Characters Of Macbeth
This Scottish general is the title character of the play.
Who is Macbeth?
Macbeth receives a prophecy from these mysterious figures.
Who are the Three Witches (or Weird Sisters)?
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?” is spoken before this event.
What is the murder of King Duncan?
Macbeth was written by this playwright.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This character escapes Macbeth’s murderers and later helps lead the fight against him.
Who is Fleance
She persuades Macbeth to murder Duncan and later goes mad with guilt.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
This king is murdered by Macbeth while staying as a guest in his castle.
Who is King Duncan?
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” is chanted by these characters.
Who are the Three Witches?
The real King Macbeth ruled in this country.
What is Scotland?
This symbol appears before Macbeth murders Duncan, showing his descent into madness.
What is a bloody dagger
He is Macbeth’s best friend, whom Macbeth has murdered.
Who is Banquo?
Lady Macbeth famously says this line while trying to wash imaginary blood from her hands.
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”?
“Out, out, brief candle!” is part of this character’s famous soliloquy.
Who is Macbeth?
Shakespeare likely wrote Macbeth to flatter this reigning monarch.
Who is King James I?
Macbeth orders the murder of this entire family, showing how ruthless he’s become.
Who are Macduff’s wife and children?
This character’s family is murdered after he flees to England.
Who is Macduff?
This forest is said to "move" in the witches’ prophecy.
What is Birnam Wood?
This character says, “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under.”
Who is Lady Macbeth?
King James claimed descent from this character in the play.
Who is Banquo?
In Act IV, Macbeth receives this many apparitions from the witches.
What is three?
He is the rightful heir to the throne and flees to England after his father’s murder.
Who is Malcolm?
Macbeth is ultimately killed by this man, who was "from his mother’s womb untimely ripped."
Who is Macduff?
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” is a soliloquy reflecting on this theme.
What is the meaningless or futility of life?
The play reflects King James’s fascination with this dark subject.
What is witchcraft or the supernatural?
This king is shown in a vision as the ancestor of a line of kings, fulfilling the witches’ prophecy to Banquo.
Who is King James I?