Characters in the Play
As the play opens, Macbeth holds what title of...
Thane of Glamis
The fourth of the prophecies suggest that that they will eventually occupy the throne of Scotland.
Who are Banquo's sons?
Macbeth's solemn supper is interrupted by the appearance of this unexpected guest.
Despite the prophecies, Banquo's children never become king because....
What is Banquo does not choose to act on them?
Shakespeare wrote and performed this play for this English monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
They visit Macbeth and Banquo on the battlefield to deliver prophecies.
Who are the weird sisters
At the start of act 1, he sits upon the Scottish throne.
Who is Duncan?
When Macbeth received the second set of prophecies, he responds to the first of them in this manner.
What is he orders the murder of MacDuff's family?
Scholars recognize that Shakespeare wrote this text as a cautionary tale to warn his audience of....
What is the dangers of killing a king?
As the play ends, this character assumes his rightful place as King of Scotland.
Who is Malcolm?
This character deals with guilt that manifests in the famous sleepwalking scene.
Who is Lady Macbeth
Just prior to the murder of Duncan, Macbeth hallucinates by seeing this.
What is a floating dagger?
The second set of prophecies are designed by this Goddess of witchcraft.
Who is Hecate?
In the end, the audience is left to infer this means of Lady Macbeth's death?
What is suicide?
This character provides comic relief by drunkenly answer the door and making phallic jokes.
Who is the Porter?
This character flees to England and is considered by most scholars to be a representation of King James I.
Who is Malcolm?
These characters were too inebriated to prevent the death of King Duncan.
Who are the guards?
Macbeth is warned that he can be harmed by no man born from woman by this apparition.
What is the bloody child?
Upon hearing about his son's death, General Siward voices this particular concern.
What is, was my son stabbed in the front?
In this play, the bloody hands serve as a common symbol for this idea.
What is guilt?
This character was born via Caesurian Section and therefore is able to kill Macbeth.
Who is MacDuff
In Act three, Banquo meets his end in this manner?
Macbeth is only vanquished after the trees of Birnan Wood march upon his castle when Malcolm devises this battle strategy.
What is carrying branches to camouflage their numbers?
Macbeth's reaction to his wife's death in the "Tomorrow" speech, suggests that our lives are comparable to this profession.
What is an actor?
In a play about madness, in the end, this character loses his head.
Who is Macbeth?