History or Vocabularly
The word "Renaissance" means (1) __________ and the word "Regicide" means (2) ____________.
(1) Rebirth. It is also known as the "period of enlightenment."
(2) To Kill a Royal.
Act I opens with the Weird Sisters meeting. Wyrd in Latin means (1) __________. The Weird Sisters are (2) __________. The weather when they meet is usually (3) ____________.
(1) Fate.
(2) Witches.
(3) Thunder, Lightning, or Rain.
(1) In Act II what does Macbeth hallucinate?
(2) Where is it leading him?
(1) A Dagger
(2) Towards King Duncan's room
When Macbeth remarks that the king's sons have fled, he says "not confessing / Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers / With strange invention." The word "parricide" means (1) _________ .
(1) To kill a parent.
Macbeth is trying to suggest that they may have had something to do with the murder.
State who said this quote and what it means:
"Oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray ‘s
In deepest consequence."
Banquo
*Meaning will be evaluated by the instructor.
Macbeth was inspired by these centuries (1) ___________ in this location (2) ___________ .
The character Macbeth is often arrogant. The Greek word for this arrogance in a play is (3) __________. This arrogance could be his fatal flaw or downfall, which is described by this Greek word (4) __________ .
(1) 9th-11th centuries
(2) Scotland
(3) Hubris
(4) Hamartia
The witches plan to meet Macbeth on the "heath" which means (1) __________ after the Scots' battle against the (2) ___________ .
(1) Hill
(2) Vikings
Right after killing the king, Macbeth kills the (1) ____________. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to frame them for the murder by placing the bloody daggers near them.
(1) The Chamberlains
(1) What does Macbeth hallucinate in Act III of the play?
(2) At what event does this hallucination take place?
(1) Banquo's ghost
(2) A banquet celebrating Macbeth's recent coronation
State who said this quote and what it means:
"Two truths are told
As happy prologue to the swelling act . . .
This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,
Why hath it given me earnest of success
Commencing in a truth?"
Macbeth
*Meaning will be evaluated by the instructor.
Macbeth was written as a tribute under the rule of (1) ____________ who was originally from (2) ____________. This monarch wrote a book called (3) ______________ which was largely about how to rid Europe of witches. Whereas, the king in the play Macbeth is named (4) _________ .
(1) King James VI and I who was originally from (2) Scotland. He wrote a book called (3) Demonologie which was largely about how to rid Europe of witches. Macbeth was largely written as a tribute for the purposes of political propaganda. (4) The king in the play is King Duncan.
The phrase "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is an example of which literary device(s)?
Answers can Include:
Paradox
Irony
Contrast
Alliteration
(1) This character finds that King Duncan is dead. His name is _____________.
(2) He is the Thane of ________ .
(1) Macduff
(2) Thane of Fife
At the banquet in Act III, why does Macbeth originally say "the table is full?"
He is starting to hallucinate Banquo's ghost.
State who said this quote and what it means:
"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be
What thou art promised. Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great,
Art no without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it. . .
Come, you spirits,
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. . .
Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, ‘Hold, hold!’"
Lady Macbeth
*Meaning will be evaluated by the instructor.
There were two very well-known attempts on the life of the king around the time Macbeth was written. In (1) _________ [year] an Earl and his brother tricked the king into meeting alone where a man supposedly convicted of theft was posed to kill him. This event is known as (2) ___________.
(1) 1600
(2) The Gowrie Conspiracy
(1) Define: Thane.
(2) Explain what happened to the Thane of Cawdor, as well as his title and property.
(3) Since the audience finds out what happened to the Thane of Cawdor before Macbeth does, what literary device is used?
(1) Lord or Nobleman
(2) The Thane of Cawdor was executed for treason since he was working with the Vikings in battle. His title and property went to Macbeth.
(3) Dramatic Irony
King Duncan's older son is named (1) _________. He flees to (2) _________ after his father was murdered.
King Duncan's younger son is named (3) ___________. He flees to (4) __________ after his father was murdered.
(1) Malcolm flees to (2) England.
(3) Donalbain flees to (4) Ireland.
In Act III of the play, Macbeth sends a group of murderers out to kill these two characters: (1) _________ and his son (2) ___________ .
(3) This character escapes _________.
(4) Explain why Macbeth wanted to murder these two characters.
(1) Banquo
(2) and (3) Fleance
(4) To try to subvert the 4th part of the witches' prophecy that states Banquo's sons shall be kings after Macbeth.
The character who said this quote is (1) ________. He is talking about (2) _____________. Quote:
"Thou hast it now—King, Cawdor, Glamis, all
As the Weird Women promised, and I fear
Thou played most foully for ‘t. Yet it was said
It should not stand in thy posterity,
But that myself should be the root and father
Of many kings. If there come truth from them
(As upon, thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine)
Why, by the verities on thee made good,
May they not be my oracles as well."
(1) Banquo is talking about (2) Macbeth.
There were two very well-known attempts on the life of the king around the time Macbeth was written. In (1) _________ [year] a religious group conspired to blow up the House of Parliament to overthrow another group. (2) This man was its main conspirator ___________. This religious leader learned of this event during a confession (3) __________ and was convicted of treason. This event is known as (4) _____________, and was alluded to in Macbeth.
(1) 1605
(2) Guy Fawkes
(3) Father Henry Garnet
(4) The Gunpowder Plot
List (in order) the 4 parts of the witches' prophecy:
Macbeth, you are already the Thane of Glamis.
Macbeth, you are also now the Thane of Cawdor.
Macbeth, you will one day be king of Scotland.
Banquo, you will not be king, but your children will be kings.
(1) Most characters in the play speak in this poetic meter: _____________.
(2) The Witches speak in this poetic meter: ____________.
(3) The porter speaks in ____________ .
(1) Iambic Pentameter--10 syllables: Unstressed, Stressed.
(2) Trochaic Tetrameter--8 syllables (occasionally 7): Stressed, Unstressed.
(3) Plain Speech or Prose--this makes him a "wise fool" figure.
During the murder in Act III the idea of light is mentioned. Describe what happened to the light both (1) literally and (2) figuratively.
(1) Literally, Banquo snuffed out his torch so that his son would have a better chance to escape the murderers in the darkness.
(2) Figuratively, this suggests that Banquo, who was of more sound moral character, is gone now, or is dead. Therefore, the play is cast into further darkness. It is part of a light versus darkness motif that runs through the work.
State who said this quote and what it means:
"O horror, horror, horror!
Approach the chamber and destroy your sight. Do not bid me speak.
See and speak for yourselves.
Awake, awake!
Ring the alarum bell.—Murder and treason!
Ring the bell!"
Macduff, the Thane of Fife
*Meaning will be evaluated by the instructor.