Characters
Plot mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies. Their predictions prompt him to murder Duncan, to order the deaths of Banquo and his son, and to blindly believe in his own immortality.
Who are the 3 witches?
The theme demonstrated when Lady Macbeth hears of her husbands fate to become King and urges him to kill Duncan.
What is ambition?
"Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant's robe."
What is a simile?
What Macduff says when Macbeth realize that Macduff will be the one who kills him
What is Macduff says he was removed from his mother before natural birth?
The reason Macduff says that Malcolm and Donalbain are suspected of hiring their father's murderers
What is they fled without telling anyone?
Is labeled as a traitor at the beginning of the play and executed as a result; his title is given to Macbeth
Who is the Thane of Cawdor?
The theme demonstrated in Macbeth's desire to become king, leading to violence and paranoia, and ultimately his downfall
What is ambition?
In Act I Lady Macbeth says Macbeth's nature is "too full o' th' milk of human kindness.
What is a metaphor?
The reason Hecate is angry in Act IV
What is the three weird sisters did not include her in their plan and Macbeth has been selfish and not shown any gratitude?
What Macbeth realizes when he says, "Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/ And put a barren scepter in my grip,"
What is he killed Duncan for Banquo's benefit because he does not have any children to inherit the throne, but Banquo does
The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne.
Who is Banquo?
The theme demonstrated in Macbeth hallucinating the bloody dagger and Banquo's ghost, as well as Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking and attempting to wash her hands of metaphorical blood before, ultimately, taking her own life demonstrates which theme.
What is effects of guilt?
Macduff says of Scotland,
"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; / It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds."
What is personification?
The reason Macbeth gives the murders to kill Banquo
What is Banquo is their enemy and reason for their bad situation in life?
The 3 prophecies the witches give Macbeth in Act I
What is
1. Thane of Glamis
2. Thane of Cawdor
3. King hereafter
The good King of Scotland whom is murdered by one of his noblemen. He is the model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler.
Who is Duncan?
The theme demonstrated when Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to "look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath" when plotting to kill Duncan
What is appearance & reality?
When the audience knows that Macbeth is now Thane of Cawdor but Macbeth does not know this when the witches give their prediction to him.
What is dramatic irony?
Macbeth's reasons for not wanting to kill Duncan
1. Macbeth is his loyal subject
2. Macbeth is hosting him in his home and should protect him
3. Duncan has been a good King
The 3 apparitions the witches given Macbeth in Act IV
What is
1. Macbeth should beware Macduff
2. Macbeth will only be harmed when Birnam Wood marches onto his castle door
3. No man born of a woman shall harm Macbeth
A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start. He eventually becomes a leader of the crusade to unseat Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
The theme demonstrated in Macbeth's initial hesitation before the murder of Duncan, his later actions driven by the witches' prophecies, and the ultimate downfall caused by his own choices
What is fate and free will?
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (1.1.2) & "When the battle's lost and won"
What is a paradox?
Macbeth says, "Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires." This means...
What is Macbeth doesn't want anyone to see his true desire which is to be King of Scotland?
The witches told Macbeth that he would not be defeated until Birnam Forest moved against him to the castle at Dunsinane. This comes true when...
What is Malcolm orders his soldiers to carry branches in front of them as camouflage?