Act I
What happens to the Thane of Cawdor and why?
He is executed for being a traitor
What does Macbeth forget to do when murdering Duncan?
Leave the daggers and smear the guards with blood.
What did Macbeth see at the banquet table?
Banquo's ghost.
When a character speaks to the audience without the other characters hearing them.
An aside or soliloquy
"If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir."
Macbeth.
What do the witches predict for Macbeth and Banquo? (3 total prophecies)
What is Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland and Banquo's descendants will be King.
What is Macbeth's lie to Banquo about the witches?
He never thinks of them.
How Does Macbeth plan to kill Banquo and Fleance? Is it successful?
Hire two murderers who kill Banquo, but Fleance gets away
Macbeth is an example of this type of hero.
A Tragic Hero.
"What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won."
King Duncan
This is Lady Macbeth's plan for King Duncan.
Drug the guards (or get the guards drunk so they pass out), so Macbeth can kill the king while he sleeps.
What excuse did Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?
He looked like her father.
How does Lady Macbeth explain Macbeth's behavior at the banquet?
He has had these fits since he was a child
In all of Shakespeare's plays, he generally writes each line of verse using this meter; with five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable following by one stressed syllable.
Iambic pentameter.
"I fear / Thou played’st most foully for ‘t"
Banquo
The statement "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair" is what technique?
Paradox
Macbeth sees a real or imagined one of these in front of him.
A dagger.
Who is brave enough to speak out against Macbeth?
Macduff.
When King Duncan pays a visit Macbeth, he is unaware that Macbeth is plotting to kill him, which is an example of this form of literary irony.
Dramatic irony.
“Gentle my lord, sleek o’er your rugged looks; / Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight.”
Lady Macbeth
This character tells Macbeth:
"Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under't."
Lady Macbeth?
Who discovered Duncan was dead?
Macduff.
Hecate (the highest witch) wants the other witches to do this.
Fool Macbeth with false hope and overconfidence
Which is the correct spelling: soliloquey, soliloquy, solliloquy, sollioquey.
Soliloquy.
“…all you have done/Hath been but for a wayward son,/Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do,/Loves for his own ends, not for you.”
Hecate