Lady Macbeth
How does Lady Macbeth help to kill King Duncan?
She gets the guards drunk and plants the bloody daggers on them.
What happens early on that causes Macbeth to question becoming king?
King Duncan names Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland.
Malcolm's father.
Who is King Duncan?
This man kills Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
This person says,"We fail? / But screw your courage to the sticking-place, / And we’ll not fail”?
Who is Lady Macbeth?
What is Lady Macbeth’s motive for urging Macbeth to become king?
She has ambition for Macbeth. She has an earnest desire for her husband to gain power and prestige.
What does Macbeth do to the guards who have been framed for Duncan's death?
He kills them out of panic (not part of the plan!), but he tells everyone that he was so furious that they murdered Duncan that he killed them without thinking.
In Act 2, why does Malcolm flee the country?
He is afraid for his life.
This woman calls her husband a traitor when she says, "He loves us not;"
Who is Lady Macduff?
This person says, "Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires:”?
Who is Macbeth?
What does Lady Macbeth pray to the spirits for?
She prays for them to remove her femininity (i.e. weakness) and replace it with cruelty so that she has enough resolve to kill Duncan.
In Act 1, Scene 7, why does Macbeth say "We will proceed no further in this business"?
King Duncan has just honored him so he now has the respect of many. He wants to enjoy this moment instead of immediately throw it away.
What is Malcolm's advice for Macduff when they learn about the murders of Lady Macduff and the children?
He tells Macduff to "dispute it like a man." He is insensitive because he doesn't have a wife and children.
This child is the only one to escape Macbeth's murderers.
Who is Fleance?
Who says, "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. / Not so happy, yet much happier. / Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none"?
Who are the Witches?
What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, "Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way"?
She is afraid that Macbeth is isn't ruthless enough to kill King Duncan which is the fastest way to become king.
When does Macbeth first imagine Duncan’s death?
He first imagines it when Ross and Angus tell him that he is Thane of Cawdor, and he discovers the witches' prophecy is true.
Why does Malcolm describe to Macduff the ways in which he is unworthy to be a king?
He wants to test Macduff’s honesty and loyalty to Scotland.
He is upset that he can't read a man's mind by looking at his face and is devastated that the Thane of Cawdor was a traitor.
Who is King Duncan?
This person says, “Let every soldier hew him down a bough / And bear’t before him. Thereby shall we shadow / The numbers of our host, and make discovery / Err in report of us”?
Who is Malcolm?
When does Lady Macbeth accidentally confess to Duncan's murder?
When she is sleepwalking, she replays the evening of the murder in front of the doctor and gentlewoman.
In Act 5, what information does Macduff reveal that terrifies Macbeth?
Macduff was not born of a woman, so he will be able to kill Macbeth.
In his final lines of the play, Malcolm suggests that Lady Macbeth dies of what?
Malcolm suggests that she died of suicide.
(Not needed for credit: he says, "his fiendlike queen, / Who, as ’tis thought, by self and violent hands / Took off her life;")
This man announces the death of King Duncan.
Who is Macduff?
This person says, “He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows / The fits o’ th’ season”?
Who is Ross?