mid term test Flashcards
significant quotes of macbeth act 1
“Fair is foul and foul is fair…” - Three Witches
significant quotes of macbeth act 2
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one read” - Macbeth
“A little water clears us of this deed.
How easy is it, then!” - Lady Macbeth
significant quotes of macbeth act 3
“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
And put a barren scepter in my grip,
Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding. If’t be so,
For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered…” - Macbeth
“I am in blood
Stepped in so far that should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er” - Macbeth
significant quotes of macbeth act 4
“Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn
The power of an, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.” - Apparition
“Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirators are.
Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him.”
“Dispute it like a man” - Malcolm
“I shall do so,
But I must also feel it as a man.” - Macduff
significant quotes of macbeth act 5
“Out, damned spot, out, I say!” - Lady Macbeth
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is told no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.” - Macbeth
Geoffrey Chaucer
- part of the rising middle class- father wine merchant
- knew many people - feudal clergy, and middle
- influenced english- first to use vernacular
- Exploited church through satire
Mary shelley
- Tragic life- everyone dies
- Galvanism vivisection and body snatching influenced her work
- prometheus myth
William Shakespeare
- cared about what people thought
- father was a glove maker
- middle-> higher class
- married Anne hathaway
- Raised in Stration bon haven
Beowulf Themes
Actions speak louder than words Good vs. Evil Life is a continuing struggle Judging someone based on what they do not who they are. Help thy neighbor
What’s an epic?
A long narrative poem that talks about travels adventures, and heroic episodes and written in a high style (a formal, dignified tone with many figures of speech).
What is a kenning
two words as one_ Slaughter dew– blood
Canterbury tales
- Written in vernacular english
- is a framework story
- Has pilgrimages in it
- Made lit more accessible to man
Frankenstein
He took the place of God
Gothic lit
uses intense emotion , nature as a strong force, and whether to show mood
Romatic lit
A deepened appreciation for the beauties of nature.
