1. Quote Review Packet Pen/Pencil Lord Acton Handout
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Lord Acton Handout

2. Macbeth Act 2 Quote Review
1. “Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?” Speaker: Macbeth Meaning: This represents the internal struggle Macbeth feels as he decides if he can commit murder to become king. 2. “Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell / That summons thee to heaven or to hell” Meaning: The bell marks Duncan’s death and Macbeth taking the crown for himself.

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3. “Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep!’ the innocent sleep, / Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care” Speaker: Macbeth Meaning: Macbeth knows that he will feel guilty after what he has done and not able to rest. "Raveled sleave" is a metaphor as it is sleep which knits it up, that is, which repairs it. So sleep removes our cares. 4. “Had he not resembled / My father as he slept I had done’t” Speaker: Lady Macbeth Meaning: If King Duncan had not reminded her of her father, she would have killed him herself. This shows the audience that she does have a conscience.

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5. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?” Speaker: Macbeth Meaning: Macbeth is saying that his guilt from his various schemes cannot be washed away, even with all the water in the ocean. 6. “There’s daggers in men’s smiles” Speaker: Malcolm Meaning: This suggests that the people will smile to their face but those very smiles could kill them as they cannot trust anyone in the castle with their father murdered.

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7. “ Here’s a knocking, indeed! If a man were porter of hell-gate he should have old turning the key. Knock, knock, knock! Who’s there, I’ the name of Beelzebub? Here’s a farmer that hanged himself on the expectation of plenty” Speaker: Porter Meaning: In the previous scene, in which Macbeth and his wife complete the deed, the knocking sounds that eventually rouse the porter scare the conspiratorial couple out of their wits: knocking is the sound that crystallizes their guilt. The porter's joking reference to "Hell Gate" has, then, some resonance as Macbeth’s castle is the scene of numerous crimes.

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8. “A falcon, towering in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed” Speaker: Old Man Meaning: Ross and the Old Man are having a conversation about the unnatural death of the King, as King Duncan should have been loved and adored. The falcon's "pride of place" is the highest point of its flight. And the owl, which usually catches mice on the ground, went up instead of down, and killed a falcon. Also, a falcon is a day creature, and a royal companion, while the owl is an untamable bird of night and death. If things in nature stands for things in human life, King Duncan was the falcon, and Macbeth the owl.

7. A.C.E.
*Read Lord Acton Letter *Complete an A.C.E. styled response to a text-dependent question together. I am looking for ALL components! Check out the bulletin board if you get lost/confused!