Act I
At the end of Act I, Lady Macbeth accuses Macbeth of acting this way as he contemplates killing Duncan?
a coward
This the reason Macbeth decided to kill the guards after killing King Duncan.
To frame the guards for the murder
What did Macbeth see at the banquet table?
Banquo's ghost
What genre is Macbeth?
tragedy
"Is this a dagger I see before me?" ... is an example of this type of question.
Rhetorical question?
The witches' prophecy predicts this for Macbeth and Banquo?
Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland and Banquo's descendants will be King.
After their father is murdered, Donalbain and Malcolm flee to these countries.
England and Ireland
Who does Macbeth hire to kill Banquo and Fleance?
Two murderers
Macbeth is an example of this type of hero.
Tragic Hero?
A character trait that leads to character's demise.
fatal flaw
What is Lady Macbeth's plan for King Duncan.
Getting the guards drunk so they pass out, so Macbeth can kill the king while he sleeps?
This is Lady Macbeth's excuse for not killing Duncan herself?
He looked like her father
Lady Macbeth explains Macbeth's behavior at the banquet in this way.
She says "my lord is often thus."
In all of Shakespeare's plays, he generally writes each line of verse using this meter; with five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable following by one stressed syllable.
iambic pentameter?
When Mr. R is talking and Kai whispers to Will , "This is so boring," it is an example of this theatrical device often employed by Shakespeare in his plays.
an aside
What is the purposes of the Witches in Macbeth?
they foreshadow future events
What does Macbeth bring with him from the murder scene, which Lady Macbeth must return?
the murder weapon/the bloody dagger
Lennox's opinion of Macbeth begins to change in this way at the end of Act III.
Lennox becomes suspicious
When King Duncan pays a visit Macbeth, he is unaware that Macbeth is plotting to kill him, which is an example of this term
Dramatic irony?
Macbeth's deliberation about killing or not killing King Duncan is an example of ....
internal conflict/man vs self conflict
Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth:"Look like th' innocent flower, But be the __________ under't."
Serpent
Who discovered Duncan was dead?
Macduff
I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er, (III.4.137-8).
Macbeth's line indicates he is past the point of no return.
[A Witches' haunt.) Thunder. Enter the three WITCHES meeting HECATE. This is an example of ...
stage directions
After Macbeth murders King Duncan, Shakespeare employs this literary term to lighten the mood when Porter opens the gate to the castle and says, “Knock, knock, knock! Who’s there, i th’ name of Beelzebub?” (lI.3.2-3).
Comic Relief