Characters
The ambitious Scottish general who becomes king of Scotland
Macbeth
Duncan’s murder occurs offstage during this specific time of night
What is shortly after midnight?
Whose descendants will be a long line of king
Who is Banquo
The central theme of the play
What is the corrupting power of unchecked ambition?
Macbeth’s tragic flaw
What is ambition?
Macbeth’s ruthless wife who pushes him to murder Duncan
Lady Macbeth
The reason Macbeth refuses to return the daggers to Duncan’s chamber
What is that he cannot bear to look at what he has done?
The title the witches predict Macbeth will receive first
What is Thane of Cawdor?
Where Donalbain and Malcolm flee
Where are Ireland and England
How Banquo responds differently to the witches’ prophecies
What is that he refuses to act on them?
The loyal friend Macbeth arranges to have killed
Lady Macbeth dies by this implied cause
What is suicide
The prophecy that is technically true but strategically deceptive
What is “none of woman born shall harm Macbeth”?
A real-life event that made those in Shakespeare's time worried about political violence.
What is The Gunpowder Plot
Macbeth’s punishment (condition) for his moral crimes
What is insomnia
The king of Scotland murdered while sleeping in Macbeth’s castle
Duncan
The ghost that haunts Macbeth at a royal banquet
Who is Banquo’s ghost?
Shakespeare ultimately suggests fate does this to human action
What is it influences but does not determine it?
Alleged descendant of historical man Banquo
Who is King James
The reason that the murderers agree to kill Banquo
What is it that Macbeth says Banquo is the man who has made their lives worse (poor, hungry, jobless)
The Scottish noble who ultimately defeats Macbeth
Macduff
The event that fulfills the prophecy about Birnam Wood
What is Malcolm’s army using branches as camouflage?
The role the witches play in Macbeth’s choices
What is catalysts rather than controllers?
How Shakespeare presents the relationship between fate and free will
What is that fate suggests possibilities, but humans choose actions?
The moment Lady Macbeth loses control over Macbeth
What is when he arranges Banquo’s murder without telling her?