Lady Macbeth
How does Lady Macbeth help kill Duncan?
What is: She gets the guards drunk and plants the daggers with blood on them.
What does Macbeth do to King Duncan's guards, the supposed murderers and why?
What is: He kills them in fury. He claims that in his great fury he killed them without thinking.
Who are Duncan's sons?
What is Malcolm and Donalbain
Which happened first:
Macbeth becomes King of Scotland OR
Macbeth orders Banquo to be murdered?
What is: Macbeth becomes King of Scotland.
What is the name of the place were Macbeth lives and what is the name of the place King Duncan lives?
What is: Inverness and Forres respectively.
What does Lady Macbeth do for a "quarter of an hour" as she sleep walks at night?
What is: she washes her hands.
In Act 1, What happens that causes Macbeth to question whether he will become king?
What is: Malcolm is named the heir and becomes the Prince of Cumberland.
Who says," Of all men else I have avoided thee,
But get thee back, my soul is too much charged
with the blood of thine already."
Who is Macbeth to Macduff
What is said that frightens Macbeth before he is killed by Macduff?
What is Macduff tells Macbeth that he was ripped from his mother's womb at an untimely moment.
Why does Lady Macbeth say she can't kill King Duncan?
What is: he looks like her father as he was sleeping.
What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo when Banquo said "he dreamt of the three weirs sisters"
What is" I think not of them.
What is the climax of the play and explain it.
What is Fleance escapes it is the first time Macbeth’s plans fail, proving his attempt to defy fate is futile. It ensures the witches' prophecy about Banquo’s line remains true, directly fueling Macbeth's paralyzing paranoia and triggering his downfall.
Who dies first:
Lady Macbeth OR
Lady Macduff
Who is: Lady Macduff
What purpose does Lady Macbeth's fainting serve (at the announcement of King Duncan's murder) 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.
Give at least two examples which show that Macbeth has a conscience.
What is: ( accept any reasonable answer)
1. He tells LM that they will no longer proceed with this business.
2. He hesitates before killing King Duncan
3. He lists reasons not to kill Duncan
4. He admits that ambition is his ONLY reason for killing him
5. He refuses to return to King Duncan's room.
6. He feels guilty right after
7. He is afraid he cannot pray
Who visits Lady Macduff before she is murdered and also gives Macduff the bad news about his family?
Who is Ross?
What happens first:
The witches make a nasty brew in their cauldron OR
Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost?
What is: Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost.
Name two ways that Macduff insults Macbeth which makes him angry.
What is: Macduff does not attend Macbeth's coronation; nor does he attend the banquet celebrating his kingship.
How does Lady Macbeth’s behavior and mental state change from the beginning of the play to the sleepwalking scene, and what does this reveal about her character?
What is: Answers will vary but must include that she was more ambitious than Macbeth and confident in their plan.Guilt consumes her and leads to her death.
Why is Macbeth a tragic play? In other words, what is the tragedy?
What is: Answers will vary slightly. The tragedy is that Macbeth had all tat he could want- the love if his king, the respect of the Scottish people, friends and the promise of continued reward. His greed and ambition allowed him to throw it all away based on some prophecies from equivocators whom he should not have trusted so easily.
Name the reasons that Malcolm says he would be a worse king than Macbeth.
What are: He possesses a very strong physical desire, and he is greedy and would take the land and jewels and valuables of others and he possesses none of the virtues that a good king should have such as justice, stableness, perseverance, mercy, etc.
Give two examples of the GCB or an indication of the interruption of the natural order of things.
What is: answers will vary-
1. The murder of King Duncan bypasses the divine right of kings to ascend the throne
2. There was a great earthquake and the earth shook.
3. It is very dark out, but it is daytime.
4. An owl kills a falcon
5. Duncan's well-behaved horses break out of their stalls and eat each other.
6. Banquo's murder