Themes
What is the quote's message about one of these themes: 1) ambition, 2) appearance vs. reality, 3) guilt and madness, 4) gender and masculinity, or 5) the supernatural?
"Look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under't."
Theme: Apperance vs. Reality
Message: Don't trust appearances. (Appearances and reality may not match.) (Innocence may mask evil.)
How was Macbeth killed?
Macduff slays Macbeth. Later, Macduff shows Malcolm Macbeth's head.
Who said this quote?
"Bleed, bleed, poor country! / Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure."
Macduff
What was Macbeth's personality like in Act 4/5 in comparison to Act 1?
In act 1, he was trusted and liked as valliant and honets whereas in acts 4 and 5 he was selfish, cruel, and even despondent.
Who was the leader of the witches?
Hecate
What is the quote's message about one of these themes: 1) ambition, 2) appearance vs. reality, 3) guilt and madness, 4) gender and masculinity, or 5) the supernatural?
"Unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty!" (Lady Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5)
Theme: gender and masculinity
Message: To be cruel, one must be masculine.
What are two of the apparitions that Macbeth saw when he visited the witches the second time?
armed head, bloody child, crowned child holding a tree
"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."
Lady Macbeth
She moves from a powerful, ambitious manipulator to an isolated and mad woman, who finally commits suicide.
Trivia: How many cards are in a standard playing deck?
52
What is the quote's message about one of these themes: 1) ambition, 2) appearance vs. reality, 3) guilt and madness, 4) gender and masculinity, or 5) the supernatural?
"O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!" (Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 2)
Theme: Guilt and Madness
Message: A guilty conscious can create a mental torment and paranoia.
Trivia: Which country is the largest in the world?
Russia
Trivia: What president was a licensed bartender?
Abraham Lincoln
1) personal vengeance: to avenge the murders of his family members
2) patriotism (restoration of justice, peace, and prosperity to his country)
Hecate tells her witches that Macbeth "shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear his hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear. And you all know, security is mortal's chiefest enemy." In other words, what was the witches' goal with the three apparitions they showed Macbeth?
They wanted to build his confidence that he had nothing to fear no matter what he did.
Trivia: What is the only food that can never go bad?
Honey
What was Malcolm's and Macduff's plan of attack to defeat Macbeth?
Use trees to camouflage the English soldiers that we marching towards Macbeth's castle.
"Whither should I fly? / I have done no harm. But I remember now / I am in this earthly world, where to do harm / Is often laudable, to do good sometime / Accounted dangerous folly."
Lady Macduff
What character goes from fugitive to king over the course of acts four and five?
Malcolm - the older son of King Duncan
When does Macbeth first meet the witches?
After killing the rebel Macdonwald for King Duncan, he meets the witches on an open heath. He is with Banquo at the time.
What is the quote's message about one of these themes: 1) ambition, 2) appearance vs. reality, 3) guilt and madness, 4) gender and masculinity, or 5) the supernatural?
"By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes." (Second Witch, Act 4, Scene 1) [1, 2, 3]
Theme: Supernatural
Thematic Message: The supernatural can detect evil in human nature (and work against it).
Why strange actions does Lady Macbeth take while sleepwalking?
talking aloud, rubbing hands
"Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more."
Macbeth
After witnessing Lady Macbeth's sleep walking, these characters learn deep secrets about the queen and king.
The doctor and gentlewoman
As they are creating a potion, the witches chant, "double, double, boil and trouble." What does this mean for Macbeth?
It signifies the intensification of chaos and evil, promising doubled hard work and trouble for Macbeth.