Literature: Shakespeare Flashcards

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  • “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
  • “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”
  • “Fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air.”
  • “Eye of newt and toe of frog”
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  • MacBeth: Begins as Thane of Glamis, later Thane of Cawdor
  • Duncan
  • Banquo
  • Lady MacDuff
  • MacDonwald
  • Macolm: Duncan’s son
  • Donalbain: Duncan’s son

MacDonwald dies first, then Duncan, Banquo, Lady MacDuff

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  • The three witches visit Macbeth and MacDuff, and they tell Macbeth that he will be “king hereafter” and Banquo will father a line of kings.
  • Fleance escapes an assassination
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