Characters
Macbeth's best friend whose descendants are prophesied to be kings.
Who is Banquo
The vision of this weapon leads Macbeth to Duncan's chamber in Act 2.
What is a floating dagger.
"Fair is foul and foul is fair".
Who are the three witches.
The weather (fog and filthy air) reflects the mood through this literary technique.
What is pathetic fallacy.
This theme is symbolized by blood that cannot be washed away or Macbeth's growing paranoia.
What is guilt.
Who is Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth arranges these murders to prevent Banquo's line from taking his crown in Act 3.
Who are Banquo and Fleance (but Fleance lives)
"Out, damned spot!"
Macbeth's "asides" or thoughts to himself about his black and deep desires is an example of this dramatic device.
What is a soliloquy.
The theme reflected in Lady Macbeth's line "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't".
What is appearance versus reality.
Macbeth kills this traitor at the beginning of the play.
Who is Macdonwald.
Lady Macbeth performs these actions in Act 5, revealing her sense of guilt.
What is sleepwalking/washing the blood off her hands.
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
Who is Macbeth.
What is equivocate/equivocation.
The theme that shows Macbeth's lack of agency after he receives the witches' prophecies.
What is fate vs. free will.
This son of Duncan is framed for his father's murder and flees to England.
Who is Malcolm
This event is the first one to fulfill the witches' prophecy and signals Macbeth's doom in Act 5.
What is Birnam Wood moving towards Dunsinane castle.
Who is Macduff.
When Macbeth does not believe he can be killed after receiving the witches' prophecy, he embodies _____.
What is hubris (excessive pride).
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's lack of sleep becomes a symbol of _____.
What is a lack of restoration/peace.
This character is a foil for Macbeth and fights in the name of justice.
Who is Macduff.
The plot twist of Macbeth and Macduff's final confrontation at the end of Act 5.
What is Macduff is "not of woman born" (born from a C-Section).
"What you egg? [stabs him]"
Who is the Murderer of Lady Macduff and her son.
The literary device used as Macbeth stares at Banquo's ghost and says: "I drink to th' general joy o' th' whole table / And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss. Would he were here!"
What is irony.
An example of Lady Macbeth's rejection of her traditional gender roles, the unnatural weather patterns, or the way that Duncan's horses start to eat each other.
What is a disruption to the natural order (disruption to the Great Chain of Being)