Macbeth

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What is Shakespeare's believed DOB

What is Shakespeare's DOD

Where is shakespeare born

Stratford upon Avon england

Who did shakespeare marry

What were the names of shakespeares children

Judith, Susanna, and hamnet

How many sonnets did shakespeare write in his lifetime

How many plays did shakespeare write in in his lifetime

Name the theater n which shakespeare was part owner

Shakespeare became a founding member of an acting company in 1594. Name the company

Lord chamberlains men

A ______by William Shakespeare

The ______ play is based loosely on an episode from history, the death of ____ ______ at the hands of his kinsmen ______

Scottish, King Duncan, Macbeth

Scotland at this time was a ______ and ____ country

Violent, troubled

The castle was the ______ of each rivals aristocrats (thane) power

Political murder and revenge were not unusual means to gain ______

This play is the ______ of Shakespeare's tragedies without divisions or subplots

It chronicles macbeths seizing of power and subsequent ________

It is considered Shakespeare's ________ work

Macbeths rise and fall are the result of blind _______. _________: the action of killing the king

Ambition. Regicide

The _______ explains the situation

The first scene brings us at once into the ________ atmosphere

The second scene describes the _____ deeds of Macbeth, the man who is yield to the _________ suggestions

Brave, supernatural

The _________ begins with the next scene and extends to the third scene of the third act

Macbeth returning from his victories is _________ to try for the throne, and In the attainment of this aim he is spurred on by the _______ and _________

Tempted, witches, lady macbeth

The ______ is the turning point in the play

It this play it occurs in the third scene of the _____ act when Banquo is murdered and fleance escapes

Macbeth has become ______. He is ______

The ______ runs with little interruption from the banquet to the end of the play

Characters that is in the first scenes were kept in the background, now come to the front _______ and _______

Malcolm and macduff

The _______ is the tragic end

Macbeth like Romeo and juliet has a ___________, the death of _______ and the fall of ________

Double catastrophe, lady macbeth, macbeth

_________ is proclaimed the king and Scotland is no longer in ______ now that the rightful king has been restored

For whom did shakespeare write this play

He was from _______ so the setting would have appealed to him

He had a Scottish ancestor by the name _____, so the fact that ______ was one of the ______ chAracters would have played him

Banquo, Banquo, Good

He believed in _______ as being responsible for evils and temptation, so he would have liked how the witches tempt macbeth with their ________

Witches, prophecies

He was the king who believed in the _________ so he would have liked that macbeth gets his due (death) and the _______ is restored to the throne

Divine right, rightful king

A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters

Lines that have a strict meter but do not rhyme. The meter used is IAMBIC PENTAMETER. 5 iambs per line. The first syllable is unstressed/second syllable is stressed

Allowing the possibility of several different meanings as a word of phrase especially with intent to decieve or misguide susceptible of double interpretation deliberately open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

The witches prophecy is that what

Macbeth shall be named thane of cawdor

Who is the goddess of witchcraft in the play

Who does macbeth fear may benefit from his murder of king Duncan

Why is lady macbeth unable to kill Duncan when she has the chance

He reminds her of her father

the scene with the porter at the gate is used to

Provide comic relief and a break in the tension

Who kills macbeth ending his tyrannical reign

How do the murders sent to kill Banquo leave the Job incomplete

Banquos son fleance escapes

which prophecy does not come true during the course of the playy

Banquos sons will be king

Malcolm lies to macduff in order

To test his loyalty

When macbeth returns to the banquet table who does he find sitting in his char

Ghost of Banquo

The orginal thane of cawdor was

A traitor to Scotland

When lady macbeth hears king Duncan is coming to see them she

Is pleased by the opportunity it gives to her and macbeth

what nations arm does Malcolm bring with him to Scotland to overthrow macbeth

Macbeth suggests the doctor cure lady m by

Erasing troubling memories from her mind

What symptoms does lady m exhibit to the doctor

She rubs her hands together as if washing them

Macbeth first meets the witches when he is returning home from

A battle he has won

Who flees Scotland immediately after Duncan's murder

after Duncan is discovered his two sons immediately leave the country because they

Fear they will be murdered too

Why is macbeth fearless in the final battle

The witches told him no man born of woman could harm him

During his second visit with the witches what is the last piece of information macbeth demands to know

If Banquos sons will become kings

Before macbeth murders duncan he sees

An apparition of a bloody dagger

Who is knocking at the gates as macbeths complete the murder of king Duncan

What problem does Duncan face at the opening of the play

Scottish men launch a protest against him and Scotland is at war with Norway

Coronations for Scottish kings occur in

Who says fair is foul and foul is fair. What literary term is shown:
What is the meaning or importance of this quote

Witches, equivocation, the witches are meeting to discuss finding macbeth and messing with his life. Macbeth is fair be he will end up foul. The witches are deliberately misleading with their use of equivocation From the beginning so we know they are up to no good

Lesser then macbeth And greater
Speaker
What literary term is shown
Meaning or importance

Witches. Equivocation. The witches are being vague. They are saying that Banquo will not be king like macbeth will, but Banquos sons will be king

Cannot be ill cannot be good
Speaker
Literary term
Importance

Macbeth. Equivocation. He is contemplating prophecies that the witches stated to him. Doesnt know what to think of that he will be the thane of cawdor

Yet I do fear thy nature. It is too full the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.
Speaker
Literary term
Importance

Lady m. Ambition. She is talking about her husband and thinking that he is too kind to do anything evil in order o make the prophecy about becoming king come true

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