Background
King who commissioned Shakespeare to write Macbeth
Who was King James?
The inciting incident/ introduction of the conflict
What is the witches' prophecies?
I sleep walk and try to wash blood from my hands.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
"Fair is foul and foul is fair"
Who are the witches?
"When the battle's lost and won"
What is a paradox?
Norwegian invaders in Act I, scene 2
Who were the Vikings?
The reason Lady Macbeth cannot murder Duncan herself
What is he resembled her father?
I came to the banquet as a ghost.
Who is Banquo?
"The Thane of Fife had a wife, where is she now?"
Lady Macbeth
A reflective speech made by a character alone on the stage
What is a soliloquy?
Catholic conspiracy to overthrow James I
What was the Gunpowder Plot?
The turning point of the play
What is the climax/ Fleance's escape?
I asked if my father was a traitor and a liar.
Who is Macduff Jr.?
"Who's there in the name of Beelzebub?"
Who is the Porter?
We know the Hecate is out to confuse and destroy Macbeth, but he does not.
What is dramatic irony?
Belief in a strictly ordered universe (hierarchy)
What was the Chain if Being?
When the climax usually occurs in a Shakespearean play (according to Freytag)?
What is Act III?
I added comic relief and compared myself to the gatekeeper of hell.
Who is the Porter?
"Thou hast it now... and I fear/ Thou playst most foully for it"
Who is Banquo?
"Life's but a walking shadow"
What is metaphor?
Historian whose chronicles served as inspiration for Macbeth
Who was Holinshed?
What becomes of Macbeth in the catastrophe of the play?
What is he is killed and beheaded by Macduff?
I was "from my mother's womb untimely ripped."
Who is Macduff?
"Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland/ In such an honor named."
Who is Malcolm?
Intentionally misleading language
What is equivocation?