Characters
What does title(s) does Macbeth have in act 1?
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Cawdor
Fair is foul, and foul is fair is an example of what literary technique?
Paradox
Which countries are fighting in the war?
Scotland and Norway
...His brandished steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like Valor's minion, carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave
Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,
Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops,
And fixed his head upon our battlements.
Captain
Who was England's ruler at the time that Macbeth was first performed in 1606?
King James I
How does Lady Macbeth learn of Macbeth's prophesy?
He sends a letter
"Too full of th' milk of human kindness" is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
Who are the witches planning to meet? What are they going to tell him?
Macbeth
He will be named Thane of Cawdor and King
Banquo will father future kings
Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Macbeth
Who was England's ruler before Macbeth was first performed in 1606 ?
Queen Elizabeth I
Who does Macbeth kill in battle?
MacDonwald
What type of weather follows the witches around? What does it symbolize?
Fog, thunder, rain, bad weather etc. It symbolizes the evil they bring.
What happens to the previous Thane of Cawdor?
He is executed for treason
To beguile the time,
Look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent flower,
But be the serpent under ’t
Lady Macbeth
What was the book that King James wrote called?
Demonology (Daemonologie)
From whom does Duncan learn that the Thane of Cawdor is a traitor?
Ross
Macbeth is an example of what type of hero?
A tragic hero
What does Lady Macbeth think they need to do to make sure the prophesy comes true?
Murder king Duncan
"Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry 'Hold, hold!'"
Lady Macbeth
What was the gunpowder plot?
An attempted assassination of King James led by Guy Fawkes
Duncan's son, whom he names heir to the throne.
Malcolm/Prince of Cumberland
What is an aside?
A line that is only heard by certain characters on stage or only the audience
What are two reasons Macbeth gives for not wanting to kill Duncan?
He is his "cousin" and subject, he is his guest, and that Duncan is a good guy who just kindly gave him a new title/land
“Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague th’ inventor.
This even-handed justice
Commends th’ ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.”
Macbeth
How did Queen Elizabeth defend her right to rule despite the fact she was a woman?
-"Divine right of Kings"
-She had marriage suitors so eventually she would be married and there would be a king
-She had good advisors
What are the names of Duncan's sons?
Malcolm and Donalbain
How does the following line characterize Duncan?
"Give me your hand, conduct me to mine host. We love him highly and shall continue our graces toward him."
Kind, grateful, honest, not suspicious of Macbeth or Lady Macbeth. Loves Macbeth.
Who does Lady Macbeth say they should blame the murder on?
Duncan's chamberlains
“I have begun to plant thee and will labor
To make thee full of growing.--Noble Banquo,
That hast no less deserved nor must be known
No less to have done so, let me enfold thee
And hold thee to my heart.“
Duncan
When did the real Macbeth rule as King of Scotland?
11th century (1040-1057)