Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
Shakespeare and Vocab
100
What is Mac and Lady Mac's plan for killing Duncan?
Gets his guards drunk, kill him with the guards' daggers to make it look like they did it.
100
What does Macbeth see before him that leads him to kill Duncan?
A dagger
100
Who escapes Macbeth's murder plot?
Fleance
100
When Macbeth demands to see more, what do the witches show him?
They show him a line of 8 kings that look like Fleance, and a bloody Banquo pointing at them
100
How does Macbeth die?
Macduff cuts off his head
100
Define Soliloquy
When a character delivers a speech to themselves
200
Who gets to be the Prince of Cumberland?
Malcolm
200
Who is the first to discover Duncan's body?
Macduff
200
How many murderers did Macbeth hire?
3
200
What does the third apparition look like? What does it say to Macbeth?
A child crowned holding a tree.
"Macbeth shall never be vanquished til Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane Hill"
200
What does Malcolm have every soldier do as they march toward the castle?
"Have every soldier hew him down a bough and bear't before him. Thereby shall we shadow the numbers of our host..."
200
Define Monologue
When a character delivers a speech to other characters
300
What prophecies do the witches tell Macbeth?
That he will become Thane of Cawdor, and then king
300
Who does the drunk Porter think is knocking at the door?
Beelzebub, another name for the Devil
300
Fill in the blank:
"O, full of _______ is my mind, dear wife!"
Scorpions
300
What does the second apparition look like? What does it say?
A bloody child
"None of woman born shall harm Macbeth"
300
How does Lady Macbeth die?
They say it was suicide after excessive guilt
300
What is the literary definition of Theme?
The main idea or message of a text
400
What prophecy do the witches tell Banquo?
He will not become king, but his kids will.
400
After he kills Duncan, what does Macbeth do that angers Lady Macbeth?
brings the bloody daggers from the murder scene
400
What does it mean to "displace the mirth" ? Who displaced the mirth in Act 3?
Kill the vibe. Macbeth displaced the mirth when he yelled at Banquo's ghost, who no one else could see.
400
What does the first apparition look like? What does it say?
An armed head
"beware Macduff"
400
When Macduff reveals he was not borne of woman, what does Macbeth say and do?
Macbeth says he will not fight him, tries to leave.
400
What did Shakespeare build in order to present all his plays?
The Globe Theater
500
Who says "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't" ? Why does this character say that?
Lady Macbeth; she says it to Macbeth as a way of convincing him to kill Duncan
500
Describe 3 ways that nature changes after Duncan dies.
Acceptable answers: crazy strong winds, screams of death, earthquakes, falcons killing owls, horses eating each other, it is dark in the middle of the day
500
Name the 3 things Macbeth would've rather seen at the dinner than Banquo's ghost:
1. Hyrcan tiger
2. Armed rhinoceros
3. Russian bear
500
Who does Lady Macduff think should hang the liars and swearers?
Why does Macduff's son think the liars and swearers are foolish?
Why, the honest men.
They are foolish because there are way more liars than honest people.
500
Why can't the doctor heal Lady Macbeth?
"Therein the patient must minister to herself."
Says it's a disease of the mind, for which there is no cure he can give her.
500
Approximately how many words in the English language is Shakespeare responsible for creating?
over 1,000
600
Who was the traitor who was the original Thane of Cawdor?
Macdonwald
600
Where does Malcolm flee to?
Where does Donalbain flee to?
Why do they flee?
Malcolm goes to England. Donalbain goes to Ireland. They leave because they think they will be murdered next.
600
After the failed dinner party, Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth: "I am in blood stepped so far that, should I wade no more, returning would be as tedious as________________."
What belongs in the blank?
go o'er, or in other words, Macbeth realizes that going back on his murders would be as hard as to continue, so he might as well continue murdering.
600
Who is the English general that joins Macduff, Malcolm, and 10,000 soldiers in marching to Macbeth's castle?
Siward
600
DAILY DOUBLE: Fill in the blank: "Blow wind, come wrack, at least we will die with _______________!"
harness on our back
600
Which word makes its very first appearance in this play?
Assassination