The main themes in the Macbeth tragedy. name two.
What are ambition, the supernatural, fate vs. free will, and corruption?
Shakespeare's tragedy with the most deaths.
What is Macbeth?
A possible reason why L. McBeth is so violent and wanting of power.
He is the other character to receive a prophecy from the wierd sisters.
Who is Banquo?
It is the century the play was written in.
What is the 17th century?
In the play blood is used to symbolize this.
What is guilt?
It is the reason why the play is cursed.
What is the use of witchcraft?
This motif symbolizes bad things are coming.
What is the bird motif?
Finish the quote: "The thane of fife had a wife
/where is she now?"
Fleance
Who is Banquo's son?
Fife
Where is MacDuff from?
It is the era Macbeth was written in.
Name the literary device and the weather used to announce the witches.
What is a lightning storm? and Pathetic fallacy
"Ay, my good lord. Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched gashes on his head, The least a death to nature."
Who is the murderer?
They are the four kings in Macbeth.
Who are Duncan, Macbeth, Malcolm and King Edward of England?
The Doctor and the Gentlewoman examine this particular gesture and confession in Lady Macbeth's sleep walking.
What is the washing of her hands, and the confession of killing Duncan?
It is the historical reference book used as basis for the characters and the play itself.
What is the Holinshed's Chronicles?