Signs, Sounds, Symbols
Blood is symbolic of what?
Guilt
What genre of play is Macbeth
Tragedy
Which thane is often delivering news?
Ross
What is the name for the event that sets a tragedy in motion?
Exciting Force
What always precedes the withces
Thunder
A speech revealing inner thoughts and emotions is a
Soliloquy
Malcolm's Brother
Donalbain
Who provides the comic relief in Macbeth?
The Porter
Which apparition spoke the warning "Beware Macduff!" (What image was it)
Floating head
What is it called when a character speaks their thoughts aloud while others are present?
Aside
Who escapes the attempted assassination in Act 3?
Fleance
What "fatal flaw" (characteristic) drives Macbeth's decisions?
Ambition
What sound do the Macbeths hear after killing Duncan?
Knocking
What is the name for unrhymed meter? (Most of the play is written in this)
Blank verse
Who tells Macbeth about Birnam Wood marching?
Seyton
The Witches best represent what aspect of a Shakespearean Tragedy?
The Supernatural
What does Macbeth hear a mysterious voice say when he goes to kill Duncan?
Sleep no more!
The porter and other low-class character speak in this style
Prose
Whose son dies in 1-on-1 combat with Macbeth?
Siward
The "extra deaths" in a tragedy are known as:
Tragic Waste