Plot
In Act 3, Scene 4, what does Macbeth see at the banquet table?
A ghost of Banquo
Banquo: "You should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
that you are so." (Act 1, Scene 3, 46-48)
Banquo is saying that the witches are very ugly and look like men.
"Our time does call upon 's." (Act 3, Scene 1, 37)
Personification
Banquo's son.
Fleance
In Act 4, Scene 3, what does Malcolm tell Macduff to do with his grief?
Take it and use it as energy for revenge and destroy Macbeth.
Macbeth: "We have scorched the snake, not killed it. She'll close and be herself whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth." (Act 3, Scene 2, 13)
They didn't kill, so they will be in fear now.
Malcolm:"Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell" (Act 4, Scene 3, 24)
Allusion
son of Duncan
Malcolm
In Act 1, Scene 3, what predictions did the witches make about Macbeth?
Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor and then he would become King.
MacDuff:" O gentle lady,
'Tis not for you to hear what I can speak.
The repetition in a woman's ear
Would murder as it fell. "(Act 2, Scene 3, 84-87)
Macduff is explaining Lady Macbeth to be a typical "Lady" who should be frightened by death.
"if you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not" (Act 1, Scene 3, 59-60)
Metaphor
Queen of the witches
Hecate
In Act 5, Scene 3, when does Macbeth know he is in trouble?
When he sees the Birnam Wood moving towards the castle.
"Out damed spot, out I say" (Act 5, Scene 1, 32)
Who says this quote and what does it mean?
Lady Macbeth
She was trying to wash her hands free of blood, because she is guilty.
Macbeth: Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand? (Act 2, Scene 1, 33-35)
soliloquy
Macbeth murders him for the crown
Duncan
In Act 2, Scene 2, What excuse does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?
He resembled too much of her Father.
"Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of the woman born shall harm Macbeth" (Act 4, Scene 1, 79-81)
Who says this quote and what does it mean?
Apparition
No one can harm Macbeth, unless he is not born from a women.
"Despair thy charm; And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripped" (Act 5, Scene 8, 13-16)
Foreshawding
desires revenge on Macbeth for murdering of his family
Macduff