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A: Duncan respects him and calls him a brave fighter.
(Act I, scene ii) What is King Duncan’s attitude towards Macbeth?
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A: Personification
(Act I, scene ii, 42) what literary term can be used to describe this quote? “My gashes cry for help.”
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A: The day is fair because the war is won, and foul due to the loss of so many lives and stormy weather
(Act I, scene i, 10-11) Interpret the following quote: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair./Hover through the fog and filthy air.”
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A: Macduff when he says “Our royal master’s murdered.”
(Act II, scene iii, 87) Who discovers that King Duncan has been murdered?
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A: metaphor for days passing by and precious time living being lost.
(Act II, scene ii, 38) What literary device is used in the following quote? “The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s death.”
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A: The owl scream is symbolic of that of a raven caw, which indicates death has occurred (Macbeth killing King Duncan)
(Act II, scene ii, 3) Interpret the following quote: “It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman.”
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A: Macbeth wants his sons to be in line for the title of King, and he knows that Banquo has knowledge of the witches' prophecy.
(Act III, scene i) What motives does Macbeth have for murdering Banquo?
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A: Allusion to Julius Caesar being killed by Mark Antony, and how Macbeth feels he might be killed by Banquo.
(Act III, scene i, 56-57) What literary device is used in the following quote? “My genius is rebuked, as it is said/Mark Antony’s was by Caesar.”
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A: Macbeth will feel safe around his peers until the end when he loses his sense of security and begins to treat them like threats.
(Act III, scene v, 30-33) Interpret the following quote: “He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear/His hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace, and fear:/And you all know security/Is mortal’s chiefest enemy.”
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A: Macbeth tries to demand answers from them and take charge.
(Act IV, scene i) How does Macbeth approach the witches when he encounters them again?
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A: Personification (Scotland is so lost that it is no longer what it once was)
(Act IV, scene iii, 164-165) Identify the literary device in the following quote: “Alas, poor country!/Almost afraid to know itself!”
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A: No man that was conceived from a woman can kill Macbeth, foreshadowing later in the play how Macduff was able to kill Macbeth since Macduff was born by C-section.
(Act IV, scene i, 79-81) Interpret the following quote: "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth.”
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A: He tells his men to hold a tree branch to hide themselves from Macbeth and the guards.
(Act V, scene iv) What tactic does Malcolm employ to hide how many men he has in his army against Macbeth?
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A: Oxymoron.
(Act V, scene i, 10) What literary device is used in this quote? “Slumb’ry agitation.”
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A: This was part of the witches’ prophecy, and Macbeth knew when the woods of Birnam reached Dunsinane, his rule would end.
(Act V, scene v, 33-35) Interpret the following quote: “As I did stand my watch upon the hill,/I looked toward Birnam, and anon, methought,/The wood began to move”
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