Themes
Macbeth killing Duncan shows this theme of excessive desire for power.
What is ambition?
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair"
Who are the three witches?
Which ambitious character pushes Macbeth to kill Duncan?
Who is Lady Macbeth?
Where does Macbeth take place?
What is Scotland?
These three supernatural characters predict Macbeth's future.
Who are the three witches?
Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking shows the effects of this emotion.
What is guilt?
"Is this a dagger which I see before me?"
Who is Macbeth?
Who is Banquos son that flees from death?
Who is Fleance?
What is said that frightens Macbeth before he is killed by Macduff?
What is Macduff tells Macbeth that he was ripped from his mother's womb at an untimely moment?
What prophecy do the witches give Macbeth?
What is he will become the king of Scotland?
Macbeth begins seeing visions like the dagger and Banquo's ghost, showing the loss of his...
What is sanity or mental stability?
"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."
Who is Lady Macbeth?
This nobleman becomes suspicious of Macbeth and eventually helps defeat.
Who is Macduff?
Macbeth is given this title after the witches' prophecy begins to come true.
What is Thane of Cawdor?
What did the second apparition appear as and what did that symbolize?
What is The bloody child, which symbolizes that no person born from woman can kill him.
What symbolism does Lady Macbeth's fainting have and how is it ironic?
What is It gives the people the sense that she is completely shocked that the King has been murdered. It is ironic because she planned the entire thing.
"As wicked as I am, they were slaughtered because of me, not because of anything they did."
Who is Macduff?
Who does Macbeth have killed because he thinks they know he killed Duncan?
Who is Banquo?
Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost at this event.
What is a banquet, royal feast, or dinner?
Who is queen of the witches?
Who is Hecate?
Macbeth's rise and fall demonstrates how power gained through violence leads to...
What is destruction/downfall/tragedy?
"Now have it all: you're the king, the thane of Cawdor, and the thane of Glamis, just like the weird women promised you. And I suspect you cheated to win these titles."
Who is Banquo?
Who is to be the new king of Scotland at the end of the play?
Who is Malcom?
Macduff kills this character in the final battle.
Who is Macbeth?
An apparition says Macbeth will not be defeated until this forest appears to move.
What is Birnam Wood?