Show:
Act I
Act II
Act III
Quotations
Farrago
100
Macbeth's tragic flaw.
What is ambition?
100
This is why Lady Macbeth drugs Duncan’s guards.
What is that they will sleep through the murder and then be framed for it?
100
What Macbeth says to persuade the murderers to agree to kill Banquo.
What is that Banquo is the cause of all their troubles?
100
Give the speaker of these lines, and tell what the lines reveal about the speaker: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair . . .”
What is the witches; they speak in equivocation?
100
Define blank verse.
What is unrhymed iambic pentameter?
200
The important role that the witches play in Act 1.
What is foreshadowing events?
200
This is what Macbeth means when he says that he is reluctant to kill Duncan because of a “double trust”.
What is that Duncan is both his king/kinsman and his guest?
200
The cause of Macbeth’s irrational behavior at the banquet, i.e., the reason he sees Banquo’s ghost.
What is his guilty conscience?
200
Give the speaker of the quote, and tell what the quote reveals about the speaker: “ . . . This my hand will rather / the multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red.”
What is Macbeth; it is a comment on his profound guilt?
200
This is a private remark on the stage that is understood not to be heard by some characters.
What is an aside?
300
Macbeth’s feelings about the POSSIBLE assassination of Duncan.
What is tortured ambivalence (already guilty, not sure about doing it)?
300
Lady Macbeth says that she would rather kill her own child than do this.
What is go back on an oath?
300
The meaning of this line spoken by Macbeth: “We are yet but young in deed.”
What is they are new to the ways of crime, and will probably have to commit more crimes soon?
300
Give the speaker of the quote, and tell what the quote reveals about the speaker: “My hands are of your color, but I shame / To wear a heart so white.”
What is Lady Macbeth; she also has blood on her hands, and she is guilty, too, but she is not afraid or ashamed like Macbeth is?
300
Define soliloquy.
What is a long speech given by a character alone on the stage so that he/she can express inner thoughts and feelings.
400
List three adjectives that describe Macbeth as he is presented in Act I, scene ii.
What is loyal, reckless, brave, courageous, violent, brutal, ruthless, etc.?
400
At the beginning of Act II, scene iii, the porter’s dialogue is meant primarily to provide this.
What is comic relief?
400
This is how Macbeth has changed since the beginning of the play.
What is that he is now quick to use treachery to suit his needs; he acts impulsively?
400
Give the speaker of the quote, and tell what the quote reveals about the speaker: “And when we have our naked frailties hid / That suffer in exposure, let us meet / And question this most bloody piece of work, / To know it further. Fears and scruples shake us.”
What is Banquo; he is suspicious of the guards' guilt?
400
List three themes of the play.
What is: Ambition destroys its possessor. Evil begets evil, but evil will not prevail. Guilt haunts the evil-doer. Appearances are deceptive. Kingship vs. Tyranny.
500
This character informs Macbeth that he has been named Thane of Cawdor.
What is Ross?
500
These are two strange occurrences that happened the night of Duncan's murder.
What is owl killed a hawk; horses ate each other; huge storm; excessive darkness?
500
This is the role that Lady Macbeth played in Banquo's murder.
What is no role at all? Macbeth acted independently.
500
Give the speaker of these lines, and tell what the lines reveal about the speaker: “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.”
What is Duncan; he is generous, rewards loyalty and bravery?
500
Define motif, and give an example of one that occurs in Act I or Act II.
What is a conspicuous recurring element that appears frequently in a work, such as a type of incident, a reference, or a verbal formula; clothing, hallucination, prophecy, babies/children?