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Why did King Duncan give Lady Macbeth a diamond? Visitors staying as guests in other people houses were expected to give them a gift in the form of a thank you. Banquo is exhausted from the day’s battles, yet he…

What are the three apparitions 1. armed head 2. bloody child 3. child crowned with tree in hand What does the first apparition tell Macbeth? Beware of Macduff, beware of the thane of fife! How does the prophecy of the…

brandish Synonym: to wave something in a threatening wayDefinition: to wave something about, especially a weapon, in a menacing, theatrical, or triumphant wayDirect Definition: BJ brandished his sword, or waved his sword in a threatening way, to make his opponents…

What do the Doctor and Gentlewoman decide to listen for? They are listening to see if Lady Macbeth says anything suspicious. What thoughts/ideas consume Lady Macbeth? She feels guilty. What does Angus say about Macbeth’s rule as a king? Angus…

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, and put a barren scepter in my gripe Macbeth (3,1) He decides he must kill Banquo after just talking to him. Means: He has been given the crown an scepter but his…

‘The most diminutive of birds will fight, her young in the nest, against the owl’ (A4S2) > describing the current situation > presents her as a defenseless and vulnerable victim Dialogue between L.M and her son > highlights her motherly…

othello plays protagonist/hero, possesses a “free and open nature” which iago uses to twist his love for desdemona into a powerful and destructive jealousy iago antagonist/villain, motivations never clearly expressed, manipulative desdemona daughter of brabantio, secretly married to othello before…

“I follow him to serve my turn upon him:We cannot all be masters, nor all mastersCannot be truly follow’d. You shall markMany a duteous and knee-crooking knave,That, doting on his own obsequious bondage,Wears out his time, much like his master’s…

Othello the jealous Moor; married to Desdemona; Captain and Governor Emilia Iago’s wife; gets the scarf to Iago Desdemona Othello’s wife; friends with Cassio Roderigo loves Desdemona and will do anything to get her Cassio Othello thinks he is having…

I follow him to serve my turn upon him. We cannot all be masters, nor all mastersCannot truly be followed. Iago to RoderigoAfter learning of Desdemona and Othello’s marriage, he decides he will be good to Othello as a means…