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” O that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting has not fixed His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter. O God, God…” Hamlet “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”…

Gertrude: “why seems it so particular with thee?”Hamlet: “‘seems’ madam? Nay it is. I know not ‘seems’” Act 1, sc 2 Ghost: “my most seeming-virtuous queen” Act 1, sc 5 Hamlet: “that one may smile, and smile, and be a…

revenge -hamlet’s father wants hamlet to avenge his death-laertes want to avenge both polonius’s and ophelia’s death-fortinbras wants to revenge for his father’s death and for military losses madness -relates to hamlet, ophelia, and possibly Claudius-goes hand in hand with…

Summary Ophelia is crazy with grief for her father’s death and Claudius fears that the murder will have serious consequences -Laertes demands retribution and his directress is redoubled when he sees his sister What does the Gentlemen report to Gertrude…

Act 2 Scene 1 – Macbeth lies and tells Banquo that he doesn’t think about the witches’ prophecy which makes Banquo skeptical – Macbeth’s hallucination of the bloody dagger convinced him to kill Duncan Act 2 Scene 2 – Lady…

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”. -who said it: the witches -significance:though events, things and people may seem good or bad; however, after careful examination, they turn out to be opposite.-circumstance:the witches are eerie, chanting tones, they make plans…

What does Macbeth do to Macdonwald after he defeats him? Cut off his head and places into the battlements What new title does Macbeth receive early in act one? Thane of Cawdor The weird sisters greet Macbeth as ? Thane…

“what appears good may be bad.” -witches-theme: appearances vs. reality Scene 1 & 2 motif blood Malcolm -almost captured by the enemy -inexperienced soldier-gives a competent report Macdonwald killed by Macbeth Thane of Cawdor captured by Macbeth Foreign War -Macbeth…

Soliloquy Definition: An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.Line (Act 3, scene 1): “Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren…

art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? -act 2, scene 1: macbeth macbeth recognises madness in himself these deeds must not be thought after these ways; so, it will make us…