A Scottish general and thane. This individual is easily tempted to murder another to fulfill ambition.
Who is Macbeth?
100
She immediately decides that the prophecy will come true, even if she has to help it along.
What is Lady Macbeth's reaction to the prophecy?
100
Kill him while he is asleep; plant the evidence on the sleeping servants who got drunk.
How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth conspire to murder Duncan?
100
Macbeth appears to be referring to the awful weather and the great victory.
What does Macbeth mean by "foul and fair"?
200
Betrayals of one's country or oath of loyalty.
What is treason?
200
This individual has a thirst for power and urges another to kill King Duncan.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
200
Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and King. Banquo will have kings among his descendants.
What do the three witches predict for Macbeth and Banquo?
200
He imagines that he stands at the gates of hell observing the entrants, whom he describes as they pass.
What does the drunken porter imagine he is doing?
200
The fair Lady Macbeth shows greater evil than Macbeth. The fair promise of a crown is fulfilled, but only through foul treachery and death.
What is the meaning for the witches' words "foul and fair"?
300
Of an empire; having supreme authority
What is imperial
300
Three mysterious individuals whose prophecy encourages another to plot murder.
Who are the three witches?
300
Lady Macbeth reads her husband's letter.
How does Lady Macbeth first learn of the witches' predictions?
300
The grooms have killed the king.
Who does Macduff say has killed Duncan?
300
She knows that, by questioning his manhood when he hesitates, she will spur him on.
How does Lady Macbeth's 's understanding of her husband's character help her to convince her that the murder plot should be carried out?
400
Lord or king
What is liege
400
The noble general who is told that his children will inherit the throne.
Who is Banquo?
400
MacDuff enters the King's chamber.
How is the murder discovered?
400
Macbeth is named the Thane of Cawdor.
What reward does Macbeth receive from the King?
400
Macbeth is immediately swept up in feelings of guilt. Lady Macbeth immediately takes charge of things.
Compare and contrast Macbeth's reaction to the murder with Lady Macbeth's.
500
Supreme in power, rank, or authority.
What is sovereign
500
A model of a virtuous individual whose murder is a symbol of the destruction of the order of Scotland whose order can be restored only when the original inheritor takes the crown.
Who is King Duncan?
500
Macbeth rushes in and kills the blood-smeared individuals.
What action does Macbeth take against the grooms?
500
He has reversed his previous decision to let fate work on its own; he expresses his desire to become king.
What decision has Macbeth reached?
500
Ross wonders what the grooms have to gain by killing the king.
Why does Ross have doubts about accepting the grooms as murderers?