Lady Macbeth
What does Lady Macbeth encourage Macbeth to do after learning about the witches' prophecy?
Murder King Duncan.
Who says, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”?
The three witches.
What does Lady Macbeth see on her hands?
BLOOD EEK
Who is the King of Scotland at the beginning of the play?
King Duncan
What future title do the witches predict Macbeth will receive before he becomes king?
Thane of Cawdor.
What does Lady Macbeth ask the spirits to do when she says, “unsex me here”?
Remove the qualities she associates with femininity, such as tenderness and compassion, so she can be cruel.
Who says this: “You should be women, / And yet your beards forbid us to interpret / That you are so” (Act 1, Scene 3).
Banquo
What does Wayward mean?
An insulting term meaning disobedient and perverse? It was applied to outspoken women.
Who is Macbeth's close friend and fellow general who also receives a prophecy?
Banquo
What do the witches predict about Banquo's descendants?
They will become kings, although Banquo himself will not.
What does Lady Macbeth do with Duncan's bloody daggers after his murder?
Places them beside Duncan's sleeping guards to frame them.
Who says, “Is this a dagger which I see before me”?
Macbeth.
Why is Lady Macbeth considered the "fourth witch"?
Her powers of persuasion.
Who are Duncan's two sons?
Malcolm and Donalbain.
Which Scottish nobleman does the first apparition warn Macbeth to beware?
What imaginary substance does Lady Macbeth try to wash from her hands while sleepwalking?
Blood, symbolizing her guilt.
Who says, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”?
Lady Macbeth.
When does Shakespeare actually refer to The Weird Sisters as witches?
Only in speech prefixes and stage directions.
Who is the Scottish nobleman who flees to England and ultimately confronts Macbeth?
Macduff.
What does the second apparition tell Macbeth about those born of women?
That none of woman born shall harm Macbeth, which he misinterprets as making him invincible.
What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says she would have killed her own nursing baby rather than break a promise?
She is demonstrating how seriously she takes a promise and shaming Macbeth for hesitating to kill Duncan.
Who says, “Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't”?
Lady Macbeth
What is the percentage of people accused of witchcraft?
70% to 80% of the people accused were women who were old, poor, and marginalized.
Who becomes King of Scotland after Macbeth's death?
What does the third apparition predict must happen before Macbeth can be defeated?
Great Birnam Wood must come to Dunsinane Hill, fulfilled when soldiers use branches as camouflage.