Character Identification
The king of Scotland who was murdered for his crown
Who is Duncan?
Which character said... “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day...”
Who is Macbeth?
Hints and clues given by an author about events that are to come later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
This character plans the murder of Duncan.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
When human qualities are given to an object or abstract idea
What is personification?
Duncan's eldest son and heir to the crown
Who is Malcolm?
This character said... “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
Who is one of the witches?
The full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character
What is dramatic irony?
The reason Macbeth says he killed the two guards
What is love for Duncan and / or anger over his death?
This character said... “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me."
Who is Macbeth?
The thane who kills Macbeth
Who is Macduff?
This character said... “Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here; and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty!”
Who is Lady Macbeth?
Episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections
What is comic relief?
The reason that Lady Macduff calls her husband a traitor.
What is because he fled to England?
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it"... is an example of what literary device?
What is a simile?
The character whose primary role is to serve as comic relief
Who is the Porter?
Which character said... "Tyrant, show thy face! If thou beest slain, and with no stroke of mine, my wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still."
Who is Macduff?
Language that appeals to one of the five senses
What is imagery?
The reason that Malcolm tests Macduff
What is to see if he is loyal to Macbeth or to Scotland?
The reason that Lady Macbeth said she didn't kill Duncan herself
What is because he looked like her father?
The lord who is often tasked with delivering news to other characters
Who is Ross?
Which character said ... “He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear he hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.
Who is Hecate?
A cultural reference to an outside literary work, historical event, etc.
What is an allusion?
The way that Lady Macbeth dies
What is by suicide?
What does Shakespeare use to mirror or symbolically represent the unnatural acts that occur in the play? (the witches, the killing of a king, etc.)
What is nature?