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what mood does shakespeare set by beginning the play with the three witches? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..creepy; anticipation
explain what the following might suggest: "fair is foul, and foul is fair" -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..things are not always as they seem
what suspicion about macduff does malcolm voice - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..you may be working
with macbeth; macduff may have been sent to bring malcolm to macbeth
how do malcolm's comments about macbeth again bring to mind the "fair is foul"
theme? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..he used to be an honest and great guy, but actually a crazy
murderer. even lucifer the angel became the devil
what literary device does shakespeare employ when malcolm says, "angels are bright
still, though the brightest fell" - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..allusion
what is it that causes malcolm's suspicion of macduff's motives? how does malcolm test
macduff's honesty - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..he goes on and on about how awful of a person he
is (sex, stealing); macduff blows it off, anyone is better than macbeth
how does malcolm test macduff's honesty? how does macduff nearly fail the test? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..malcolm goes on and on about how horrible he is; macduff says
anything is better than macbeth
, what finally convinces malcolm that macduff is being honest? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..macduff
says he won't go back to scotland is malcolm if malcolm is the best he has
after receiving word of his family's slaughter, what does macduff resolve? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..he says he will kill macbeth himself
what is ironic about lady macbeth's constant handwashing - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..she told
macbeth that a little water would clear them of that deed
what does the doctor's "foul whisperings are abroad" speech echo? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..bad things are happening; great chain of being is disrupted- unleashed
chaos
what effect is shakespeare creating with this sequence of short scenes which follow one
another so closely? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..frantic; action building something is going to
happen
where do the loyalties of lennox, angus, menteith, and caithness lie? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..malcolm
what is the purpose of act 1 scene 2 - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..to tell people about macbeth
what image do we have of macbeth's bravery and ability as a warrior in act 1 scene 2 -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..very brave; great warrior
what is macbeth's relationship to king duncan? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..macbeth is now thane
to king duncan; they are cousins
whom had macbeth and banquo been fighting - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..mcdonald (traitor thane)
what does king duncan tell ross to do in act 1 scene 2 - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..pronounce the
former thane's death and give macbeth the new title as thane
what does the audience learn about the weird sisters from their conversation at the
beginning of act 1 scene 3 - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..they are making mischief and planning evil
in act 1 scene 3 when macbeth says, "so foul and fair a day I have not seen," to what is
he referring? what could be the dramatic irony in this line? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..he's won in
battle but there's bad weather, the witches are waiting for him
describe the physical appearance of the weird sisters - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..withered, wild
attire, look like women but have beards, chapped fingers, skinny lips
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