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Who said that?
Misc.
100
He is Macbeth's best friend. He has this man murdered.
Who is Banquo?
100
This hints at events to come.
What is foreshadowing?
100
This is giving human traits or actions to something that is not living.
What is personification?
100
"Is this a dagger I see before me?"
Who is Macbeth?
100
He is the play's author.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
She dies by her own hand at the end of the play.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
200
This is when the audience hears the character's thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
200
This is an apparent contradiction that ends up being true. An example is "fair is foul; foul is fair."
What is a paradox?
200
"Out, damned spot!"
Who is Lady Macbeth?
200
This is the forest where there army gathers near Macbeth's castle.
What is Birnam Wood?
300
This character's family is slaughtered by Macbeth's hired murderers.
Who is Macduff?
300
This is a reference to something outside the text in history, the Bible, or mythology.
What is an allusion?
300
This is a character trait that contributes to the protagonist's downfall.
What is a tragic flaw?
300
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow..."
Who is Macbeth?
300
It is the "damned spot" referred to by a character.
What is Duncan's bloodstain.
400
They represent fate.
Who are the Weird Sisters?
400
This figure of speech comapres two unlike things by saying one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
400
This is the repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
400
"By the pricking of my thumbs/Something wicked this way comes."
Who are the Weird Sisters?
400
This country is the setting of the play.
What is Scotland.
500
He is the king at the end of the play.
Who is Malcolm?
500
This is the name for unrhymed iambic pentameter. It contains about 10 syllables per lane.
What is blank verse?
500
This is a play that depicts the downfall of a high-ranking person.
What is tragedy?
500
"This place is too cold for hell/I'll devil porter it no further."
Who is the drunken porter/gatekeeper?
500
Macbeth tells his wife that his mind is full of these.
What are scorpions?
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