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Row 1, Col 1 What is Lady Macbeth’s purpose in drugging the servants? To get them out of the way for Duncan’s murder

1,2 Why does Macbeth say he will “sleep no more”? His guilt will not let him rest

1,3 What reason does Lady Macbeth give for not killing the King herself? He looks like her father when he is sleeping

1,4 multitudinous What vocab word means “numerous”?

2,1 Which vocab word means “superiority”? predominance

2,2 What is the purpose of Macbeth saying the blood on his hands will redden all of the seas? Shows his immense guilt

2,3 What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says “My hands are of your color, but I shame/ To wear a heart so white”? Her hands are red with blood, but she is unafraid

2,4 What vocab word means “sly”? stealthy

3,1 palpable What vocab word means “obvious, easily observed, able to be touched”?

3,2 A horse In the Old Man’s dialogue in Scene IV, what animal symbolizes King Duncan?

3,3 The owl’s scream and the crickets’ cries What happens in Scene ii that signals the murder has been accomplished?

3,4 Owl’s scream and crickets’ cries What happens in Scene ii that signals the murder has been accomplished?

4,1 wherefore What archaic word does Shakespeare use for “why”?

4,2 Gorgon In Greek mythology, who is the sister of Medusa?

4,3 Hecate In Greek mythology, who is the goddess of ghosts and witchcraft

4,4 Pathetic fallacy What literary element is uses nature to reflect emotions?

5,1 Read and analyze each full sentence despite line breaks How must one make sense of blank verse?

5,2 Blank verse What is another word for unrhymed iambic pentameter?

5,3 To sound like natural speech For what reason did Shakespeare probably choose to write Macbeth in blank verse?

5,4 A murderer must live with his conscience What is the central idea of Act II?