Characters
True or False: Banquo also wants to kill Duncan
False
Macbeth wants Banquo and Fleance dead because...
Macbeth doesn't want Banquo or his kids to become kings, as prophesied
Macbeth sees his ghost at the banquet
Banquo
The purpose of the first scene of the entire play
To set a mood of supernatural, evil influence
He wrote Macbeth
William Shakespeare
The porter's role in the play
To provide comic relief
This is why the war drums don't scare Macbeth
He cannot be killed by anyone born of a woman--including soldiers
After Duncan's murder, some assume Malcolm & Donalbain leave Scotland because...
They're guilty of killing their father (patricide)
Lady Macbeth's prayer to spirits
To remove all feminine qualities and help her and Macbeth kill Duncan
The King of England for whom Shakespeare wrote Macbeth.
King James I
The irony of Macduff saying to Lady Macbeth, "Oh, gentle lady, my news isn't fit for your ears. If I repeated it to you, it would kill you as soon as you heard it."
She already knew about the murder--because she planned it
Macbeth's lie to Banquo concerning the witches' prophecies
Macbeth says he hasn't even thought about the witches
Malcolm and Donalbain really leave Scotland after Duncan's murder because...
They are afraid they'll be killed next
Lady Macbeth's plan for her and her husband
To kill Duncan and frame his guards
The man behind the infamous Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes
This person is solely responsible for Banquo's murder
Macbeth
The one thing that will frighten Macbeth
The Dunsinane forest moving
Banquo's death doesn't fulfill Macbeth's plan because...
Fleance escaped
How Lady Macbeth covers for her husband at the banquet
She explains he's had hallucinations since childhood; sends the guests home
"Remember, remember...."
"The 5th of November"
This person kills Macbeth
Macduff
Hecate predicts this will be Macbeth's downfall
Overconfidence
What Lady Macbeth has been doing since Banquo's death
Sleepwalking (and talking in her sleep)
This is why Macbeth won't take the daggers back to the scene of Duncan's murder
He cannot bear to face his own guilt
The real Malcolm was the last of these
Last Celtic king of Scotland