Quotes
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day...Out, out, brief candle!..It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Macbeth
I am King Duncan's eldest son and the Prince of Cumberland. At the end of the play, I am crowned the rightful King of Scotland.
Malcolm
The character of the drunken porter in Macbeth is an example of this type of literary technique that Shakespeare used to relieve the dramatic tension.
Comic Relief
Shakespeare's wife was ________ _______________. This is also the name of a very famous actress who starred in The Princess Diaries.
Anne Hathaway
All of Shakespeare's plays are written in ______ acts.
FIVE.
"Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up th' access and passage to remorse..."
Lady Macbeth
I am King Duncan's second son and I escape to Ireland after my father's murder.
Donalbain
*You need BOTH answers for the points.
1. What is used to represent the guilt that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth feel within the play?
2. This literary device where objects, characters, colors, or actions are used to represent abstract ideas, themes, or deeper meanings beyond their literal definition is called ___________________.
Blood AND Symbolism.
Shakespeare wrote these three types of plays. You need all three to receive the points.
Act Three of Shakespeare's works will always be the _____________ of the play.
Climax or Turning Point
"Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst revenge!"
I am Banquo's son and I escape the three murderers. One of the prophesies implies that I and my children may some day be King of Scotland.
Fleance
"Fair is foul and foul is fair."
Paradox
Most of Shakespeare's works premiered at this playhouse where he was a 12.5% shareholder.
The Globe Theatre
Shakespeare wrote 154 of these love poems that were 14 lines of iambic pentameter.
Sonnets
"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust."
I am the goddess of witchcraft and chastise the three witches for meddling with Macbeth without my permission.
Hecate
TWO ANSWERS NEEDED:
"Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't"
This quote is an example of two literary techniques called _______ and _________ which both compare two unlike things but one is a direct comparison and the other uses "like or as".
Simile and Metaphor
I was King of England and Scotland when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606. I also would have considered myself a descendent of Banquo.
James I (of England) OR James VI (of Scotland).
These two numbers were superstitious to the Elizabethans and these superstitions are reflected in the witches and their scenes (you need both numbers for the points).
THREE and NINE
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
The Second Witch
I am a Child Crowned, with a tree in his hand and I tell Macbeth that he will not be vanquished until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.
The Third Apparition
TWO ANSWERS NEEDED:
"Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under 't"
The quote above explores which theme topic in Macbeth and together with your group write a theme statement about this topic (in other words, "what is Shakespeare's point about the theme topic?"
1. Appearance and Reality OR Deception
2. Answers will vary but the theme statement should explore the idea of hidden evil and how Shakespeare is exploring the idea of how there is evil in goodness and goodness in evil (Fair is foul and foul is fair)....More specific examples:
a. The relentless pursuit of power through deception leads to a loss of a person's moral compass and ultimate, inescapable ruin.
b. Appearances are unreliable and even the most trusted and loyal faces can harbor murderous "serpent" like intentions.
c. Many feel the necessity of concealing evil intentions behind a facade of innocence.
Other than Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, name FIVE of Shakespeare's other plays.
Answers will vary.
These are the three titles that Macbeth holds during the course of the play. You need all THREE for the points.
The Thane of Glamis
The Thane of Cawdor
King of Scotland