Remembering Macbeth Round 2 – Quotes/Analysis
Dec 29, 2015
Remembering Macbeth
Round 2 – Quotes/Analysis
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When Macbeth declares that“all Great Neptune’s ocean” will
not wash “this blood clean”from his hand, he is employing
this
Hyperbole
1,2
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”
is an example of whattype of statement?
Paradox
1,3
Lady Macbeth
This character says:“All the perfumes of Arabia
will not sweeten thislittle hand."
1,4
Banquo says “My noble partner/ You greet with present grace and great
prediction/ Of noble having and of royal hope/ That he seems rapt withal.”
In this context “rapt” means
Lost in thought
2,1
When Lady Macbeth says, “Tis safer to be that which
we destroy/ Than bydestruction dwell in doubtful
joy.”“Doubtful joy” is an example
of this figure of speech.
Oxymoron
2,2
Inability to correctly judge others
"There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face. / He was a
gentleman on whom I built / An absolute trust”
demonstrates this aspect of Duncan’s personality.
2,3
This character said:
Macbeth
“Of all men else I have avoidedthee,/But get thee back,
my soul is too much charged/With blood of thine already.
2,4
When Macbeth says“Be innocent of the knowledge,
dearest chuck,/ Till thou applaud the deed”
to whom is he speaking?
Lady Macbeth
3,1
When Duncan comes to Invernesshe says, “this castle hath a pleasant
seat, the air/ Nimbly and sweetlyrecommends itself/ Unto our
gentle senses.”This is an example of what
type of irony?
Dramatic Irony
3,2
Light vs. Dark
The line"Stars, hide your fires,/Let not
light see my black and deep desires” is an example of
this theme or motif
3,3
This character said"Upon my head they place
a fruitless crown/And put a barren scepter
in my grip."
Macbeth
3,4
At the end of the play, Malcolm bestows this
new honor on his Thanes.
He makes them Earls
4,1
When Macbeth says “Out, outbrief candle” the candle
represents life and is this type of analogy .
Metaphor
4,2
Regretful or remorseful
"To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself. / Wake Duncan with
thy knocking! I would thou couldst!”
What best describes the tone of this quote?
4,3
This character said:“Oh nation miserable!/With an
untitled tyrant, bloody-sceptered,/ When shall thou
see thy wholesome days again?”
Macduff
4,4
In Macbeth’s “Tomorrow”speech, “petty pace”
is an example ofthis sound device.
Alliteration
5,1
During the dagger soliloquy Macbeth says that withered
murder walks with “Tarquin’sravishing strides.” This is a
reference to a Roman infamousfor his rape of Lucrece and is
therefore and example of this literary term
Allusion
5,2
Lennox reports on the terrible and unnatural events that occurred the night that Macbeth killed
Duncan. In response Macbeth says “Twas a rough night.”
This statement can best be characterized as
Understatment
5,3
This character said:
Macduff
“I shall [dispute it like a man];/ But I must also feel it as a man;/ I cannot but remember such things were/ That were most precious to
me."
5,4
These rhyming schemes can be found in this quote
“Double, double, toil and trouble;/Fire burn and cauldron bubble”
Internal rhyme and rhyming couplet