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Scotland In Act 1, what country is Macbeth fighting for? Thane of Glamis (I think) What is Macbeth’s title at the beginning of the play? Duncan Who was the King of Scotland in the beginning of the play? a good…

who kills macbeth macduff how many men reign as king of scotland throughout play 3 (duncan, macbeth, malcolm) whom does lady macbeth frame for murder of duncan duncan’s drunken chamberlains who kills banquo group of murderers hired by macbeth describe…

Who comes to Lady Macbeth/Macbeth’s home? Duncan, Malcom, Donalbain, Banquo, Angus, Lennox, Ross, Macduff and the attendents Quote: What does Duncan say as he enters the castle, which employs the idea of dramatic irony “This castle hath a pleasant seat.…

“No one in Othello comes to understand himself or anyone else.” Bayley “Iago maintains to the end the dreadful integrity of his own ignorance.” J. Bayley “Othello retains to the end his agonized incomprehension.” J. Bayley “His love for Desdemona…

Act I Scene i Othello begins on a street in Venice, in the midst of an argument between Roderigo and Iago. The rich Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona, but he has seen…

My services, which I have done the signory, Shall out-tongue his complaints. Othello I must be found. My parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly. Othello you have been hotly called for… he requires your haste-post-haste…

Iago tells Othello that Cassio has told him all about the affair. Iago puts lewd images in Othello’s noggin. What happens to Othello after this? From all the stress and anxiety, he has a seizure and passes out Cassio shows…

why is Roderigo angry with othello Roderigo is angry with Iago because Iago knew that Cassio got the promotion instead of him. He feels like he portrayed him why does iago say “go ahead and despise me if i don’t…

a force that is easily destroyed ‘her very nature will instruct her in it”she’s framed as fruitful as the free elements’ vulnerable or fragile ‘why did I marry?’ easy to manipulate ‘the moor already changes with my poison’ iago 3:3…

Dr Johnson “The character of Iago is so well constructed that from the first to the last scene he is hated and despised” Charles Lamb “We think not so much of the crimes they commit as of the ambition…the intellectual…