Macbeth
What does Macbeth do to Duncan's "murderers" and why?
He kills them in a fury. He claims that in his great fury he killed them without thinking.
What does Lady Macbeth return to the sleeping "murderers"?
The bloody daggers that Macbeth used to kill Duncan with.
Who is Banquo's son that flees from death?
Fleance
The setting of the play
Scotland
At the beginning of the play, the witches prophesy that Macbeth will be a thane, Macbeth will be king, and....
Banquo's sons will be kings.
What title is given to Macbeth for bravery in killing MacDonwald?
The Thane of Cawdor.
How does Lady Macbeth react when she hears of King Duncan's death. How is the ironic?
She faints. It's ironic because she actually helped kill him.
He is the foil character of Macbeth
Banquo
The reason Macbeth kills Duncan
Ambition to be king
The three apparitions that appear before Macbeth in Act 4 are an armed head, a bloody child, and...
A Crowned child with a tree in his hand
What vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan?
He sees a dagger pointing toward Duncan's chamber.
How does Lady Macbeth die?
Suicide.
Who kills Macbeth?
Macduff
Who kills young Siward?
Macbeth
Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth?
Because he was born by Cesarean Section
"Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripped."
What does Macbeth see during the Banquet?
He sees the ghost of Banquo
What does Lady Macbeth do while she is sleepwalking?
Wash her hands. "Out damned spot"
She tells her son that his father is "dead."
Lady Macduff
Who is made king at the end of Macbeth?
How does Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane (Macbeth's Castle)
Malcolm orders each soldier to cut down a branch from a tree and march to Macbeth's Castle on Dunsinane Hill.
''Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him''
Why doesn't Macbeth put his armor on when he goes out to battle?
He knows he cannot be killed by "any man born of woman."
What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, "Unsex me here"?
She wants the spirits to take away her 'weakness' of being a woman and make her more masculine so that she can follow through with the murder.
Who are King Duncan's sons?
What is Malcolm and Donalbain
Who tells MacDuff that his his family was killed and how does he react?
Ross.
Macduff is devastated. He breaks down and seeks revenge on Macbeth for the rest of the play.
Who is queen of the witches?
Hecate