Something
Wicked
A Political
Nightmare
Ladies and Gentlemen
Where In
The World?
The Tragedy
Of It All!
100

This prophecy represents the hope for Scotland's future.

What is the crowned child holding a tree?

100

This concept protects Kings from judgement and punishment. 

What is the Divine Right of Kings?

100

This man acts as a character foil for our main hero.

Who is Banquo?

100
This is where the play largely takes place.

Where is Scotland?

100

This is Macbeth's "Tragic Flaw".

What is Ambition?

200

This literary device is what prophecies are a good example of.

What is foreshadowing?

200

This direct quote explains the real relationship between Macbeth and his "loyal" followers. Provide Act, Scene, and Line numbers.

What is: 

"Those he commands move only in command, / Nothing in love" (A5S2Lines22-23) ?

"And none serve with him but constrained things, / Whose hearts are absent too" (A5S4Lines17-18) ?

200
This is the definition of "Tyrant" given in the annotations in Act III Scene VI.

What is "usurper and bloodthirsty king"?

200

This physical landscape plays a part in the battle at Dunsinane Hill.

What is Birnam Wood?

200

This is one explanation for why Lady Macbeth would end her own life.

What is because she was overwhelmed with guilt?

What is because she was not in her right mind, perhaps hallucinating, as Macbeth had been before her?

300

These are reasons for why Hecate was angry with the witches in Act III Scene V.

What is because they did not involve her in their plans and because they have behaved chaotically?

300

Malcolm describes himself in this negative way when testing Macduff's loyalty. Provide a direct quote with Act and Scene numbers.

What is Act Four Scene Three?

300

These characters speak in Prose for specific reasons. (300 points for two correct names and full explanations WITH ACT AND SCENE NUMBERS)

Who are:

The Porter because of his social status and role as comedic relief (A2S3)

The Old Man because of his social status and lack of education (A2S4)

The Doctor because of his doubt in the situation (A5S1)

The Gentlewoman because of her social status (A5S1)

Lady Macbeth because of her mental state (A5S1)

300

These are examples of unnatural disturbances in the setting of the play.

What are: horses eating each other, no sunrise, screams and shrieks, owls hunting hawks, storms?

300

Macbeth responds with this quote when he learns of his wife's apparent suicide. This quote tells us what about Macbeth's mental state?

What is "She should have died hereafter"? Macbeth is upset, but numb and unable to process his true feelings beyond despair and hopelessness.

400

This situational irony in Act 3 Scene 3 shows how Macbeth's actions affect his fate as he tries to avoid the prophecy.

What is the fact that Macbeth sends three murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance and the plan still fails? This inspires the hallucination of Banquo's ghost and Macbeth's desperate interaction with the witches in Act 4 Scene 1.

400

These three words describe the true heir to a throne.

What are: Named, Chosen, Blood heir?

400

These are explanations for why Lady Macduff is included in the play.

What are to emphasize the human cost of Macbeth’s ambition and to highlight the unnaturalness of Lady Macbeth’s actions earlier in the play?

400

This direct quote from Act One reveals much about the creepy, gloomy, mysterious tone of the play to come.

Best answer wins.
400

A Shakespearean Tragedy must include this crucial element.

What is the fact that the tragic events must deeply impact characters AND the world in general?

500

These three points explain Macbeth's hallucinations in the play.

What are inner turmoil, supernatural influence and they are metaphorical?

500

This object present in one prophecy clearly connects Shakespeare's play with current events in Shakespeare's England. (name the object, explain the prophecy, and connect it to Shakespeare's England).

What is the mirror from Act Four Scene One? The prophecy shows a line of eight kings resembling Banquo but the mirror implies that King James I would have seen himself as a reference to his kingship and lineage.

500

This stage direction helps readers understand that a character is speaking truth. (write it properly!)

What is: [Aside] ?

500

Reasons why Duncan's murder inspires unnatural disturbances.

What are: Duncan was chosen by God, Duncan was a good/moral king, and murder is always unnatural?

500

This is the definition of Hubris as understood in "Macbeth".

What is the deadly pride that is often the driving force of a tragic hero?