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Plot
Events
Who Said It?
Before and After
Significance
100
These (#)__ people open the Act.
Who are the witches?
100
Macbeth's immediate reaction to the witches' prophecy is that of
What is shock; uncertainty
100
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair Hover through the fog and filthy air"
Who are the witches
100
Banquo and Macbeth meet the witches.
Macbeth and Banquo fight a major battle; both report to King Duncan
100
This is Macbeth's main concern with killing Duncan.
What is what others will think of him if anyone finds out (consequences)?
200
This is the setting of Scene 1.
What is a dark and stormy heath/plain?
200
Arguably the strongest character in the play.
Who is Lady Macbeth
200
"The Thane of Cawdor has lost what the noble Macbeth has won."
Who is King Duncan.
200
Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth's letter
Macbeth finds out that Duncan is naming Malcolm (his son) as next in line; Lady Macbeth gives her famous "unsex me" soliloquy.
200
This is the method by which Lady Macbeth will cover their tracks and shift blame.
What is poison the guards' wine (frame the guards)?
300
This is the reason Shakespeare opens the play in this way.
What is to show that the witches control/manipulate everything and to set the mood for the entire play
300
Macbeth considers ________________ , but quickly changes his mind, as he thinks about the prophecy coming true.
What is murdering King Duncan
300
"Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day."
Macbeth
300
Macbeth finds out that he is to be Thane of Cawdor and, eventually, King of Scotland.
The witches stop him and Banquo in the field/heath; Banquo asks if there is any part of the prophecy for him.
300
These are the three roles/relationships Macbeth gives for not wanting to kill Duncan.
What are host, kinsman (cousin), and his own ambition
400
The witches' prophecy comes in three parts. The first says...
What is that Macbeth will rise to Thane of Cawdor
400
This is how Macbeth killed one of the rebels.
What is cutting him open from belly button to chin and then decapitating him?
400
"Yet I do fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way"
Lady Macbeth
400
King Duncan comes to Inverness to see Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth decides that Duncan will die; Macbeth leaves dinner because he's changed his mind about committing murder.
400
This is what Lady Macbeth says she would do if she had so promised to shame Macbeth into keeping his "promise" (to kill Duncan) to her.
What is kill (violently) her own child?
500
King Duncan says that the former Thane of Cawdor was executed for _________ and for fighting on the side of the ____________?
What are treason and Norwegians.
500
Lady Macbeth asks evil spirits to _______________ and allow her to do what is necessary to make the prophecy come true.
What is "unsex her."
500
"If you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak then to me...."
Who is Banquo
500
Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he is not going to go through with the murder
Macbeth has thought of reasons to not kill King Duncan; Lady Macbeth shames him and convinces him to do it.
500
This is the Theme of Act 1.
What is that ambition can lead to immorality and treachery? (Power, or the opportunity to have power, corrupts).