Macbeth Review

Characters

100

______ is the Prince of Cumberland

Malcolm

200

______ is the Thane of Fife

Macduff

300

______ is the father of many kings to be

Banquo

400

______ summons spirits to confuse Macbeth

Hecate

500

______ is the English general who supports the Scottish rebels.

Siward

Literary Terms

100

"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood?"

Allusion

200

Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?

Personification

300

"Fair is foul and foul is fair."

paradox

400

"Fathered he is, and yet he's fatherless."

Paradox

500

"Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee."

apostrophe

Quotes

100

What is the main idea behind Lady Macbeth's quote: "Yet I do fear they nature. It is too full of the milk of human kindness."

MB is a wimpy baby man

200

What is the context of the quote: "But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound into saucy doubts and fears."

MB learned of Fleance's escape and freaks out.

300

Explain the thematic significance of the quote: "O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!"

MB feeling mad guilty

400

Explain the meaning of the quote: "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!"

LMB wants to be cruel and evil (stereotypically masculine)

500

Explain the meaning behind the quote: "My strange and self abuse is the initiate fear that wants hard use. We are but young in deed."

Macbeth is sensitive because he is still bad at being bad -- with practice he won't feel guilty

Misc

100

Which prophecy was the only one not to be fulfilled?

Banquo's sons becoming king.

200

In what year did Shakespeare write?

1600

300

Name the SEVEN prophecies told by the witches throughout the play.

1. Macbeth Thane of Glamis

2. Macbeth Thane of Cawdor

3. Macbeth King

4. BQ sons become king

5. Beware Macduff

6. No one born of woman will harm.

7. Cannot be harmed until the forest moves.

400

What is Mr. Hundley's favorite flavor of ice cream?

depends on the day

500

What is Mr. Hundley's favorite Pokémon?

Bulbasaur 

Act 5

100

What is the symbolism of the "damned spot"?

Lady Macbeth's guilt that cannot be washed away

200

When does Macbeth accept his defeat?

When Macduff reveals he was ripped from the womb.

300

How does Lady Macbeth die?

Suicide

400

Explain the metaphor "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is head no more."

Life is short and meaningless

500

Why does Macduff declare that he must kill Macbeth?

To avenge his family's death and stop them from haunting him.