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  • Created on: 26-11-17 15:15
How does Banquo describe the witches in Act Scene 3?
"You should be women, but your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so"
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Give an example of juxtaposition of Act 1 Scene 1?
"Fair is foul and foul is fair"
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What is Banquo's prophecy in Act 1 Scene 3?
"Thou shalt get kings,though thou be none"
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Which phrase is repeated in Macbeth's prophecy in Act 1 Scene 3?
"All hail" - creates a sinister mood
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How does Lady Macbeth tell Macbeth to act in Act 1 Scene 5?
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't"
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What does Lady Macbeth say she would do to her child if she needed to prove her loyalty?
"pluck’d my nlpple from his boneless gums, and dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this"
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What does Macbeth see in Act 2 scene 1 and which theme does it embody?
"Is this a dagger I see before me",a fake dagger that is part of the ongoing theme of supernatural
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How does Macbeth describe the threat of Banquo in Act 3 Scene 2
"We have scorch'd the snake not killed it"
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In Act 3 Scene 1, how does Macbeth feel about his title as king?
he feels that it is worthless as he won't have nay heirs ("Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown")
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How do the witches describe Macbeth in Act 4?
"Something wicked this way comes
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Who do the witches tell Macbeth to be careful of in the second prophecy
Macduff - "Beware Macduff;Beware the Thane of Fife"
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Who can't hurt Macbeth (Act 4 Scene 1)?
"none of woman born" i.e. no-one born from a woman
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In Act 4 scene 2, how is Macduff's child described by his mother?What does it show about her opinion of her husband?
"fathered he is,and yet he's fatherless" and shows that she feels Macduff is non-existant now he's gone to England
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Give an example of juxtaposition of Act 1 Scene 1?

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"Fair is foul and foul is fair"

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What is Banquo's prophecy in Act 1 Scene 3?

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Which phrase is repeated in Macbeth's prophecy in Act 1 Scene 3?

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How does Lady Macbeth tell Macbeth to act in Act 1 Scene 5?

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