Wife of Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
“I’ll drain him dry as hay” is an example of a...
simile
"I come, Graymalkin" (scene 1)
The witches (specifically the first witch)
What thematic subject does the following quote reveal: "When you durst do it, then you were a man" (1.7).
Masculinity vs femininity
Who are the characters in Act 1 Scene 1?
The three witches
Best friend of Macbeth
Banquo
The quote, "When the battle's lost and won" is an example of a ...
paradox
"killing swine" (scene 3)
three witches (second witch)
How is the thematic subject of appearance vs reality shown in this act?
Lady Macbeth acts nice and welcoming towards Duncan but in reality she is planning on murdering him.
What are the three predictions made by the witches?
1.) Macbeth will ne named Thane of Cawdor
2.) Macbeth will then be named king
3.) Banquo's children will be future kings
Murderer of Macdonald
Macbeth
“with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution like Valour’s minion” is an example of ...
personification
"This guest of summer, / The temple-haunting market"(1.6, 3-4)
Banquo
How is the weather motif shown in Act 1 Scene 1?
The first line of this play is "When shall we meet again? / In thunder, lightning, or in rain"(1.1)? This sets up the rest of the play with a dark and violent feeling.
Lady Macbeth and Macbeth will give Duncan's bodyguards enough wine so they are drunk and won't remember what happened. They will then kill Duncan and frame the bodyguards by covering their hands in blood.
The Thane who betrayed the king
Thane of Cawdor
why is Macbeth comparing Duncan to a newborn baby in the quote, "pity, like a naked newborn babe" (1.7, 21)?
To represent how Ducan is helpless and powerless
"when Duncan is asleep,/ Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey / Soundly invite him" (scene 7)
Lady Macbeth
How is the thematic subject of danger of ambition shown in this act?
Macbeth says on the end of page 31 that the only reason he has to kill Duncan is due to his own ambition
In what scene does Lady Macbeth read the letter of Macbeth's encounter with the witches?
Act 1 Scene 5
The witches chosen unnamed future king
Banquo's children
The famous quote from Shakespeare, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” is not only a paradox but also an example of an
Oxymoron
"Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders" (scene 2)
Captain
How is the animal motif used in Act one Scene one to show a characterization about the witches?
The first witch uses the animal motif in the line, "I come, Graymalkin"(1.1, 9). "I come" represents that the witch is addressing a familiar spirit. "Graymalkin" is a grey cat which is know to be evil.
How does Lady Macbeth make her first appearance?