Lady Macbeth
Though Lady Macbeth never kills Duncan herself, her manipulation makes her partly responsible for this tragic event that creates chaos in Scotland
What is regicide?
What does Macbeth do to the supposed murderers and why?
What is He kills them in fury. He claims that in his great fury he killed them without thinking.
Duncan's sons
What is Malcolm and Donalbain
Setting of Macbeth
What is Scotland?
Macbeth is greeted by these 3 titles by the witches
What is They greet him as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and as future King.
Lady Macbeth's overwhelming desire for power and her determination to become queen suggest she is most guilty of this deadly sin.
What is greed?
This causes Macbeth to question becoming king
What is Malcolm becomes the Prince of Cumberland.
Macbeth hires murderers to kill this person because he fears a prophecy.
Who is Banquo?
Excessive pride, arrogance, or dangerous overconfidence
What is Hubris?
Macbeth hallucinates this object before killing Duncan.
What is The dagger
Lady Macbeth's reminded of her father
What is the reason why Lady Macbeth cannot kill Duncan herself?
The title is given to Macbeth for bravery in the battle
What is the Thane of Cawdor?
Manages to escape being murdered
Who is Fleance?
A fatal flaw or an error in judgment that leads to a protagonist's downfall
What is Hamartia?
This ghost appears only to Macbeth.
What is Banquo?
What symbolism does Lady Macbeth's fainting have and how is it ironic?
What is It gives the people the sense that she is completely shocked that the King has been murdered. It is ironic because she planned the entire thing.
Why does the King come to Macbeth's castle?
What is To be the new Thane of Cawdor's guest and to congratulate Macbeth over dinner.
This nobleman helps raise an army against Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
Disrupted by Duncan's murder
What is the natural order?
The Goddess of Witchcraft?
What is Hecate?
Lady Macbeth's advice to "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't" draws upon which biblical figure associated with temptation and evil.
What is the serpent in the Garden of Eden?
Why doesn't Macbeth put his armour on when he goes out to do battle?
What is He believes that he can't be killed by a man born of woman.
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow..." said by?
What is Macbeth?
Macbeth rules through this rather than loyalty and respect?
What is Tyranny?
The witches show Macbeth these three apparitions.
What are the Armed Head, Bloody Child, and Crowned Child?