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10B Macbeth

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  • What is the meaning of duplicitous?
    Someone who is deceitful or 'two faced'
  • “Will all great _______ ocean wash this ______ clean from my ______?”
    “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”
  • What predictions did the witches make at the start of the play?
    Macbeth will be the Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth will be King of Scotland and Banquo's child will one day become king
  • What does Macbeth see in his hallucination in Act 2 Scene 1?
    A floating dagger
  • Who are Scotland at war with at the start of the play?
    Norway
  • True or False: King Duncan was betrayed by the original Thane of Cawdor
    True
  • What is an equivocation?
    A statement that is intentionally ambiguous or confusing.
  • What does Lady Macbeth do to a Jacobean audiences expectations of women?
    She subverts them
  • Which character does Macbeth fear most?
    Banquo
  • What is the term for the way Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband?
    Emasculation
  • Who does Lady Macbeth Macbeth call upon to 'unsex her'?
    The spirits
  • What is the name of the drunken gatekeeper?
    The Porter