Background
What is the play's setting? (Time & Place within 100 years)
Scotland 11th Century
What rhythm did Shakespeare most often use?
Iambic
What prophesy do the witches give to Banquo?
He will never be king but his sons will.
What does Lady Macbeth do to prevent the guards from stopping Macbeth?
She gets them so drunk that they pass out.
"What are these, So withered, and so wild in their attire, That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ Earth And yet are on ’t?... You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so."
Banquo
This character is cunning, manipulative, and power-hungry.
Lady Macbeth
What meter did Shakespeare most often use?
Pentameter
What happens to the thane of Cawdor before Macbeth?
He is executed for treason. He betrayed Duncan by working with the enemy Scotland was battling.
What does Lady Macbeth want Macbeth to do after he kills Duncan?
"We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon."
Macbeth
"Thane" means.....
A lord
What is the difference between prose and verse?
Prose is ordinary writing that doesn't have a set rhythm or meter. Verse had a distinct pattern and is used in poetry.
What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, "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"?
She is hoping to be filled with violent thoughts and feelings and suggests that women are more sentimental or less capable of hurting others.
Who discovers Duncan has been murdered?
Macduff
" I have given suck, and know How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this."
What name is often used when referring to the three witches?
The Weird Sisters
What is an "aside""?
A comment that a character delivers that only one character or the audience can hear. Most of the other characters cannot hear it in a scene.
Why does Macbeth make the decision to go through with Duncan's murder?
He is pressured from his wife when she insults him as a man.
Why do Malcom and Donalbain flee?
They worry that because someone killed their fathers their lives are also in danger.
" I dreamt last night of the three Weïrd Sisters. To you they have showed some truth."
Banquo
This character is a foil to Macbeth
Macduff
What is one of the three reasons Shakespeare used the set rhythm and meter that he did?
1. Matches the rhythm of the heart to help convey intense emotion.
2. Naturally suited to the English language.
3. Made it easier for the actors to memorize.
Where do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth live? (Name of the home)
Inverness
What strange things take place after Duncan's death when Macbeth is crowned king?
Birds are acting strange and attacking each other. The sun has disappeared. Horses start lashing out and eating each other.
"O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee! Confusion now hath made his masterpiece. Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope The Lord’s anointed temple and stole thence The life o’ th’ building."
Macduff