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Macbeth
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100

Who said "Fair is foul and foul is fair" AND what literary device is evident in the quote?

Who are the Weird Sisters/the Witches AND what is a paradox?

100

What does Macbeth do to the supposed murderers of Duncan and why?

What is He kills them in fury. He claims that in his great fury he killed them without thinking.

100
Who are Duncans sons?
What is Malcolm and Donalbain
100
In the sleepwalking scene, Lady Macbeth is seen washing her hands. What does this symbolize?

This action symbolizes Lady Macbeth's inability to rid herself of the guilt she feels over the murder of Duncan and so many others. 

100
How do thee witches greet Macbeth after battle?
What is They greet him as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and as future King.
200

"Go, pronounce his present death, and with his former title, greet Macbeth."

Who is King Duncan?

200

What happens that causes Macbeth to question becoming king?

What is Malcolm becomes the Prince of Cumberland.

200
Who is Banquos son that flees from death?
What is Fleance
200

Explain how the use of asides helped Shakespeare to create dramatic irony in this play. 

AND

Give an example of a time this happened in the play. 

Asides allow the audience to know the inner, private thoughts of the character so that the audience knows what the character's plans or true intentions are. 

Give an example!!

200

In the beginning of play, one of the witches is angry with a sailor's wife. Why? 

AND

What does she do in order to get revenge on the wife?

She wouldn't share her chestnuts with the witch.

 The witch tortured her husband, who was at sea. 

300

"If you can look into the seeds of time and say grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me..."

Who is Banquo?

300
What title is given to Macbeth for bravery in the battle?
What is the Thane of Cawdor
300
Who kills Macbeth?
What is Macduff
300

What literary devices are evident in the Witches' prophecies for Banquo: 'Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none'?

Paradoxes. 

300

What are two of the witches' apparitions and what do they symbolize?

1. The bloody baby which symbolizes that no person woman born can kill him. 

2. A child holding a tree symbolizes that he will never be defeated until Birnham Wood moves.

3. An armored head who says "Beware Macduff". 

400

"The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"

Who is Macbeth?

400
Why does the King come to Macbeth's castle?
What is To be the new Thane of Cawdor's guest and to congratulate Macbeth over dinner.
400

Who does Macbeth have killed because he thinks he  knows he killed Duncan?

What is Banquo!

400

The porteris the star of which scene?

The comic relief scene. 

400

Who is queen of the witches?

What is Hecate

500

"Oftentimes, to win us harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths..."

Who is Banquo?

500
Why doesn't Macbeth put his armor on when he goes out to do battle?
What is What is He knows that he can't be killed by a man born of woman.
500

Who says this about Macbeth?"Yet do I fear nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way" 

AND What literary device is "the milk of human kindness"?

Who is Lady Macbeth

AND

metaphor

500
"Out, out brief candle! Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."


What literary device is used three times in this quote?

metaphor

500

How is the prophesy of Birnam Wood moving to Dusinane Hill fulfilled?

What is Each man in the English force cuts down a bough to provide cover so that the size of the army is not known.