Characters
Who is Macbeth's wife?
Lady Macbeth
What big idea describes Macbeth's desire to become king?
Ambition
What country is Macbeth primarily set in?
Scotland
What language feature is used in:
“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!”
Metaphor
Who says:
“Out, damned spot!”
Lady Macbeth
Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play?
Macduff
What big idea is strongly represented by Macbeth's feelings after he murders Duncan?
Guilt
What type of society did Shakespeare's audience live in, where men generally held greater social and political power than women?
Patriarchal society
What language feature is used in:
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
Paradox
Finish the quote:
"Macbeth shall ______ no more."
sleep
Which character is Macbeth's friend who becomes a threat because of the witches' prophecy about his descendants?
Banquo
What big idea is explored when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth hide their true intentions from Duncan?
Appearance vs Reality
Why might Shakespeare's use of witches have been particularly significant to an audience during James I's reign?
Belief in witchcraft and the supernatural was significant at the time, and James I himself had a strong interest in witchcraft.
What TWO language features are used in:
“Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.”
Personification and Contrast
Finish the quote:
“Is this a ______ which I see ________, the ______ towards my ______?
dagger, before me, handle, hand
Which character deliberately tests another character’s loyalty by pretending to be unsuitable to rule Scotland?
Malcolm
What connection does Shakespeare create between ambition and violence?
Unchecked ambition can lead people to use violence to achieve and protect what they want.
What belief held that monarchs were chosen by God and therefore had a divine right to rule?
Divine Right of Kings
What does the blood represent in:
“Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”
Macbeth's guilt
Which quote demonstrates the connection between appearance vs reality AND ambition?
“Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under't.”
Which character's death is particularly important because Macbeth sees their descendants as a threat to his power?
Which sequence best represents Macbeth's downfall?
A. Guilt – Ambition – Power – Violence
B. Ambition – Power – Fear – Violence – Guilt
C. Violence – Fate – Ambition – Power
D. Power – Guilt – Ambition – Fate
B. Ambition – Power – Fear – Violence – Guilt
What 1605 event involved a plot to blow up the English Parliament and kill King James I?
The Gunpowder Plot
What are the keywords in this quote?
“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths.”
Win us, Our harm, Instruments of darkness, Truths
Which quote best demonstrates that Macbeth's power has actually made him less secure?
“To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus.”