Remembering Macbeth
Round 2 – Quotes/Analysis
Act V
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A Candle
What item does Lady Macbeth
carry with her while sleep
walking?
Row 1, Col 1
Paradox
“So foul and fair a day
I have not seen”
is an example of what
type of statement?
1,2
Lady Macbeth
This character says:
“All the perfumes of Arabia
will not sweeten this
little hand."
1,3
Blood
Macbeth says that he has
gone so deep into this
that there is no turning back.
1,4
Scotland
Macbeth asks the Doctor
to cure both Lady Macbeth
and this.
2,1
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 the
King’s personality.
2,2
Macbeth
This character said:
“Of all men else I have avoided
thee,/But get thee back,
my soul is too much charged/
With blood of thine already.
2,3
Lady Macbeth
"Look like the innocent
flower/But be the serpent
under't” illustrates the desire
of this speaker to trick his/her
guest.
2,4
Malcolm orders soldiers to cut down trees to conceal
their numbers
How does the prophecy
concerning Birnam Wood
come true?
3,1
Macbeth
"Stars, hide your fires,/Let not
light see my black and deep
desires” is spoken by this central
character.
3,2
Macbeth
This character said
"Upon my head they place
a fruitless crown/
And put a barren scepter
in my grip."
3,3
allusion
Frost’s poem “Out, Out” uses
this figure of speech to reference
Macbeth.
3,4
Life
The candle that Macbeth
wishes to go “out” is a metaphor
for this.
4,1
Dramatic Irony
"This castle hath a pleasant seat,
the air/Nimbly and sweetly
recommends itself/Unto our gentle
senses”
is an example of
this literary device
4,2
Prose
The comical porter at Macbeth’s
castle speaks differently
than the other characters.
Instead of verse, he speaks in
this style.
4,3
Tone
In 2.3, when Macduff discovers
Duncan, frantic, desperate,
horrified, and sincere are all
examples of this type of
attitude.
4,4
He makes them Earls
At the end of the play,
Malcolm bestows this
new honor on his Thanes.
5,1
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?
5,2
Macbeth
This character said:
“From this moment/the very
firstlings of my heart shall be/The
firstlings of my hand. And even
now,/To crown my thoughts with
acts, be it thought and done."
5,3
Alliteration
In Macbeth’s “Tomorrow”
speech, “petty pace”
is an example of
this sound device.
5,4