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What is the main idea for Act II
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Murder...how a murder must live with his conscience
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What is blank verse?
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter-unstressed/stressed syllables (taDa,taDa,taDa,taDa,taDa)
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Why does Lady Macbeth drug the servants?
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So they won't know a murder is taking place
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What does Macbeth statement mean when he says he will "sleep no more"?
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His conscience will never allow him to rest
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What is meant when Macbeth says that the blood on his hands will redden all the seas?
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His guilt will never leave his conscience
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When the Old Man speaks with Ross, what does he say symbolizes Duncan?
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A falcon
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What is meant when Lady Macbeth says "My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white"
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She has the same responsibility as Macbeth, but she's not afraid
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What reason does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan?
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She says that when he slept, he looked like her father
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What is the purpose of Act III
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To show all the problems Macbeth is compounding
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Why is Macbeth acting irrational at the banquet?
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His guilty conscience has taken form of a ghost of Banquo
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Seeing the image of Banquo is an example of what form of conflict?
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Internal
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How has Macbeth changed from Act I to the end of Act III?
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He's turned to ruthlessness and treachery to suit his needs.
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Why is Macbeth glad that Banquo won't return to the castle until nightfall?
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He wants the darkness to mask the killing.
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What is meant by "upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/and put a barren scepter in my gripe"?
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He has no children to become king when he's gone.
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Why does Macbeth fear Banquo?
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Banquo is loyal to Duncan.
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