Who Said That? #1
Who Said That #2
Malcolm's Speech
Figurative Language
Connections
100

"Cure her of that.

Canst though not minister to a mind diseased,

Pluck from the memory a roots sorrow,

Raze out the written troubles of the brain,

And with some sweet oblivious antidote

Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff

Which weighs upon the heart? (Shakespeare 363).

Macbeth

100

"Out, damned spot, out, I say!" (Shakespeare 359).

Lady Macbeth

100

What is Malcolm's new title?

King

100

"... Now does he feel his title 

Hang loose about him, like the giant's robe

Upon a dwarfish thief" (Shakespeare 362).

Simile

100

The blood on Lady Macbeth's hands symbolizes ________.

Her guilt

200

"Foul whisp'rings are abroad.  Unnatural deeds

Do breed unnatural troubles.  Infected minds

To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets."

(Shakespeare 360).

Doctor

200

"Then he is dead?" (Shakespeare 370).

Siward

200

What new title does Malcolm bestow upon the thanes?

He makes them earls.

200

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more.  It is a tale 

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing" (Shakespeare 365).

Metaphor

200

Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth? How does he fit into the second apparition's prediction?

He was not of woman born because he was taken from his mother's womb.

300

"The Thane of Fife had a wife.  Where is she now?"

(Shakespeare 360).

Lady Macbeth

300

"Turn, hellhound, turn!" (Shakespeare 368).

Macduff

300

What does Malcolm tell his listeners about Lady Macbeth's fate?

He tells them that Lady Macbeth committed suicide.

300

"Our castle's strength 

Will laugh a siege to scorn" (Shakespeare 365).

Personification

300

What does the image of the first apparition represent? Be specific.

The armored head represents Macbeth's severed head after Macduff kills him.

400

"The devil himself could not pronounce a title

More hateful to mine ear" (Shakespeare 367).

Young Siward

400

"Let every soldier hew him down a bough

And bear't before him" (Shakespeare 364).

Malcolm

400

Name two "exiled friends" that Malcolm welcomes back to Scotland?

Donalbain and Fleance

400

"The mind I sway by and the heart I bear

Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear"

(Shakespeare 362).

Synecdoche

400

What did the image of the third apparition represent? Be specific.

Malcolm with a crown as king and a tree in his hand to represent the trees of Birnam Wood moving toward the castle.

500

"Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,

Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death

(Shakespeare 366).

Macduff

500

"As I did stand my watch upon the hill,

I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought

The wood began to move"

(Shakespeare 366).

Messenger

500

Where does Malcolm invite his listeners in the last line of the play?

He invites everyone to see him crowned at Scone.

500

They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,

But, bear-like, I must fight the course" 

(Shakespeare 367). 

Simile

500

What realization does Macbeth have upon the death of Lady Macbeth? 

"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the state

And then is heard no more.  It is a tale 

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing" (Shakespeare 365).

Life is short and/or meaningless