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Literary Techniques
Lady Macbeth/Macbeth
Duncan and Family
The Witches/Prophecy
Banquo and Thanes
100
The audience knows something that characters in the play do not. This is an example of what?
Dramatic Irony
100
What did Lady Macbeth want her husband to be?
King
100
What is Macbeth's new title that has been given by King Duncan?
Thane of Cawdor
100
What two prophecies did the witches give to Macbeth?
He will become the Thane of Cawdor and then King
100
What is a thane?
nobleman, soldier
200
The atmosphere at the beginning of the play (dark, gloomy etc...) is an example of what literary element?
mood
200
When we are first introduced to Lady Macbeth, what is she doing?
Reading a letter
200
Who is Malcolm?
King Duncan's son
200
Why does Banquo question the witches' gender?
They mostly look like women, but they have beards
200
What happened to the original Thane of Cawdor? and why?
He was executed for treason
300
What literary element is used when a character speaks on stage and no other characters (on the stage) can hear him?
An aside
300
Before Macbeth became Thane of Cawdor, he already had one title. What was he already Thane of?
Thane of Glamis
300
Who does King Duncan say will inherit the throne when he dies?
Malcolm
300
When Macbeth starts to think about how he might become king, he hopes it would happen "Without my (Macbeth's) stir." What does this mean?
Without Macbeth having to do anything at all, most of all, kill Duncan
300
What prediction about his sons was Banquo told?
That his sons would be king
400
What literary element is in use when a character gives a speech on stage and there are no other characters on the stage?
A Soliloquy
400
"Unsex me here...and fill me...full of direst cruelty" Who said this?
Lady Macbeth
400
Why does Macbeth feel that Malcolm is an obstacle between he and the throne?
If Macbeth kills Duncan, he will not become king; Malcolm will
400
What did the First Witch do to the sailor whose wife wouldn't give her chestnuts?
She cursed him so he wouldn't sleep for 81 days
400
What warning did Banquo give Macbeth about the witches?
Their prophecies often lead a person to harm
500
Why do we need asides and soliloquys in plays?
To hear a character's thoughts and feelings.
500
How does Lady Macbeth plan to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan?
She plans to chastise him with her "words of valor" and pressure him by questioning his "manhood"
500
Name one action that showed King Duncan and the rest of the thanes Macbeth's bravery in the war with Norway?
He "unseamed him from nave to chaps" (split him from navel to jaws)
500
Why do the witches claim that the day they give the prophecies is both "fair and foul?"
Macbeth won the war, but the prophecies will bring him harm
500
What is one of the names of the two noblemen who informed Macbeth that he was the Thane of Cawdor?
Angus or Ross