Characters
Macbeth's best friend
Who is Banquo?
The prophecy the witches give Macbeth and Banquo
What is Macbeth will be thane of Cawdor and then King, and Banquo's sons will be kings.
"All hail, Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter."
Who is the Three Witches?
What hallucination does Macbeth see?
What is a bloody dagger?
(n) distance around a circle or rounded body; perimeter
What is circumference?
Thane of Glamis and later Thane of Cawdor
Who is Macbeth?
Ross comes to give this message to King Duncan at the beginning of the play
What is Macbeth helped to fight the traitor Thane of Cawdor and fend off Norway.
"O, worthy Macbeth and noble Banquo! The debt I owe thee for they valor and thy loyalty upon the battlefield"
Who is King Duncan?
What sound is a symbol for the imminent death of King Duncan?
What is a bell ringing?
(n) state of being together in heart or mind; agreement; harmony
What is concord?
Urges Macbeth to seek more power
Who is Lady Macbeth?
King Duncan does this that worries Macbeth and crushes his hopes of ever becoming king.
What is King Duncan promotes his own son and makes him "Prince of Cumberland."
"Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires."
Who is Macbeth?
Macbeth hears voices that tell him this.
What is "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep?"
(v) agree; be in harmony; match; tally
(v) communicate by exchange of letters
What is correspond?
King of Scotland
Who is King Duncan?
What is she gets excited about the future and urges Macbeth to kill the king.
"But oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence."
Who is Banquo?
This person discovers Duncan's body.
Who is Macduff?
(v) be in the way of; hinder; block
What is obstruct?
Son of the king, Prince of Cumberland
Who is Malcolm?
The plan to kill King Duncan.
What is give wine to the guards, use their daggers to kill the king, and blame everything on the guards.
"I have given suck, and know how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this."
Who is Lady Macbeth?
They flee to England and Ireland.
Who is Malcom and Donalbain? (The king's sons)
(v) go around; get the better of; frustrate; skirt; bypass
What is circumvent?