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At the beginning of Act 3, this character reveals his suspicions of Macbeth.
Who is Banquo?
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The “barren scepter” Macbeth refers to is a symbol which implies:
What is he will have no heirs to the throne?
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Lady Macduff is angry with her husband because ....
What is Macduff abandoned her and his family to go to England?
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“By the pricking of my thumbs,/ Something wicked this way comes...” describes __________ arrival.
Who is Macbeth's?
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The following is an example of: But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.(III, iv)
What is alliteration?
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In order to persuade the murderers to kill Banquo, Macbeth tells them ....
What is Banquo is responsible for their poverty?
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When Macbeth says, “There the grown serpent lies; the worm that’s fled / Hath nature that in time will venom breed, / No teeth for the present,” he means....
What is he is fearful that Fleance will prove to be a threat in the future but not in the present?
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The witches present Macbeth with _______ visions at the Pit of Acheron.
What is three?
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When Ross says, “Let not your ears despise my tongue forever, / Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound / That ever yet they heard” he means
What is don't think poorly of me for the news I bring?
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a character that undergoes a change throughout the play
What is a dynamic character?
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Macbeth hires __________ men to kill Banquo and Fleance.
What is two?
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The witch goddess
Who is Hecate?
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Malcolm tells Macduff that he, Malcolm, has many great failings because...
What is Macolm does not trust Macduff?
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_______________ will help Malcolm and Macduff overthrow Macbeth.
Who is the King of England?
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a character that remains the same, or static, through the course of the play
What is a static character?
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In the banquet scene, Macbeth chastises Banquo for being absent. This is ironic because . . . .
What is Banquo is there as a ghost?
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the “holy angel” that the thanes send to England to negotiate with King Edward and Malcolm
Who is Macduff?
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The vision Macbeth demands about Banquo's prophecy shows...
What is a succession of eight kings?
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_________ brings the news of Macbeth’s attack on Fife.
Who is Ross?
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a long speech that a character delivers aloud and which no other character overhears
What is a soliloquy?
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Hecate plans to correct the situation that the witches have created by giving Macbeth ....
What is overconfidence?
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When Macbeth says to his wife in Scene 4 “Be innocent of the knowledge…/’Til thou applaud the deed”, Lady Macbeth begins to realize....
What is that Macbeth no longer needs her help and guidance?
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“To be king is nothing but to be safely king…My immortal soul I have given to the devil to make the children of Banquo kings!” Macbeth means . . .
What is his crown is not secure?
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When Lady Macduff says of her husband, “He wants the natural touch; for the poor wren, / The most diminutive of birds, will fight, / Her young ones in the nest, against the owl,” she means...
What is Macduff has left her and the children unprotected, like birds in a nest waiting for prey?
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List all three visions (apparitions) and what they tell Macbeth.
1. A helmeted head. “Beware Macduff; beware the Thane of Fife.” 2. A bloody baby. “Macbeth cannot be harmed by any man born of woman.” 3. A crowned child holding the branch of a tree. “Macbeth will not be defeated until Birnam Wood (a forest near his castle) comes to Dunsinane hill"