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Vocabulary
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Elements
Plot
100
A relative; one connected by religion or ethnicity
What is kinsman?
100
What Lady Macbeth wants most
What is Macbeth being King of Scotland?
100
The last part of the witches' prophecy
What is becoming King of Scotland?
100
The setting of the play
Scotland
100
The place King Duncan is going at the end of Act I
What is Macbeth's home?
200
The desire to achieve a goal
What is ambition?
200
What Lady Macbeth calls her husband when he is nervous about their plot
What is a coward?
200
Macbeth's new title
What is Thane of Cawdor?
200
The genre of Macbeth
Drama (or play)
200
The fate of the original Thane of Cawdor and the reason why this happens
What is executed for treason (being disloyal to the king)?
300
Brave; courageous
What is valiant?
300
What Lady Macbeth is doing when we are first introduced to her
What is reading a letter from Macbeth?
300
Macbeth's original title
Thane of Glamis
300
The antagonist(s)
Who is Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, or the 3 witches?
300
The man who will be king after Duncan
Who is Malcolm (Duncan's eldest son)?
400
Regret; sorrow; guilt
What is remorse?
400
What Lady Macbeth wishes to be during her soliloquy
What is masculine (like a man); strong; remorseless?
400
The person who is Macbeth's obstacle to the throne (aside from the obvious)
Who is Malcolm (Duncan's eldest son)
400
When a character is talking but only the audience can hear
What is a soliloquy?
400
The reason Macbeth thinks he is destined to be king
What is the witches' prophecy?
500
A statement that goes against common sense; contradiction
What is paradox?
500
The plan Lady Macbeth comes up with
What is get King Duncan's guards drunk, kill Duncan, and smear his blood on the guards to frame them?
500
Two of the three reasons Macbeth plots to kill Duncan
Lady Macbeth's manipulation; the witches' prophecy; his own ambition
500
Macbeth's internal conflict
What is whether or not to kill the king?
500
The famous line from the beginning of the play that means "things are not always what they seem."
What is "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?