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3432490702animals in macbethafter duncan's death, the horses eat each other0
3432493221birds in macbethan owl eats a raven after duncan's death showing how the natural order of things are turned around1
3432573918bloodlady macbeth trying to wash the "blood" off her hands2
3432577669childrenmacbeth = no kids; corrupted macduff = kids; normal3
3432581547clothingmacbeth wearing a dead's man clothes/ill fitting robes4
3432587321light/darknessnight during day time; audience = in the dark5
3432589016sleepsleep = death's foil6
3432598130guiltmacbeth going mad after mudering duncan, lady macbeth sleep walking and trying to get the blood off her hands7
3432611503king james and king edwardsmacbeth written for king james; king edward is related to king james8
3432615391what 3 things does drink causenose painting, urination, sleep9
3432618692how is lady macduff a foil to lady macbeth1) children: lady macduff has children where as lady macbeth does not 2) femininity: lady macbeth asked to be unsexed but lady macduff relies on her femine nature10
3432659391why do actor believe the play is cursed?believed shakespeare wrote actual curse rather than writing a made up one11
3432674059who said this: "life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/ that 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?macbeth ; metaphor12
3432729188who said this: "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 literary device?lady macbeth ; hyperbole13
3432739485who said this: "look like th' innocent flower but be serpent under't" what literary device?lady macbeth ; simile14
3432762481who said this: "all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand" what literary device?lady macbeth ; hyperbole15
3432813903who is thomas middletonwrote scenes with hecate16
3432819610what is the archetypical for witches"double bubble toil and trouble"17
3432828319who says "fair is foul and foul is fair"the witches18
3432855902who is king when the play startsduncan19
3432857635whom does macbeth defeat in battlethe armies of norway and ireland20
3432861882what do the witches prophesymacbeth will be king and banquo's children will be kings21
3432867620what tile, predicted by the witches, does macbeth receivethane of crawdor22
3432870235who is made heir to duncan's throneduncan's son, malcom23
3432907020what does lady macbeth resolve to dowhatever necessary to help macbeth become king24
3432908400what does lady macbeth think macbeth lacksthe manliness to follow through on his ambitions25
3432914173what do lady macbeth's words "unsex me here" meanshe wants to set aside feminine sentiments that could hinder he bloody ambitions26
3432918922what is lady macbeth's plan for murdering duncan?macbeth will stab him in his sleep and put the bloody evidence on the servants27
3432923778what does macbeth realize about the consequences of duncan's murder?other than satisfying his own ambitions, it will make everything worse28
3432942123why is banquo up latehe had nightmares about the witches29
3432945549what eerie vision does macbeth have before he kills duncana bloody floating dagger pointing at him30
3432949724what does macbeth hear a voice sayingthat he murdered sleep31
3432953329why can't lady macbeth kill duncanhe looks like her father32
3432956910how does lady macbeth feel about macbeth carrying out the ordealshe is ashamed by how scared he acts through it all33
3433001407who kills the servant who look guilty of the murdermacbeth34
3433004080how does lady macbeth publicly react to the news of the murdershe says it is horrible and pretends to faint35
3433013054why do malcom and donalbain run away from the courtsthey fear that they are next to be murdered36
3433017982why is macbeth named king instead of duncan's son and heir, malcombecause marcom's flight makes him look guilty37
3433030294what does banquo wonder about the witches prophecyif his descendants will really become kings38
3433034124how does macbeth feel about banquohe fears that banquo and his sons will cut his reign short39
3433038407what does macbeth hire three mean to dokill banquo and his son40
3433042266does lady macbeth think this murder of banquo and son = necessaryno but she will help him41
3433044404what happens to banquo and fleancebanquo is murdered and fleance escapes into the dark42
3433057733how does macbeth feel about fleance escapingleaves him vulnerable43
3433060252what does macbeth see when he enters the banquetbloody ghost of banquo44
3433062668how does lady macbeth explain macbeth odd behaviorshe says not to worry bc he's had strange visions since childhood45
3433066533what does hecate plan for macbethto show him visions that will falsely make him feel secured46
3433068446who is hectaegoddess of witchcraft47
3433070568why does macduff go to englandto ask king edward for aid in fighting macbeth48
3433084705how many apparitions do the witches show macbeth449
3433087130what does macbeth do when he hears macduff has fled to englandhe orders the murder of macduff's family50
3433089810what do macduff's wife and son argue aboutwhether macduff betrayed them or nah51
3433092580what does marcom say to test macduff's loyalty to scotlandhe says he's more ambitious, greedy, and bloodthirsty than macbeth52
3433098518what does macduff plan when he hears what happened to his familyrevenge on macbeth53
3433118490what does lady macbeth obsess over as she goes madblood she can't wash off her hands54
3433122494what armies join forces against macbethscotish and british55
3433125972what does it mean when birnam wood comes 2 dunisdanethe advancing army rides 2 dunisdane holding branches from briam wood56
3433131471in what way is macduff not born of a womanhe was born by c section (i was too!!)57
3433134034who kills macbeth and puts his head on a spikemacduff58
3433135980we think lady macbeth dies by ... ?suicide59
3433263718what 3 visions do macbeth feel safe1. head saying "beware macbeth" 2. bloody child: "laugh at anyone who was not born of a woman 3. child w/ tree: won't be defeated until birnam wood comes 2 dunisdane 4. line of kings that all represent banquo's sons60
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