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honors BL Macbeth
| Questio | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where was shakespeare born? | Stratford Upon Avon |
| When did Shakespeare live? | |
| What did the University Wits think of him? | Thought he was ridiculous |
| What cultures did the Renaissance celebrate? | Greco-Roman |
| What does Renaissance mean? | Rebirth |
| Where is the birthplace of the Renaissance? | Florence |
| Explain the significance of Nov 5th to James I and the impact this had upon Shakespeare | Day of Gunpowder plot, created paranoia |
| Who was responsible for Nov 5th? | Guy Fawkes |
| What was the name of Shakespeare's theater? | The Globe |
| From what language does the word Renaissance come from? | French |
| What was the name of Shakespeare's theatrical troupe under Elizabeth I? | Chamberlain's Men |
| What was the name of Shakespeare's theatrical troupe under King James I? | The King's Men |
| Where did Shakespeare get the ideas for Macbeth from? | Holinshed's Chronicles |
| Work on witchcraft written by James I? | Daemonologie |
| What is an antithesis? | Opposite phrases |
| What is a heroic couplet? | Rhyming Iambic pentameter |
| What is unrhyming Iambic pentameter called | Blank verse |
| What is trochaic tetrameter, and what characters from Macbeth use it? | A pattern that goes stressed unstressed, the Witches use it |
| What philosopher gave the idea/format of Tragedies? | Aristotle |
| How many acts are in a Shakespearean tragedy? | 5 |
| What is the word for a tragic flaw? | Hamartia |
| What is an example of a monologue from Macbeth? | |
| What is an example of a soliloquy from Macbeth? | Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow speech; Is this a dagger which I see before me? (Duncan's ghost speech) etc. |
| What is an example of an aside from Macbeth? | |
| What is the setting of the play and why would it appeal to James I? | Scotland; He's from there |
| What is Macbeth's title at the start of the play? | Thane of Glames |
| What limitations exist in the witches' power? | Can't kill |
| Who is promised to be king and by whom? Who is promised to get kings and by whom? | Macbeth is promised to be king; Banquo is promised to get kings; both promised by the witches |
| Give an example of an illusion in Macbeth | Hecate as goddess of witchcraft; "second golgotha, |
| Who is “my dearest partner of greatness”? | Lady Macbeth |
| Who is King of Scotland in Macbeth? | Duncan |
| Who is next in line to the Scottish throne? | Malcom |
| How does Macbeth come to be crowned | He kills Duncan |
| Who's the goddess of Witchcraft? | Hecate |
| What is an apostrophe? | When a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person |
| Who is Thane of Fife, and what happens to him? | Macduff, and he gets his family murdered by Macbeth |
| Who are Malcom and Donalbain and where do they flee? | Sons of Duncan; they flee to Scotland |
| How does Lady Macbeth die? | Suicide |
| How many murderers kill Banquo, and why is this number odd? | Three murderers kill Banquo, and this is odd because Macbeth only spoke to two. |
| What is ironic about Macbeth’s order to Banquo– “Fail not our feast.” | Because Banquo, even after dying does not fail the feast; he shows up when he's dead |
| What role does Fleance play? | Fleance escapes the murderers once his father, Banquo is killed. This makes sure Banquo still has a living descendent. |
| How do the witches equivocate? Give examples. | They equivocate by using ambiguous language, i.e, not harmed by any man of woman born, Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane |
| How does the play unravel? | Macduff kills Macbeth in battle; Brings his head to Malcom |
| Who is crowned king? | Malcom |
| What happens to Macbeth | He is killed by Macduff |
| Who said “Fair is foul, and foul is fair,/ Hover through the fog and filthy air | The witches |
| Who said “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” | Macbeth |
| Who said Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?”_ | Macbeth, after he is crowned Thane of Cawdor |
| Who said "There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.” | Duncan, foreshadowing his death |
| Who said “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”_ | Macbeth, about his internal conflict |
| Who said “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” | Lady Macbeth |
| Who said “Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpents under ‘t.” | Lady Macbeth |
| Who said “But screw your courage to the sticking place.” | Lady Macbeth when convincing Macbeth to kill Duncan |
| Who said “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?” | Macbeth, hallucinating a dagger |
| Who said "A dagger of the mind, a false creation proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain” | Macbeth, still hallucinating a dagger |
| Who said "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" | The witches |
| Who said there are daggers in mens smiles? | Donalbein |
| Who said “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” | The witches |
| Who said “Did heaven look on and would not take their part? | Macduff, after his family dies |
| Who said ‘Out, damned spot, Out I say!” | Lady Macbeth |
| Who said “Foul whis’prings are abroad. Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles.” | The doctor |
| “They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like, I might fight the course.” | Macbeth, after finding out he is surrounded. |
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