Characters
Who is Fleance?
Banquo's son who escapes
What was the Gunpowder Plot?
The attempted regicide against King James I
What is blood symbolic of?
Guilt
What does Macbeth see when he decides to kill Duncan?
A dagger
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in which country?
Tanzania
Who is Donalbain?
The younger son of King Duncan
What was the role of women at the time this was written?
-subservient, quiet and homebound
-'owned' first by father, then husband once married
-not able to own property
-could not vote until 1918
-main ambitions confined to marriage, childbirth and home-making
How would you talk about structure, form and language?
Form: tragedy -- type of work
Structure: order of events / passage of time
Language: repetition, specific word choice or symbols
1. Who plans Duncan's murder?
2. Who commits Duncan's murder?
3. Who finds Duncan after he was murdered?
1. Lady Macbeth
2. Macbeth
3. Macduff
Which animal has fingerprints almost identical to ours?
Koala
What is the difference between Macduff and Malcolm?
Macduff is the Scottish Thane of Fife who is loyal to King Duncan while Malcolm is the heir to the throne being Duncan's eldest son
Why is the supernatural significant in regards to context?
- at this time unexplainable events blamed as the work of witches
-Shakespeare presents his witches as a powerful and evil representation of the Devil.
- King James I was convinced there was a supernatural plot against him, and became paranoid about his mortality, thus accusing 300 witches of plotting his murder.
What is one potential theme Shakespeare tries to make?
What is the significance of the "tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow" soliloquy?
shows the absolute collapse of his morale
shows he believes life is meaningless
the speech marks his final psychological descent from ambitious tyrant to a broken man
Why were chainsaws originally invented?
To assist with childbirth
Name two people Macbeth actually killed himself
The traitor in battle at the beginning
King Duncan
Duncan's two chamberlains (guards)
the young soldier Young Siward
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
-the power of monarchs was given directly by God
-monarchs were answerable only to God
-monarch seen as God's representative on Earth
-crimes against the monarch = crimes against God
What is foreshadowing and what is an example of foreshadowing in the play?
This technique occurs in a literary text when the author or playwright gives clues and hints about what is to come in the plot.
For example, the bloody battle in Act I foreshadows the brutal murders that are to come.
What were the three apparitions and how they actually appear?
1. Head --> Macbeth's head at the end
2. Blood child--> Macduff did not come from a woman
3. Prince with the tree --> Macduff and his army used the branches to approach
Which country has the most pyramids?
Sudan
What do the murderers represent in this play?
the decay of Macbeth’s humanity
shows his inability to face the consequences of his actions directly and showing the shift from noble soldier to a desperate, soulless murderer.
What is the great chain of being?
hierarchical system with all species linked in a chain, and each species held a permanent place with no concept of extinction or evolution. God, angels, humans, animals, plants, minerals.
What is dramatic irony?
What is an example of dramatic irony in the play?
A literary technique used when the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to that character.
For example, in Act I, Scene VII before Duncan's murder the audience is aware of what is about to happen but the characters on stage are not. This knowledge would have the audience on the edge of their seats, waiting for Macbeth to kill Duncan.
Who is fighting in the battle in the beginning of the play vs the end?
Beginning: Scotland vs Norway
Ending: Scotland vs England
Which letter does not appear in any American state name?
Q