reflecting the disruption of the Great Chain of Being through Duncan's murder
Plotting against the throne
What is treason
Macbeth's soliloquy where he decides he will not go ahead with killing the King.
What is Act 1 Scene 7
To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus
Loyalty v Betrayal
When Duncan is found dead, Lady Macbeth acts like this.
What is shocked and faints
1.1 [Thunder and lightning]
1.3 Thunder [Enter three witches ]
What is pathetic fallacy
“Things without all remedy / Should be without regard: what’s done is done.”
Who is Lady Macbeth
"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition"
Character name and text title are the same
Lady Macbeth reads a letter from Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5
“Which puts upon them suspicion of the deed”
Appearances vs Reality
he escapes the murderers
Who is Fleance
“See, see our honoured hostess!” is an example of
What is irony
"be innocent of the knowledge"
Who is Macbeth
"come you spirits which tend on mortal thoughts"
Lady Macbeth is divesting herself of female traits to become more masculine in order to kill the king.
Created the structure for a 5 act tragedy
Who is Aristotle
Macbeth kills the King
What is Act 2 Scene 2
"Never shake thy gory locks" - there are 2 themes
What is the supernatural and Loyalty vs Betrayal
Macbeth sees him at the banquet, but no one else does
Who is Banquo's ghost
"Will all of Neptune’s oceans wash this blood clean from my hands” is an example of
What is a metaphor
“The night has been unruly… the earth was feverous and did shake
Who is Lennox
“Which puts upon them suspicion of the deed” Why is this ironic?
What is: The princes are suspected of killing their father, and Macbeth the real murderer is now king.
the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth
What is equivocation
Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost at the banquet
What is Act 3 Scene 4