Plot of the Play
Macbeth is a war hero because he saves Scotland from these two threats.
What are the traitor Macdonwald and Norway?
What is her guilt?
Lady Macbeth is doing this when we are introduced to her.
What is reading a letter from her husband?
"Is this a dagger which I see before me..."
Who is Macbeth?
These characters speak in rhyming couplets throughout the play.
Who are the witches?
After Macbeth murders Duncan, this character is heard knocking at the door of the castle.
Who is Macduff?
This is the theme in Macbeth that would have interested King James I the most.
What is magic/witchcraft?
King Duncan has two sons. These are their names.
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain?
"Knock, knock, knock! Who's there, i' th' name of Beelzebub?"
Who is the Porter?
This is the term for how actors are positioned and move around a stage.
What is blocking?
What is a candle?
When Duncan arrives at Macbeth's castle, "the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses." This is an example of this kind of irony and why.
What is situational irony because nature is reflecting the opposite of his fate (death). Answers may vary slightly.
This character tells Macduff that his family has been murdered.
Who is Ross?
"Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant there's nothing serious in mortality."
Who is Macbeth?
Shakespeare's characters often speak in iambic pentameter, each line having this many syllables.
What is ten?
He is the only character Macbeth kills on stage.
Who is Young Siward?
Macbeth's famous "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" speech uses these two metaphors for life.
What are a candle and an actor?
Fleance has to escape for this reason.
What is King James I was a descendant of the real Banquo?
"Nay, had I power, I should pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, uproar the universal peace, confound all unity on earth."
Who is Malcolm?
This actor famously portrayed Macbeth in the 2021 film The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Who is Denzel Washington?
At the end of the play, Malcolm makes this declaration to his Thanes about the future of Scotland.
What is that they shall henceforth be known as Earls?
These are Aristotle's six conditions for literary tragedy.
What are (1) fortunes go from good to bad, (2) main character brought down by weakness or error, (3) main character is important or wealthy, (4) main character is neither all good nor all bad, (5) the story excites pity and fear, and (6) the plot is single in its issue?
After naming Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor, Duncan gives his son this title.
What is the Prince of Cumberland?
Who is the third murderer?
He is the King of England in Macbeth.
Who is Edward?