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100

This character "hath murdered sleep."

Macbeth

100

This precedes Macbeth's initial prophecy and is declared by the Weird Sisters to be the "hurly-burly."

The battle / war with the Norwegians 

100

This bodily fluid is repeatedly referenced in the play.

Blood

100

"Till Birnam Wood come to high ___ hill."

Dunsinane

100

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair," is declared by the Weird Sisters, meaing this.

What seems good is actually evil, and what seems evil is actually good.

200

These 2 fled Scotland for fear of their own safety.

Malcolm & Donalbain

200

Lady Macbeth justifies her refusal to kill Duncan when she had the chance for this reason.

He looked like her father.

200
Evil deeds throughout they are often undertaken during this natural state of the universe.

Dark / darkness.

200

Macbeth finds the Weird Sisters upon this place.

A desert heath / deserted field.

200

"O gentle lady,/ tis not for you to hear what I can speak. / The repetition, in a woman's ear, would murder as it fell," is ironically declared by Macduff, the irony being this.

He doesn't know that Lady Macbeth was instrumental in Duncan's murder.

300

This character called for Banquo to "call off [his] downy sleep" after discovering the King's mutilated corpse.

Macduff

300

Macbeth's supposed madness is on full display for his fellow Thanes during this gathering.

The feast / party to celebrate his ascension to the throne.

300

This type of animal is referenced repeatedly.

Predators

300

Duncan declares this location to be the setting for their end of war celebration. (What is its name?)

Inverness.

300

"I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more,/ Returning were as tedious as go o'er," is declared by Macbeth, meaning this.

He is committed to his course of action.

400

"Out damned spot" cried this character.

Lady Macbeth

400

This part of Macbeth's second prophecy comes true in Act V, prompting him to abandon his plans for a long siege.

Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane.

400

When considering Macbeth's rule of Scotland, this natural event, which often keeps students from attending school, is referenced.

Sickness.

400

Macduff is Thane of this place.

Fife

400

"By the pricking of my thumbs,/ Something wicked this way comes," announces Macbeth's arrival to the Weird Sister's for a second time, meaning this.

Macbeth is the evil that was that to be good.

500

This "worm that's fled" escaped Macbeth's tyranny to potentially inherit the throne.

Fleance

500

Macduff declares this to Macbeth during their duel in Act V, Scene VIII

He was from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd / C Section

500

When given Thaneship of Cawdor by Ross and Angus, Macbeth declares they have done what to him?

Dressed him in borrowed robes.

500

Donalbain, Duncan's second son, flees to this place after Malcolm declares he is for England.

Ireland

500
"Out damned spot! Out, I say!/ . . . What will these hands never be clean!" is declared by Lady Macbeth in her last appearance, the invisible spot representing this.

Her guilt for all of the killings that have taken place.

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