Macbeth
Before he meets the witches, what title does Macbeth already hold?
Thane of Glamis
What is Banquo's son's name?
Fleance
What is Lady Macbeth doing the first time we see her in the play?
Reading a letter from her husband.
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
First Witch
MACBETH
The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?
The Thane of Cawdor is still alive. Why are you stealing his title and clothes?
How many children does Macbeth have?
None
Before he meets the witches, what title does Banquo already hold?
He doesn't have a title
When Macbeth decides not to go through with murder, how does Lady Macbeth respond?
She talks him into it again.
You should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so.
Banquo
LADY MACBETH
Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way.
I'm worried that you're too kind to become king the quickest way.
What does Macbeth refer to when he describes Duncan's "double trust"?
He is Duncan's kinsman and host - both people who should not betray him.
What do the witches predict for Banquo?
He will be greater and lesser than Macbeth. Though he won't be king, his children will.
When she hears of the witches' prophecy, what does Lady Macbeth worry about?
She worries that Macbeth will not have the courage or cruelty to take the shortest path to becoming the king (to kill Duncan).
There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.
Duncan
LADY MACBETH
Bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent
flower,
But be the serpent under ’t
Look like you are welcoming Duncan. Keep a kind face and use welcoming words. Keep your poisonous intent a secret.
After deciding to go through with the murder of Duncan, Macbeth hallucinates. What does he see?
A dagger that draws him to Duncan's bedchamber
When Macbeth was fighting in the battle against Norway, where was Banquo?
Fighting alongside him
Before the murder of Duncan, what does Lady Macbeth do to set the stage for Macbeth?
She drugs the guards to make them pass out.
Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
Macbeth
MACDUFF
Was it so late, friend, ere you went to bed
That you do lie so late?
What happened before bedtime that's made you sleep so late?
After killing Duncan, who does Macbeth kill next? What justification does he give.
He kills Duncan's guards. He says he did it because he loved Duncan and that no man can be loyal, furious, and neutral in the same moment.
After the witches finish speaking and then vanish, what does Banquo ask Macbeth?
Did this really happen, or did we eat something that's making us hallucinate?
"Were such things here as we do speak about?
Or have we eaten on the insane root
That takes the reason prisoner?"
After the murder of Duncan, what does Lady Macbeth do to ensure they are not caught?
She covers the guards in blood and puts the bloody daggers next to them.
Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes. It provokes
the desire, but it takes away the performance.
Therefore much drink may be said to be an
equivocator with lechery... in conclusion, equivocates
him in a sleep and, giving him the lie, leaves
him.
Porter
MACDUFF
Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new.
Make sure things go well, so we don't feel too uncomfortable with the new regime, preferring how things use to be.