an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe. Shakespeare's Macbeth is one example.
What is a tragedy?
100
The King of Scotland murdered at the start of Macbeth.
Who is King Duncan?
100
The number of witches.
What is three?
100
This caused Macbeth to become overly ambitious.
What is the witches' prophesy?
100
When Hectate reprimanded the witches.
What is Act 3?
200
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
What is a soliloquy?
200
The man that was killed whilst riding with his son. (Hint: the son escaped)
Who is Banquo?
200
The style that the witches speak in.
What are rhymed couplets?
200
The first hallucination Macbeth had.
What is the floating dagger?
200
When King Duncan was murdered.
What is Act 2?
300
a decisive moment or a turning point in a story line at which the rising action turns around into a falling action.
What is climax?
300
The man beheaded at the end of the play.
Who is Macbeth?
300
The witches prophesied his descendants would rule.
Who is Banquo?
300
The second hallucination Macbeth had.
What is Banquo's ghost?
300
When Birnam Wood moved across the hills.
What is Act 5?
400
written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
What is prose?
400
His wife and children were killed while he was in England.
Who is Macduff?
400
The witches' "boss".
Who is Hectate?
400
He killed Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
400
When Lady Macbeth kills herself.
What is Act 5?
500
the secret weakness of character that brings about a hero's downfall
What is a tragic flaw?
500
The guilt of the deaths she caused made her sleepwalk and commit suicide.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
500
The number of visions/hints the witches and Hectate showed Macbeth before his battle.
What is three?
500
This trait was Macbeth's downfall.
What is ambition? (or) What is greed?
500
When the ill omens occur. (horses cannibalizing one another, etc.)