Macbeth Act 1
Macbeth says, "That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap" when this man is named heir to the throne by King Duncan.
Who is Malcolm?
Macbeth hallucinates this before he kills Duncan.
What is a dagger?
This character is the goddess in charge of all the witches.
Who is Hecate?
This person's arrival is announced by the Weird Sisters as "Something wicked this way comes."
Who is Macbeth?
This is the "damned spot" Lady Macbeth cannot get out.
What is Duncan's blood on her hands?
The Witches' line, "Fair is foul and foul is fair" is an example of this.
What is a paradox?
The character of Porter offers the audience this at the beginning of Scene 3.
What is comic relief?
Macbeth hires three murderers to kill this "grown serpent" and this "worm." They only succeed in killing the first.
Who are Banquo and Fleance?
Macbeth makes this plan when he hears that Macduff has fled to England.
What is orders the murder of Macduff`s family?
When the doctor observes Lady Macbeth doing this, he notes, "Infected minds / To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets."
What is sleepwalking and talking in her sleep?
Macbeth receives this title, predicted by the witches, for bravery and loyalty to Duncan.
What is Thane of Cawdor?
These two men run away after Duncan's murder out of fear they might be murdered next.
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain?
This character DOES attend the Macbeth's banquet, but is only seen by Macbeth.
Who is Banquo/Banquo's ghost?
How many apparitions do the witches show Macbeth?
Four - the armored head, the bloody child, the born with crown and branch AND the line of kings the last holding a mirror...remember that one?
This is how Macduff was not "of woman born."
What is born by cesarean section?
Lady Macbeth think Macbeth lacks this, necessary for her plan.
What is the "manliness" to follow through?
When Donalbain says, "There's daggers in men's smiles," he using this literary device to indicate that former friends could now be enemies.
What is metaphor?
Macbeth says about Banquo, "In his royalty of nature/ Reigns that which would be feared" in this kind of speech that no character hears but reveals inner thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
Macbeth cannot be overthrown until this happens.
What is Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane.
This is how Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.
What is branches used as camouflage by the advancing army?
This is Lady Macbeths plan for the murder of Duncan.
What is Macbeth will kill him while he sleeps and then plant evidence on the servants.
Horses eating each other and an owl killing a falcon are evidence of this.
What is disruption of the Great Chain of Being?
At the banquet, Macbeth says "I drink to th' general joy o' th' whole table, / And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss." This is an example of which dramatic device?
What is dramatic irony?
This character tests Macduff by listing all his vices, as well as his lack of virtues, or "king becoming graces."
Who is Malcolm?
This man finally kills Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?