Characters
Scottish general and historical king of Scotland
Who is Macbeth?
"For a charm of powerful trouble/Like hell-broth boil and bubble"
What is Simile?
"Be bloody, bold, and resolute, laughing to scorn the power of men"
What is Macbeth is going to be mean and fearless at the end. "laughing to scorn the power of men" means there is no better other than him and Macbeth is the greatest"?
"Work extremely hard or incessantly"
What is Toil?
Killed Macduffs family?
Who is Macbeth?
Ambitious ruthless wife of the titular character in William Shakespeare play, Macbeth
Who is Lady Macbeth?
What is a simile?
What is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things and often using like or as?
What did Macbeth receive from the witches?
What is three prophecies?
What part of speech are the words Toil and Swelterd?
What is a Verb?
Fled to England to build and army to overthrow Macbeth?
Who is Macduff?
A Scottish nobleman and the Than of Fife serving as the plays main heroic antagonist
Who is Macduff?
"He hath not touched you yet. I am young, but something You may deserve him through me, and wisdom To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb T' appease an angry god"
What is Metaphor?
"Then live Macduff, what need I fear of thee"
What is his confusion and him not understanding why he has to kill Macbeth to begin with?
"Be uncomfortably hot"
What is Swelterd?
Gets into Macbeth's head and justifies horrible actions
Who is Lady Macbeth?
group of three supernatural figures who prophesy Macbeth rise to power and his eventual downfall
Who is The three witches?
What is a Metaphor?
What is a figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things by stating that one is the other?
Who did Macbeth seek out for reassurance about his reign?
Who is The three witches
What part of speech is the word Diminutive?
What is an Adjective?
Who does Macduff join forces with to plan an invasion of Scotland?
Who is Malcolm?
prophetic but misleading hallucinations conjured by the witches that Macbeth sees
What is Apparitions?
"Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief convert to anger. Blunt not the heart, enrages it."
What is Metaphor?
"Be bloody, bold and resolute, laugh to scorn the power of men"
What is the chant that the three witches say while they are conjuring spirits?
"Extremely or unusually small"
What is Diminutive?
Foresaw Macbeth's future kingship
Who is The three witches or The weird sisters?