Characters
The character who is told he will be king.
Who is Macbeth?
These characters give Macbeth the initial thought to kill King Duncan.
Who are the witches or "weird sisters"?
The central idea developed by BOTH Lady Macbeth's and the witches' interaction with Macbeth?
1. Power can corrupt people
2. Manipulation in relationships
3. Effects of blind pride/ambition
What is manipulation in relationships?
The description of how Macbeth kills the traitor in Act I
What is he is ripped "from the nave to the chops"?
Good choice. +100
Good choice. +100
This character manipulates Macbeth into killing King Duncan.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
This line from the witches caused confusion and may be labeled as a paradox.
What is "foul is fair and fair is foul"?
The witches telling Macbeth that he would be king without telling him how it would happen is an example of:
1. Manipulation in relationships
2. The effect of too much pride and ambition
3. Power can corrupt people
1. Manipulation in relationships
The setting of the play.
What is Scotland?
Double jeopardy (+400) if you get this right. -200 if you get this wrong.
The name of the traitor in Act I.
Who is Macdonwald?
The King of Scotland
Who is King Duncan?
The hallucination that tempt Macbeth to kill the King.
What is a bloody dagger?
Macbeth being overcome with guilt and paranoia immediately after murdering Duncan reveals which central idea:
1. The consequences of blind ambition
2. The corrupting force of guilt
3. Manipulation in relationships
The consequences of blind ambition
The secondary name for the witches
What is the weïrd sisters?
Playing it safe? BOOOOO! TOMATO TOMATO! -300
Playing it safe? BOOOOO! TOMATO TOMATO! -300
Macbeth's friend who also gets a prophecy from the witches.
Who is Banquo?
Lady Macbeth asks the spirits to "unsex [her] here and fill her to the top full of direst cruelty" because _________________?
She wants to be cruel like a man so that she can secure the throne
Because Banquo gets a prophecy too but does not act dishonestly to fulfill it, his character helps show what about Macbeth?
That Macbeth is easily corrupted by power/more depraved than Banquo
The actor that plays Macbeth in the 2021 version of the film.
Who is Denzel Washington?
YOU'RE SAFE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW (NO NEGATIVE POINTS) BUT YOU ARE LUCKY IF YOU DO (+800 points)
In which act and scene is Duncan actually killed?
1. Act 1 Scene 4
2. Act 1 Scene 7
3. Act 2 Scene 1
4. Act 2 Scene 2
4. Act 2 Scene 2
The person who Duncan names heir to the throne or "Prince of Cumberland"
Who is Malcolm?
The emotion that causes Macbeth to hallucinate the bloody dagger.
What is guilt?
How do we see power's ability to corrupt seemingly virtuous or morally good people?
Macbeth goes from being loyal to the king and brave to being disloyal because he is promised power.
Two characteristics of Macbeth
What are:
good, evil, overly ambitious, easily manipulated, trusted...
Like Macbeth, you had too much ambition. -500
Like Macbeth, you had too much ambition. -500