Scene 1
This is the weather at the beginning of the play, Act I scene I.
What is thunder and lightning?
or what is Fair and Foul?
This is what the previous Thane of Cawdor was accused of.
What is treason?
The audience learns that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor before the witches tell him. This is a ________________ form of irony.
What is dramatic irony?
This is how Lady Macbeth finds out that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor.
What is a letter?
This is the weapon the Macbeth's will kill King Duncan with.
What is a knife?
This is when the 3 witches will meet again.
What is, When the battle's lost and won? or What is Upon the Heath?
This is who brings the King news of the war.
Who is the Captain?
This statement (made by both Macbeth and the Witches) is a paradox.
What is "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair"?
Lady Macbeth asks evil spirits to do this _________, showing that she feels women are too soft to commit treacherous acts like murder.
What is "unsex" her?
This is how Lady Macbeth will cover their tracks and shift blame after murdering King Duncan.
What is poison the guards' wine (frame the guards)?
This is the number of witches there are.
What is three?
This is the new title the king gives Macbeth.
What is the Thane of Cawdor?
An "aside" is this type of conversation.
What is a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play?
At this stage, this character is more devoted to the act of murdering Duncan.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
This is what Lady Macbeth says she would have done to her "_________that milks me" if she had sworn to it.
What is a baby?
This is the type of animal Graymalkin is.
What is a cat?
This is how Macbeth killed one of the rebels.
What is cutting him open from belly button to chin?
This is the news the three witches give Macbeth.
What is the prophecy that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland?
The is the type of irony the audience feels as King Duncan enters Macbeth's castle and hear him praise its peacefulness.
What is dramatic irony?
The motif "milk" is symbolic of this.
What is femininity?
This is who the witches will meet on the heath.
Who is Macbeth?
This is the other Captain that fought with Macbeth during the war.
Who is Banquo?
This greeting "Lesser than Macbeth and greater" is what type of figurative language term?
What is a paradox?
This is what Lady Macbeth fears her nature is too full of.
What is the milk of human kindness?
This is the theme of Act I.
What is Ambition can lead to immorality and treachery? or What is Power Corrupts?