Character
Quotes
Plot
Deep Inferences
More Inferences
100
Duncan
Who is the King of Scotland?
100
"What's done is done."
Who is Lady Macbeth
100
The witches tell Macbeth's fortune, which messes with is head, so that he changes this.
What is his fate?
100
In the quote, "He that's coming must be provided for" said by Lady Macbeth, she means that this must happen to Duncan.
What is Duncan must be killed?
100
When Macbeth says that the murder might be the "be-all and the end-all" he knows this.
What is that he will have to kill more people than Duncan. He is opening a can of worms.
200
Lady Macbeth
Who is Macbeth's wife?
200
"A little water clears us of this deed."
Who is Lady Macbeth
200
These poor men are framed for Duncan's murder.
Who are the drugged guards?
200
When Macbeth says, "Sleep no more. Glamis has murdered sleep!" he is inferring that he has murdered this.
What is his innocence or peace of mind?
200
When Macbeth says, "I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people" it means that this has happened to him.
What is recieved honors from Duncan?
300
Macbeth
Who is Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and eventually, King of Scotland
300
"Is this a dagger I see before me?"
Who is Macbeth?
300
Lady Macbeth is sure this will clear them of their deed.
What is water?
300
Siward asks if his son "Had he his hurts before?" He is actually asking if his son did this.
What is: Did his son die like a man? (facing the enemy)
300
Macbeth says,"I bear a charmed life" because of this.
What is the witches' prophecies?
400
Malcolm
Who is heir to the Scottish Throne, Duncan's son, and Donalbain's brother?
400
"Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair."
Who are the witches?
400
Beward Macduff! No man of woman born, and when Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill.
What do the three witches tell Macbeth the second time he sees them?
400
When Caithness says, "Meet we the med'cine of the sickly weal" he is talking about this.
What is Malcolm (the "medicine") and his poor country -- Scotland ("the sickly weal")?
400
When Siward says, "the castle's gently rendered" he is suprised at this.
What is how easily they won Macbeth's castle. It was not defended well.
500
Macduff
Who is Thane of Fife?
500
"I have lived long enough."
Who is Macbeth?
500
The climax of the play.
What is Fleance's escape?
500
When Macbeth says, "it is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/Signifying nothing" 'it' is this.
What is life?
500
In the last pronouncement of the play, Malcolm calls Macbeth and Lady Macbeth these two things.
What is the "dead butcher" and his "fiend-like queen."
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