Act 3
Macbeth feels he needs to kill Banquo and Fleance because of this
What is the witches' prophecy?
Banquo's descendants will be the future kings of Scotland.
When Macbeth revisits the three witches, he see's three apparitions, the second is a bloody child that tells Macbeth this
None of woman bord shall harm Macbeth
Double: What may the bloody child symbolize?
This character is the ultimate killer of Macbeth
Who is Macduff
"Out damned spot!"
Who is Lady Macbeth
The play begins with Scotland defeating this country in war
What is Norway
This causes Lady Macbeth to end the dinner party early.
What is Macbeth freaks out after he sees Banquo's ghost sitting at Macbeth's seat at the table?
When Macbeth revisits the three witches, he see's three apparitions, the third is a crowned child carrying a tree that tells Macbeth this
What is Macbeth will not be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dinsinanne Hill
Double: What might this apparition symbolize?
What is put on his armour
"O Scotland, O Scotland"
Who is Macduff
Who fears that Macbeth is "th’ milk of human kindness"
At the end of Act 3, Lennox tells a lord that this is being formed in England.
What is an army is being formed to fight MacBeth.
Who is Macduff?
The third prophecy comes true with this loop hole
The English army, led by Malcolm, MacDuff, and Siward, stop at Birnam Wood and take boughs and shrubbery to use as camouflage as they advance on MacBeth's castle.
"the worm that's fled hath nature that in time will venom breed"
Macbeth
Gets the chamberlians drunk, Set the daggers out for Macbeth, Returns the daggers to the room, smear the blood on the chamberlians
Must have 2/4
These people are the only ones aware of Macbeths plot to kill Banquo
Who are Macbeth and the murderers?
Key Point: Not Lady Macbeth!
Malcolms tells MacDuff he (Malcolm) would be a bad king because he is lustful and greedy for this reason
Malcolm doesn't trust that MacDuff has turned against MacBeth. He is testing MacDuff's to see where his loyalties are
MacDuff reveals to MacBeth that he was ripped from his mother's womb prematurely -- he was not naturally born.
"Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing"
Who is Macbeth
When asked by Banquo if he had thought about the witches prophecies in Act 2, Macbeths response is this
"I have not thought of them"
Hecate
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" the wicked thing being this
What is Macbeth
At the end of Act V this character becomes the King of Scotland
"Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief convert to anger. Blunt not the heart, enrage it"
Who is Malcom
When Duncan's body is discovered, this character faints from "grief" and "surprise"
Lady Macbeth