How is King Edward a juxtaposition to King Macbeth.

Edward is good and Macbeth is bad

How is Macbeth's request to the Doctor an example of dramatic irony in tragedy?

Malcolm's forces will cure Scotland's disease, Macbeth

Macbeth's metaphors include...

Comparing people to actors on a stage

Dramatic Irony in Macbeth

Duncan arriving @ Macbeth's castle&talking highly of Macbeth

What is an example of personification in Macbeth?

"Those thoughts should have died when you killed the men..."

What is dramatic irony in Macbeth?

When the audience knows more than the characters about their situations.

This allusion is used to show that Macbeth:

Wonders if he'll be able to wash away his guilt.

What metaphor does Macbeth use to describe his mental state to Lady Macbeth?

"...full of scorpions is my mind..."

What does the personification “Macbeth does murder sleep” suggest about Macbeth’s state of mind?

He is afraid he will never rest peacefully again

The irony of the speech Macbeth gives on Banquo's absence during the banquet lies in the fact

Banquo is present in the form of a ghost

This use of personification deliberately confuses the audience by suggesting Banquo and Macbeth may be hallucinating.

"Have we eaten on the insane root/That takes the reason prisoner?"

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1
How is King Edward a juxtaposition to King Macbeth.
They are both kings
Macbeth likes dancing and Edward doesn't
Edward is good and Macbeth is bad
Edward is bad and Macbeth is good
2
How is Macbeth's request to the Doctor an example of dramatic irony in tragedy?
Macbeth has already given up all hope of redeeming Scotland
The Doctor has already told Macbeth he is powerless to help
Malcolm's forces will cure Scotland's disease, Macbeth
The Doctor knows Lady Macbeth's illness connects to Macbeth
3
Which literary device is used below?
Juxtaposition
Paradox
Irony
Hyperbole
4
What literary device is used when Macbeth says "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep"?
Personification
Onamonapia
Fleance
Alliteration
5
What literary device is used when Macbeth mentions "Neptune"
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Allusion
Metaphor
6
This is an allusion in Macbeth except
Icarus and Daedalus
Bellona's Bridgegroom
Tarquin
Hecate
7
Macbeth's metaphors include...
Comparing marriage to being cursed by witches
Comparing people to actors on a stage
Comparing life to a battle
Comparing people to warriors in a battle
8
Dramatic Irony in Macbeth
Fleance escaping from the murderers when Banquo is killed
Duncan arriving @ Macbeth's castle&talking highly of Macbeth
Lady Macbeth trying to wash the blood off her hands
Banquo and Macbeth discussing the witches' prophecies
9
Which quotation in 1:2 uses personification to show how brave Macbeth was in the battle?
Fortune's brother
Death's creator
Bravery's helper
Valour's minion
10
In Macbeth, what is the symbolism of water?
Movement
Purity
Thirst
Guilt
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What is an example of personification in Macbeth?
"Those thoughts should have died when you killed the men..."
Macbeth describing himself
Lady Macbeth personally helping to commit crimes
Personification in Macbeth is used to describe the characters
12
What is dramatic irony in Macbeth?
When the audience knows more than the characters about their situations.
When the dialogue is full of rhymes
When the dialogue has lots of alliterations
When the audience becomes involved emotionally in a play.
13
This allusion is used to show that Macbeth:
Feels no guilt.
Wonders if he'll be able to remove blood from his hands.
Wonders if he'll be able to wash away his guilt.
Regrets killing Duncan & will confess to atone for his sins.
14
What metaphor does Macbeth use to describe his mental state to Lady Macbeth?
"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke..."
"...full of scorpions is my mind..."
"The wine of life is drawn..."
"...here, upon this bank and shoal of time..."
15
What does the personification “Macbeth does murder sleep” suggest about Macbeth’s state of mind?
He wants others to stop sleeping
He is afraid he will never rest peacefully again
He is trying to reassure himself.
He feels calm after the murder.
16
The irony of the speech Macbeth gives on Banquo's absence during the banquet lies in the fact
Macbeth does not know Banquo is dead
Banquo is present in the form of a ghost
Banquo has, in fact, escaped the murder attempt
the assembled lords are aware of Banquo's murder
17
Identify the literary device used: “None of woman born shall harm Macbeth.”
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
18
What literary device does Shakespeare use to show us Macbeth's thoughts?
Soliloquy
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
19
Which metaphor does Lady Macbeth tell Macbeth to act out for the king?
The serpent under the flower
The toad under the rock
The fox in the henhouse
The bear inside the cave
20
Choose the example of personification in Macbeth.
Our country weeps, it bleeds
I just want some ice on my wrist
I'm a dog roof! Grrr
Same color t-shirt
21
What literary device is the blood in Macbeth?
Chiasmus
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Symbolism
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This use of personification deliberately confuses the audience by suggesting Banquo and Macbeth may be hallucinating.
"And thane of Cawdor too; went it not so?"
"Have we eaten on the insane root/That takes the reason prisoner?"
"Into the air, and what seemed corporeal"
"The earth hath bubbles, as water has"

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