| What mood is established at the beginning of the play? | Dark and witchy |
| How is Macbeth described in Scene 2? | described as a strong & undefeated warrior will get the throne |
| How do Banque and Macbeth react to the witches prophesies? | Macbeth – He is very surprised with whats happening Banque – Its a good thing but he is self concerned |
| How do Macbeth and Banque receive the news from Ross and Angus? | Macbeth – He should be happy but instead he’s confused and lost Banque – Still thinks its a good thing |
| What images do Duncan’s words in scene 4 conjure up? | Expressing his gratitude towards Macbeth. Examples such as naive, happy, grateful, honoring, opsomistic hopeful king |
| How is Lady Macbeth characterized in scene 5? | She wants to be evil and ungrateful |
| How would one describe the relationship between Macbeth and his wife? | They both don’t trust one another. |
| What is Lady Macbeth’s evaluation of her Husband? | She fears her husband is too good to seize the throne by murder. |
| Symbolism | Stands for something beyond itself |
| Paradox | Statement that seems to contradict or oppose itself but in fact reveals some elements of truth |
| Foreshadowing | hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later on in the story |
| Allitoration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words |
| Tragic Flow | a quality that leads to his or her destruction |
| What is significance of Banque’s talk with Fleance in Scene 1? | They can’t sleep because they might be stressed about what the witches said |
| What is significant of the dagger in scene 1? | from the witches and spirits that made him have a breakdown |
| Describe Lady Macbeth composure in scene 2? | She is angry and disappointed, embarrassed that Macbeth isn’t being a man about what he just did |
| What is the effect of Macbeth’s entrance after the murder? | The guilt is driving him crazy |
| How is the attention focused on Macduff? | He needs to go see the King. |
| What is function of the porter in scene 3? | to provide comic relief |
| Why do you think Lady Macbeth faints? | She was overwhelmed with everything thats going on |
| Why are there unnatural omens during the night? | The horses, owls, and clocks sqeaked |
| Why does Macbeth comment that wishes himself dead? | He feels so guilty about what he has done |
| How do Duncan’s sons react when they learn of the murder? | Shocked because they feel like they are gonna be the next target, they feared and ran off but because of that people suspect that they killed their own father |
| What is the effect of the old man’s talk in scene 4? | To have God restore order to the king |
| What is significant of Macduff’s comments? | He doesn’t want to crown Macbeth because he feels that he doesn’t truly deserve it. |
| Oxymoron | a special kind of concise paradox is the __ which brings together two contraditary terms “cruel kindness” & “brave fear” |
| Comic relief | consists of humorous scenes, incidents, or speeches that are in a serious drama to provide a reduction in emotional intensity |
| “The Scottish Play” | Another name for Macbeth, Play is cursed |
| Black verse | unrhymed poetry written in lambic pentameter |
| Motif | a recurring word, phrase, image, object, idea, or action in a work of literature |
| Anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. |
| Apstrophe | is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets. In English, it serves three purposes: The marking of the omission of one or more letters (as in the contraction of do not to don’t). |
Macbeth Act 1 & 2 test review
August 30, 2019