Characters
Quotes
Scenes
Conflict
Shakespeare
100
What is the name of Banquo's son? What happens to him?
Fleance. He escapes the murders.
100
Who said:
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!
Lady Macbeth
100
How does Macbeth react to the news of his wife's death?
He isn't sad because she would've died eventually. In fact, everyone lives just to die.
100
Why does Macbeth decide to trust the witches' prophecies?
Because they told him he'd be Thane of Cawdor before he discovers the news of his election.
100
What does the word 'tis mean?
it is
200
What are the names of Duncan's sons?
Malcolm & Donalbain
200
Who said this:
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time
Macbeth
200
Why does Banquo tell Macbeth not to trust what the witches say?
He believes they are telling Macbeth the truth to gain his trust so they can deceive him later on.
200
How does LM convince Macbeth to murder Duncan? Name 2 specific reasons
He's not man enough
He's a coward
He doesn't love her
He promised he would do it
200
What does the word "o'er" mean?
Over
300
What scene is this depicting?
Why is the woman angry? Why is the man distraught?
Macbeth after returning from killing Duncan.
LM is mad he brought the daggers back with him. Macbeth is distraught because he couldn't utter the words "Amen".
300
Who said this? And who is being spoken to?
“Avaunt and quit my sight; let the earth hide thee. Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold, Thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou dost glare with”
Macbeth
Banquo's Ghost
300
Why is Macbeth afraid of Banquo’s ghost?
2 possible answers:
1. Guilt over the murder of his best friend
2. Fear of Banquo's descendants taking the throne away from him.
300
What do both LM and Macbeth talk to before they commit murder?
The Night
300
What does the word "hath" mean?
Have
400
Who is the character in this scene? Who are the onlookers? What scene is this depicting?
Lady Macbeth
Doctor and Nurse
Sleepwalking
400
Who said this? And who is being spoken to?
Had I but died an hour before this chance,
I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant,
There's nothing serious in mortality.
All is but toys; renown
and grace is dead
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
400
Who is supposed to originally kill Duncan? Why aren’t they able to go through with doing so?
Lady Macbeth
Because Duncan reminder her of her father.
400
What part of the second prophecy does Macbeth ignore because he thinks it could never happen?
UNTIL Birnam Wood rise to Dunsinane Forest.
400
Normal English Sentence Structure:
Subject Verb Object (The boy ran up the hill)
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand?
Can the blood on my hands be washed by all the waters of the ocean?
500
Are LM & Mildred SIMILAR or DIFFERENT in the following quotes? How?
Lady Macbeth: "Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Out, damned spot! out, I say! What, will these hands ne'er be clean?"
Mildred: “Doors slammed and the house was empty. Montag stood alone in the winter weather, with the parlour walls the colour of dirty snow. In the bathroom, water ran. He heard Mildred shake the sleeping tablets into her hand.”
SIMILAR
Both are trying to get rid of their strong emotions. LM is guilt and Mildred is sorrow.
500
Who said this:
"All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?"
Macduff
500
Why does Lady Macbeth faint after Macbeth’s speech?
Because Macbeth has just revealed to everyone that he murdered Duncan in order to prove his love and manhood to his wife.
500
Name all the murders Macbeth both commits himself and indirectly causes in the play.
Duncan
The Guards
Banquo
Macduff's Whole Family
Siward
500
FINAL JEOPARDY:
Why is Macbeth a cursed play?
Shakespeare used real spells which angered a group of "real" witches who put a curse on the play