Double Trouble
these supernatural beings utter the famous line "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble."
the witches
The play is written with this noble man in mind.
King James
In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth expresses his doubts about killing King Duncan, saying that he is "his kinsman and his" what?
subject
In Act 5, Scene 5, Macbeth delivers a soliloquy that includes the line "I 'gin to be aweary of the sun." What does "gin" mean in this context?
begin
What was the conspiracy to kill King James I?
The Gunpowder Plot
In Act 4, Scene 1, the witches show Macbeth three apparitions, the first of which warns him to beware of this.
Macduff
Lady Macbeth famously tells her husband that he is too full of this, and that it would be better if he were more ruthless.
This is what you are speaking unclearly or ambiguously about something.
equivocation
In Act 1, Scene 3, the witches tell Macbeth that he will become "Thane of Cawdor" and "king hereafter." What is a thane?
Scottish nobleman or lord
In Act 5, Scene 8, Macduff refers to Macbeth as a "tyrant." What does "tyrant" mean in this context?
an oppressive ruler
Who are the two characters who escape to England?
Macduff and Malcolm
In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth tells the spirits to "unsex" her and fill her with this instead.
direst cruelty
The film adaptation begins with this event.
What does Macbeth speak to as he moves toward Duncan's room?
the ground
In Act 3, Scene 4, Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo and says, "Thou canst not say I did it; never shake / Thy gory locks at me." What does "gory" mean in this context?
What is the double-related phrase that is delivered about King Duncan toward the beginning of the play?
double-trust
In Act 2, Scene 2, Lady Macbeth tries to reassure Macbeth after he has killed King Duncan by telling him that "a little water clears us of this" what?
deed
Who says this:
"What are these / So withered and so wild in their attire, / That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, / And yet are on't? Live you? or are you aught / That man may question?"
Banquo
What does Banquo compare the witches to at the end of their first meeting?
bubbles
In Act 3, Scene 2, Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth, "Things without all remedy / Should be without regard; what's done is done." What does she mean by "things without all remedy"?
things that can't be fixed
Recite the witches line that they repeat during Act 4 Scene1
Double, double toil in trouble / fire burn and cauldron bubbles
In Act 5, Scene 1, Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and repeatedly tries to wash her hands, saying "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" in reference to this.
Duncan's murder
In Act 1, Scene 2, the wounded captain describes Macbeth's valor in battle, saying that he "unseamed" his enemy "from the nave to the chops." What does "unseamed" mean in this context?
cut open or split down the middle
What was King James' book on demons called?
Demonology
What is the extended metaphor Lady Macduff uses with Ross about her husband just before she dies?
Wren and owl