Plot
On a heath.
Name all the three witches in Macbeth.
First Witch, Second Witch, and Third Witch.
What is this quote an example of?
"Stars hid your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires."
Personification.
(Or darkness as symbolic of evil and immorality.)
What does Lady Macbeth say her husband is "too full of"?
"The milk of human kindness"
What Jacobean belief means that Kings or Queens have absolute authority on Earth?
The Divine Right of Kings
Who does Macbeth describe as "a step on which I must fall down, or else over leap, for in my way it lies."
Name King Duncan's two sons.
Malcolm and Donalbain.
What is called when a character speaks on stage with other characters, but no other characters hear them.
An Aside.
Macduff.
On the Great Chain of Being, where are witches?
On the bottom along with other supernatural beings.
Where does Donalbain go after his father is killed?
To Ireland.
What is the importance of the Porter in the play?
Either: comedic relief after regicide, or to let Macduff into Macbeth's castle.
In the "Fate of Ophelia" Taylor Swift weirdly references to a metaphor from Macbeth. What is this metaphor, and what is it describing in the play?
- "full of scorpions"
- Macbeth describing being tortured by thoughts of paranoia and guilt
Who is Macbeth talking to when he says "Never shake thy gory locks at me."
In Jacobean society, women were legally the property of their fathers and then their husbands. What is the appropriate term to describe this society?
Three.
Who is the last person Macbeth kills - on stage at least?
Young Siward.
For the most part, characters in Macbeth speak in what way?
Iambic pentameter or blank verse.
Name one of the terms Macduff uses to describe Macbeth.
Hell-hound, tyrant, usurper, fiend of Scotland, Hell-kite.
Did Jacobeans believe in free will?
Yes, individuals can choose to obey or disobey God's commands, but their fate is pre-determined by God.
At the start of the Act Five Scene 3, Macbeth says "Bring me no reports. Let them fly all!" What news is contained in these reports.
Noblemen - Thanes - are deserting him for Malcolm and the English army.
In Lady Macbeth's final scene, she references several character in her descent into madness, but only one character by name. Who is it?
Banquo.
Unlike other characters, the Witches speak in a semi-rhyming Troichaic Tetrameter which gives their lines a sing-song quality. What effect does this have?
Presents them as distinct from other characters to indicate their supernatural status and their use of incantation and socerery.
What is Lady Macbeth's last line?
To bed, to bed, to bed.
What was the Gunpowder Plot, and why is relevant to Macbeth?
A failed attempt to assassinate King James I, the King of England. This clearly informs the plot of Macbeth, as the play can be read as warning to those with ambitions to murder and/or usurp the throne.