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Macbeth act two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who is fleance? | banquo son |
| why was banquo unable to sleep well? | nightmares and not good thoughts |
| why does Macbeth lie to banquo about thinking about the prophecies? | to show that he isn't obsessed with it |
| what is a dramatic foil? | a contrast between two characters |
| what is lady Macbeth's signal to macbeth that it is time to kill Duncan? | a bell/knell |
| what is a soliloquy? | a character thoughts to themselves when Macbeth talks about daggers |
| what kind of role reversal occurs at the beginning of scene 2? | lady Macbeth getting her hand dirty |
| what will happen if Macbeth fails to kill Duncan and instead only wounds him? | he will be executed |
| who plants the daggers in the guards hands | lady macbeth |
| what does lady Macbeth mean when she says,"these deeds must not be thought after these ways. so, it will make us mad? | that they shouldn't feel guilty or they will go insane. |
| what does macbeth hear a voice calling to him after he commits the murder? | he starts to lose his mind |
| why does lady Macbeth want Macbeth to clean up and get his pajamas on? | to make him look non suspicious |
| what does the porter discuss the negative effects of? | alcohol |
| what three things does the porter say alcohol provokes? | redness on the nose, sleepiness, and urgent to pee |
| why does Shakespeare include the comical porter in this act of the play? | comic relief |
| why did Shakespeare use vivid, detailed language to create atmosphere? | sensory language |
| who found duncan's body? | macduff |
| why does macduff not want to tell lady Macbeth about duncan's murder? | lady macbeth might faint |
| what does lady Macbeth do when she hears of the murder? | she faints causing a distraction |
| what does banquo point out about the location of duncan's murder | it's unimportant |
| where do Malcolm and donalbain flee? | Malcolm went to England and donalbain went to ireland |
| what happened to duncan's horses? | they ate each other |
| where are Scottish kings crowned? | at the scone |
| where does Macbeth go after he murders duncan, and Malcolm and donalbain flee? | he goes to the scone |
| who again does questions the prophecies of the witches because he does not trust them? | banquo |
| why do duncan sons flee? | so they won't be murders next |
| "I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters; to you they have showed some truth" | banquo |
| "is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?" | macbeth |
| "that which hath made them drunk, hath made me stronger" | lady macbeth |
| "faith sir, we were carousing till the second cock,; and drink,sir, is a great provoker of three things" | porter |
| " O horror, horror, horror! tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee" | macduff |
| "to show an unfelt sorrow is an office which the false man does too easy. I'll to England" | malcolm |
| "to ireland I; our separate fortune should keep us safe" | donalbain |
| "O,gentle lady, 'tis nor for you to hear what I can speak" | macduff |
| "methought I heard a voice cry 'sleep no more!' Macbeth does murder sleep" | macbeth |
| "go get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hands" | lady macbeth |
| "retire we to our chamber. a little water clears us of this deed" | lady macbeth |