Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theater
Macbeth was written for this monarch.
Who is James I?
This happens to the Thane of Cawdor.
What is the he is executed for being a traitor?
Before murdering Duncan, Macbeth sees an apparition/hallucination of this.
"Fair is foul and foul is fair"
Who are the weird sisters?
When Macbeth decides to take action and kill King Duncan instead of leaving it up to destiny.
What is fate vs. free will?
The type of speech when only one person is standing on stage and speaks for a long time without addressing other characters.
What is a soliloquy?
The witches greet Macbeth with these three titles.
What are Glamis, Cawdor, and king?
Macbeth and his wife frame these characters for Duncan's murder.
Who are the sleeping guards?
"Out, damned spot!"
Who is Lady Macbeth?
When Macduff kills Macbeth.
What is revenge?
Shakespeare's plays and poems were written in this type of English.
What is Early Modern English?
The witches give Banquo this prophecy.
What is he will not be king, but his children will be?
The person who finds King Duncan's body.
Who is Macduff?
"He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust."
Who is King Duncan?
The visions Macbeth has and the witches/weird sisters represent this.
What is the supernatural in Macbeth?
The theater in which Shakespeare's plays were performed.
What is The Globe?
This is how Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to take action.
What is emasculating him?
Lady Macbeth realizes her husband is now beyond her influence and control after he plots to kill this character and his son (name both).
Who is Banquo and his son Fleance?
"Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under't."
Who is Lady Macbeth?
The downfall of Macbeth.
What is ambition/greed?
Macbeth is a ___ because his overconfidence causes his downfall.
The sound Macbeth hears that "invites" him to kill King Duncan.
What is a bell ringing?
This is why Lady Macbeth doesn't kill King Duncan herself.
What is "he looked like her father"?
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?”
Who is Macbeth?
The feeling both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have after they've murdered King Duncan.
What is remorse?