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Abjure Definition: to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoidSynonym: give up Avaricious Definition: Excessively greedySynonym: greedy Blaspheming Definition: the act of insulting or contempt of God, holy people, or holy things.Synonym: Cursing Bodements Definition: a prophecy or predictionSynonym:…

Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because Macbeth won battles with Sweno and Macdonwald Macbeth is started when the witches Call him Thane of Cawdor and predict he will be king Disturbances in nature occur when Duncan dies Macduff does…

Fair is foul, and foul is fair Witches (A.1, S.1 – Theme – INVERSION – DECEPTION – GOOD and EVIL. Things are not what they seem. The witches plan to intercept Macbeth and mess with him) What he hath lost,…

Duncan orders Ross to Tell Macbeth he is thane of Cawdor Why is Duncan’s reference to Lady macbeth as a “noble hostess” is an example of dramatic irony? Lady Macbeth plans to murder him What do Macbeth and his wife…

Dramatic Irony When the audience or the reader is aware of something that a character does not know. The Thane of Cawdor was just executed and the king feels foolish for having trusted him: “He was a gentleman on whom…

“Is this a dagger, which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?” Macbeth contemplates killing Duncan, and weighs the gravity of the situation. He begins to be dragged into the desire to fill the prophecy the witches foretold…

Act 3 Scene 1 Summary – Banquo reflects on the witches prophecies. – He suspects that macbeth obtained the crown through treachury.- Macbeth and Lady Macbeth arrive.- Macbeth pretends that he needs Banquos advice on how to deal with malcolm…

In The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 3, to persuade the two murderers to agree to kill Banquo, Macbeth tells them what? That Banquo has been the cause of all thier misery. In The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 2,…

What do the witches predict in I.iii for Macbeth? For Banquo? The three witches tell Macbeth and Banquo that Macbeth will be king of the land. Banquo’s son will inherit the throne. Macbeth says, “Stars, hide your fires, Let not…

Iago the villain in William Shakespeare’s tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife Roderigo A rich, young Venetian noble enamoured of Desdemona. Who agrees to Iago Desdemona Othello’s wife, daughter of Brabantio Casio Stabs Montana, and stole Iago job…