Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
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The Witches
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How does Lady Macbeth help kill Duncan?
She gets the guards drunk and plants the daggers with blood on them.
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What does Macbeth do to the supposed murderers (the guards)?
He kills them.
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Who are Duncan's sons?
Malcolm and Donalbain
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Where does Macbeth take place?
Scotland!
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How do thee witches greet Macbeth after battle? (Hint: three titles)
What is They greet him as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and as future King.
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Which of the seven deadly sins is Lady Macbeth most guilty of?
Greed
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Who is appointed Prince of Cumberland at the beginning of the play, which causes Macbeth to question the prophecies of the Weird Sisters?
Malcolm becomes the Prince of Cumberland.
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Whose sons do the Weird Sisters say will be kings?
Banquo
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What is said that frightens Macbeth before he is killed by Macduff?
Macduff tells Macbeth that he was ripped from his mother's womb at an untimely moment.
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Who are the witches waiting for at the beginning of Act 4 while making a brew.
Macbeth
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Why does Lady Macbeth say she can't kill Duncan?
He looks like her father.
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What title is given to Macbeth for bravery in battle in Act 1?
What is the Thane of Cawdor
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Who kills Macbeth?
Macduff
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Who says "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none"?
The witches/Weird Sisters
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What are two of the witches' apparitions in Act 4 and/or what do they symbolize?
The bloody baby which symbolizes that no person woman born can kill him. A child holding a tree symbolizes that he will never be defeated until Birnham Wood moves.
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What symbolism does Lady Macbeth's fainting upon learning of Duncan's death have and how is it ironic?
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.
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Who does Macbeth have murdered before the banquet at his castle? Who gets away?
Banquo/Fleance
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Whose family does Macbeth have murdered?
Macduff's
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What supernatural event occurs at the banquet after Banquo's murder?
Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo.
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Who is queen of the witches?
Hecate
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After what major event does Macbeth recite the following lines? "Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."
After Lady Macbeth's suicide
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Why doesn't Macbeth put his armor on when he goes out to do battle when Malcolm marches on his castle? (Hint: a prophecy)
He knows that he can't be killed by a man born of woman.
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Who says this about Macbeth? "Yet do I fear nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way"
Lady Macbeth
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What significance does the doctor have?
He sees and hears the confession of Lady Macbeth while he is trying to diagnose her condition.
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How is the prophesy of Birnam Wood moving to Dunsinane fulfilled?
Each man in the English force cuts down a bough to provide cover so that the size of the army is not known.
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