Characters
The thane of Glamis
Who is Macbeth?
All the water in the ocean cannot wash this from Lady Macbeth's hands
What is Blood?
A line by The Third Witch to the Captain in Act 1, Scene 3, Line 30
What is "A Drum, A Drum, Macbeth has come?"
Act 1, Scene 3
What is the witches give Macbeth and Banquo the prophecies?
Also known as Queen E's 44-year reign.
What is The Elizabethan Era/Age?
The Hero of the Play
Who is Macduff/The thane of Fife?
What is a Dagger/Bloody Dagger?
A line by Lady Macbeth in Act 3, Scene 2 - Page 1
What is "It’s better to be the person who gets murdered than to be the killer and be tormented with anxiety."
Act 2, Scene 2
What is Lady Macbeth brings the bloody daggers (evidence) back to Duncan's chambers?
A play that is a not-so-subtle nod to the New King
What is Macbeth?
The Confidant of the Tragic Hero
Who is Banquo?
Macbeth asks this to blindfold the kindhearted day. Also the time when most murders happen.
What is the Night/Nighttime/Darkness?
A line by Lady Macbeth to herself in Act 5, Scene 1
What is "All the perfumes of Arabia couldn’t make my little hand smell better."
Act 3, Scene 2
What is Macbeth keeps the assassination plans from Lady Macbeth?
A break in the tension also Act 2, Scene 3
The Earl of Northumberland
Who is Old Siward?
Used to describe Fleance, Banquo, and (according to Lady Macbeth) is something that Macbeth needs to be.
What is Snake/Serpent?
A line by Macduff to Ross in Act 4, Scene 3
What is "What, all my children and their mother dead in one fell swoop?"
Act 4, Scene 3
What is Malcolm and Macduff become allies?
I speak = We Speak
Thou Speakest = Ye Speak
H/She/It Speakest = They Speak
What is Elizabethan Verb Differences?
Milk face
Who is Macbeth's Servant?
The Wyrd sisters, Apparitions 1-3, and Hecate do not have these.
What are Eyes/What is sight?
A line by Lady Macbeth to Macbeth in Act 2, Scene 2
What is "My hands are as red as yours, but I would be ashamed if my heart were as pale and weak."
Act 5, Scene 5
What is Macbeth's last soliloquy?
Act 1 - Exposition/Prologue
Act 2 - Rising Action
Act 3 - Climax
Act 4 - Falling Action
Act 5 - Resolution/Denouement
What is the Five-Act Structure of a Shakespearean Play?