Who's Who?
Morally ambiguous figures in the play.
The 3 witches.
"Your face, my thane, is as a book where men
May read strange matters."
Simile
"Yet, I do fear thy nature; is to full o' the milk of human kindness."
Lady Macbeth
Symbolizing guilt and the permanent stain of murder.
Blood
A character who defies gender roles.
Lady Macbeth
General and friend to Macbeth.
Banquo
"Knock, Knock, Knock."
Onomatopoeia
"Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires."
Macbeth
The loss of peace and the onset of madness.
Sleep
Macbeth sees this object before he murders Duncan.
A dagger
Duncan's eldest son and heir to the throne.
Malcolm
"Not so happy, but much happier."
Paradox
"Here’s a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key…But this place is too cold for hell."
Porter
Deception and appearing to be friendly.
Reality vs appearance
Banquo's prophesy.
His sons will be kings, but not him.
Thane of Fife and a loyal Scottish noble who suspects Macbeth's treachery.
Macduff
Duncan:
See, see, our honored hostess. The love
that follows us sometime is our trouble,
Which still we thank as love
Dramatic Irony
"The night has been unruly: where we lay, / Our chimneys were blown down, and, as they say, / Lamentings heard i’ the air, strange screams of death,"
Lennox
Representing disorder and chaos in the world.
Supernatural
Who discovers Duncan's body?
Macduff
The good, benevolent King of Scotland.
Duncan
"Let not light see my black and deep desires."
Personification
He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor —
Ross
A fatal flaw that leads to corruption.
Ambition
Why does Lady Macbeth say she couldn't murder Duncan herself?
He resembled her father.