Lady Macbeth
What does Macbeth do to the supposed murderers of King Duncan and why?
What is He kills them in fury. He claims that in his great fury he killed them without thinking.
Which happened first:
Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor OR
King Duncan visits Macbeth at his castle
What is: Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor
What are the two ways that Macduff insults Macbeth and makes him angry?
What is: Macduff skips Macbeth's coronation and he avoids the celebratory banquet.
How do we know that initially Lady Macbeth has more ambition and greed than Macbeth?
What is: She insists they kill King Duncan right away and when Macbeth says he "will proceed no further in this business" she berates him until he agrees to the plan and the murder.
Name one thing that shows that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship has changed and he is taking charge.
What is: he doesn't tell Lady Macbeth about this plan to murder Banquo. He leaves her in the dark.
Who is the Porter and what is ironic about his role playing as he goes to open the gate?
What is: He is the gate keeper of Macbeth's castle and it is ironic that he is pretending that he is guarding the gates to hell when Macbeth's castle has become very hell-like.
Which happened first:
Lady Macbeth dies OR
Lady Macduff dies
What is: Lady Macduff dies
What are the witches prophecies for Banquo. Name two of the three.
What is:
Lesser than Macbeth but greater, happier than Macbeth but not so happy, and he will be a father to a line of kings but will be none.
What big mistake does Macbeth make in preparing for battle, that shows he is not thinking clearly and does not value his life any longer, despite the fact that he was told not to do this thing?
What is: He puts on his armor too early.
What event is the climax of the play and explain it.
What is: Fleance escapes and Macbeth's fortunes reverse. He cannot control the consequences of his actions and the witches prophecy will continue to come true. This triggers his paranoia and emotional undoing.
Which happens first:
Macbeth murders sleep OR
Lady Macbeth starts sleepwalking
What is: Macbeth murders sleep
What symbolism does Lady Macbeth's fainting have (at the announcement of King Duncan's death) 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.
What is the cause of Macbeth's feeling of invincibility, the feeling that he cannot die
What are: the apparitions that come from the witches.
Who visits Lady Macduff right before her murder and also gives Macduff the bad news about his family?
Who is: Ross.
Which happened first:
Malcolm and Macduff meet in England and pan an invasion of Scotland OR
Macduff reveals that he was delievered by casearean seciton and thus "not of woman born"
What is: Malcolm and Macduff meet in England and plan to invade Scotland
Give any examples of the GCB or events that show the interruption of the natural order of things.
Macbeth murders King Duncan interrupting the divine order of kings, there is a great earthquake and the earth shook, it is very dark out even though it is daylight, an owl killed a falcon, and Duncan's well behaved horses broke out of their stalls and ate each other.
What does Macbeth say after hearing of Lady Macbeth's suicide?
What is: "She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow..." Out, Out brief candle, Life's but a walking shadow..." etc.
What is the tragedy of Macbeth? Explain it.
What is: he had everything a man could want, the favor of his king, the appreciation of the people of Scotland, friends, and the promise of continued reward and he threw it all away by listening to witches whom he should not have believed so easily.
Who says this to whom?
"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 right before they fight and Macduff kills him.
Which happens first:
The witches make a brew of gross things in their cauldron or Banquo's ghost shows up at the banquet?
What is: Banquo's ghost shows up at the banquet.
What are the reasons that Malcolm says he would be a worse king than Macbeth?
What is: answers may vary a little bit.
He says he possesses great desire that would be hard to fill up, he says he is greedy and would take the land, jewels and valuables of others and that he possesses none of the virtues of a good king such as temperance, mercy, perseverance, justice, etc.