Show:
Characters
Terms
Act I
Act II
Themes
100
Protagonist
Macbeth
100
Monologue that gives insight into character's thoughts and emotions
soliloquy
100
Prophecy for Banquo
He will be the father of kings, but he will not be a king
100
Macbeth's lie to Banquo
He does not think of the witches prophecies
100
"Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires" (I.iv.52)
Ambition, Nature and the Unnatural, Manhood, Violence
200
3 Witches
Weird Sisters
200
"Fair is foul, foul is fair"
paradox
200
Prophecies for Macbeth
1. He will become Thane of Cawdor 2. He will become King
200
Importance of the Dagger Scene
1. Creates sympathy for Macbeth 2. Allows the audience to see the back-and-forth Macbeth is feeling 3. Connection to the supernatural: is the dagger real or a hallucination?
200
"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence." (I.iii.125)
Fate, Manhood, Violence, Ambition
300
Encourages murder
Lady Macbeth
300
"As two spent swimmers, that do cling together/And choke their art"
similie
300
Why does Macbeth believe the prophecies may be true?
1. The Weird Sisters identified him as Thane of Glamis 2. He became Thane of Cawdor, as predicted
300
Reaction of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to Duncan's murder
Macbeth feels grief and regret. He is unable to return the dagger Lady Macbeth is cold and matter-of-fact. She must return the dagger, thus leaving her with literal blood on her hands
300
"Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it." (I.v.56)
Violence
400
"Lesser than Macbeth and greater"
Banquo
400
aside
a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the pla
400
Lady Macbeth's reaction to Macbeth's letter
1. She prays to be "unsexed" 2. She resolves to encourage Macbeth to murder Duncan 3. She creates a plan for the murder
400
Macbeth's reaction to the discovery of Duncan's body
He murders the chambermaids in a rage
400
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee; I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw." (II.i.33)
Nature and the Unnatural
500
Loyal Scottish noble who discovers Duncan's body
Macduff
500
A literary character who makes an error in judgement that eventually leads to their downfall
tragic hero
500
Lady Macbeth's plan for the murder of Duncan
1. She will get the chambermaids drunk 2. A bell will toll to signify it is time for the murder 3. Macbeth will kill Duncan with the chambermaids daggers 4. Macbeth will wipe Duncan's blood on the chambermaids
500
The unnatural events that occur to show Macbeth's crime against nature
1. It is dark as night outside during daytime 2. A small owl kills a falcon 3. Duncan's horses turn wild
500
"I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none." (I.vii.47)
Manhood