Introduced as The Thane of Cawdor and Glamis in the beginning of the play, this man eventually becomes King of Scotland.
Who is Macbeth?
100
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair; hover through the fog and filthy air." (I,i,16)
Who are the Weird Sisters?
100
When Macbeth and Banquo meet the Weird Sisters for the first time, they are on their way home. What are they on their way home from?
What is on their way home from battle?
100
These messages, usually written in parenthesis, tell actors: how to read their lines, how to move on stage, when to enter and exit, etc..
What are stage directions?
200
(III,vi,45)
What is Act 3, Scene 6, page 45?
200
The three witches are also known by this name.
What is the Weird Sisters?
200
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee." (II,i,23)
Who is Macbeth?
200
This person was "from his mother's womb untimely ripped" (V,v,44).
Who is Macduff?
200
One might say Macbeth suffers from this--excessive pride.
What is hubris?
300
(I,iii,24)
What is Act 1, Scene 3, page 24?
300
The witches gave him the prophecy that he would father kings.
Who is Banquo?
300
"I have drugged their drinks and laid their daggers ready. Had the king not resembled my father as he slept, I would have done it myself." (II,ii,24)
Who is Lady Macbeth?
300
Macbeth hired murderers to kill this person. Unfortunately for Macbeth, this person's son escaped.
Who is Banquo?
300
When an author provides details about a specific character, allowing readers to feel like they know that character, the author is using this literary device.
What is characterization?
400
(V,vi,56)
What is Act 5, Scene 6, page 56?
400
She is arguably one of literature's most infamously known manipulators.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
400
"Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth." (IV,i,35)
Who is Apparition 2?
400
According to these, Macbeth should: 1) Fear Macduff 2) Not fear anyone born of woman 3) Not worry about being defeated until the wood of Birnam reached the top of Dunsinane Hill.
What are the predictions from the apparitions?
400
When a character moves "aside" and speaks for an extended period of time, sharing his innermost thoughts
What is a soliloquy?
500
(IV,vii,45-46)
What is Act 4, Scene 7, pages 45 through 46?
500
This man becomes King after Macbeth is slain.
Who is Malcolm?
500
"What, all my pretty chickens, and their mother, at one fell swoop?" (IV,ii,38)
Who is Macduff?
500
After Macbeth killed King Duncan, he tells his wife he heard voices saying "Macbeth murders ___________ ."
What is sleep?
500
When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth act surprised about Duncan's death, this is ___________ ___________ because the audience knows something that one or more characters on stage does not know.