Macbeth
People that Macbeth murders.
Who are Duncan, 2 guards
When Duncan is found dead, Lady Macbeth acts like this.
What is shocked? What is she acts like the "Innocent flower" and faints to further act the part?
Why does Macbeth kill the "groomsmen?"
He says because of his rage - reality - so they can't defend themselves.
A speech one character gives to another character on stage.
What is a monologue?
Who is believed to have paid the murderers?
Who is Malcolm and Donalbain?
Lady Macbeth tells her husband to do this to his hands after committing the murder.
What is wash his hands?
Every Shakespeare play has this many acts?
5
Banquo's son
Who is Fleance?
Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone
What is a soliloquy?
Macbeth's only reason for wanting to kill Duncan.
What is ambition?
The Porter is this type of character
comic relief
When two actors talk to each other it is called?
dialogue
This is a 10-syllable line divided into 5 iambic feet (one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable). This is the basic rhythm of Shakespeare’s verse.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
What does Macbeth mean when he says he killed sleep?
Death means we will never fall asleep again
What is the porter doing at the start of his scene?
Telling knock knock jokes
This is an example of this technique, which comes at the end of a speech: "Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to hell."
What is a rhyming couplet?
Where do Duncan's children flee to?
England and Ireland