Act I
What happens to the Thane of Cawdor and why?
He is executed for being a traitor
What is the signal to tell Macbeth the guards are drugged?
A ringing bell.
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.
"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)
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.
Drugging the guards (or getting 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 often 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.
Who said "Thou has it no king, Cawdor, Glamis, all. As the weird women promised, and I fear. Thou played'st most foully for 't."
Banquo.
The statement "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair" is what technique?
A paradox
Macbeth sees a real or imagined one of these in front of him.
A dagger.
Who is notably absent from the banquet?
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.
Give Macbeth false hope through security and overconfidence.
Macbeth's famous speech in Act 1, scene 7 "If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well / It were done quickly" is an example of which dramatic technique?
A 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.