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Flashcards by Sophie Brokenshire, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sophie Brokenshire
about 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| How did King Duncan refer to Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 4? | "Worthy Macbeth" |
| What was Macbeth's progression of power? | 1. Thane of Glannis 2. Thane of Cawdor 3. King of Scotland |
| What did the witches chant in Act 1 Scene 4 about Macbeth's stirring of evil? | "Foul is fair and fair is foul" |
| What did Macbeth say about his capacity for evil in an aside, in Act 1 Scene 4? | "That is a step, On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap. Stars hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires." |
| In a soliloquy, why did Macbeth initially not decide to kill King Duncan? | "We but teach Bloody instructions, which being taught, return To plague th' inventor." |
| What did Lady Macbeth comment on the nature of the evening on the night of the murder of King Duncan? | "I heard the owls scream and cricket cry." |
| What army invaded Scotland that Macbeth helped defeat at the start of the play? | Norwegian Army |
| What two quotes support King Duncan's claims of Macbeth being worthy? | "Brave, bloody and resolute" "Bellona's bridegroom" |
| What did Banquo say to Macbeth when he encouraged him not to collude with the witches? | “What can the devil speak true?” … “The instruments of darkness tell us truths/ win us with honest trifles, to betray us.” |
| What did Macbeth say in an aside about his guilt? | “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood, Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.” |
| What did Lady Macbeth say when she voiced her concern about Macbeth's kindness? | “Too full of the milk of human kindness” “wouldst not play false” |
| What did Banquo say about his suspicions of Macbeth? | "As the weird women promised, and I fear Thou played'st most foully for't." |
| What did Macbeth say about his descent into evil and his destiny to remain power hungry? | "For mine own good All causes shall give way, I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er." |
| What did Macbeth say regarding his regret and futility in his ascent to power? | "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow." |
| What is the term for the murder of a King? | Regicide |
| What foreshadowing quote did Duncan say about the former Thane of Cawdor? | "There's no art To find the mind's construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built An absolute trust." |
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