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Vocabulary
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To establish the importance of fate and superstition in the play?
what is Macbeth is first introduced through the witches
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What literary purpose does it serve for Macbeth’s first line to echo the witches?
what is To bring him into this paradoxical theme.
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How would you describe Duncan’s character up to this point?
What is He has been a noble and decisive leader who rewards loyalty
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What does the tone of Macbeth's letter suggest about his relationship with her?
What is She “wears the pants”. She holds the power in their relationship, but loves her husband.
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foul
What is highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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What impression do you gain of Macbeth from this description?
What is Brave and heroic general. Loyal to Duncan.
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What does his challenge to the witches suggest about his character?
what is It shows his ambition.
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How does Macbeth react to the naming of Malcolm as heir to the throne?
What is He realizes that he will after give up his ambition to become king, or move Malcolm out of his way.
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Explain her assessment of Macbeth and his ambition. Find a quote to support your answer
What is She is afraid that he doesn’t have the stomach for the job. “…yet I do fear…” (lines 15-18)
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report
What is to give an account or representation of in words
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All that was good is now evil and vice versa.
What is what is “Fair is foul, foul is fair.”
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Macbeth's response comes in the form of a soliloquy. What does the soliloquy suggest about Macbeth's state of mind? What conclusion does Macbeth come to?
What is He is conflicted by ambition and loyalty and fear. He decides to leave it up to fate – for now.
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What does Macbeth mean when he says: Stars hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be What the eye fears, when it is done, to see?
What is Again, we have discussed this at length. Students will have a good answer that should be recorded in their notes.
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Carefully read her soliloquy. a) What is she attempting to do?, b) What do these lines suggest about her psychological state? Come thick night, and pall the in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold hold!'
What is She is steeling herself to prepare for Duncan’s murder. It shows how deep her ambition is and that she will stop at nothing (it has made her mad).
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brave
What is possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
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The Thane of Cawdor was obviously a traitor. What does Duncan's comment: No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest: suggest about Duncan's former relationship with him?
What is What is He was a trusted member of Duncan’s inner circle.
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Macbeth's reaction takes the form of a metaphor: “why do you dress me In borrowed robes”. Explain this metaphor and watch for more metaphors related to clothing throughout the play
What is Again, we have discussed this at length. Students should be able to discuss this and add it to their notes.
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supply
What is circulate or distribute or equip wit
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We have discussed this at length and students should write a summary in their notes.
What is what is Captain's description of the battle and the part Macbeth played in securing victory
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. Macbeth's entry is a shock because his first words echo those of the witches in scene one: “So foul and fair a day I have not seen”. Explain why Macbeth says this line?
What is To comment on the bloody events of the victorious day
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wound
What is an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)