Characters
The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne.
Banquo
The goddess of witchcraft who helps the witches work their mischief on Macbeth.
Hecate
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand?"
Macbeth (Act 2 Scene 2)
Who discovers Duncan's body?
Macduff
What is hubris?
exaggerated pride or self-confidence, arrogance
In Greek Drama hubris was considered a dangerous character flaw capable of provoking the wrath of the gods.
The character whose wife and young son are murdered on Macbeth's orders.
Macduff
Complete the line:
Double, double ________ _____ ________
toil and trouble
"That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold"
Lady Macbeth (Act 2 Scene 2)
Who does Macbeth see sitting in his chair during the banquet?
Banquo's ghost
Who said:
"This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,
Was once thought honest"
Malcolm
The son of Duncan, whose restoration to the throne signals Scotland’s return to order following Macbeth’s reign of terror.
Malcolm
Finish this quote:
By the pricking of my thumbs ...
something wicked this way comes.
"It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood"
Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 4)
What vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan?
He sees a floating dagger pointing him to Duncan’s chamber.
Complete Malcolm's closing lines of the play:
"So, thanks to all at once and to each one,
Whom we invite to see us crowned at ________"
Scone
One of King Duncan’s two sons and Malcolm’s younger brother.
Donalbain
In the witches' spell in Act 4 scene 1, what ingredient is mentioned in this line:
"Eye of _________ and toe of frog"
Newt
"‘tis strange.
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s
In deepest consequence."
Banquo (Act 1, Scene 3)
With whom are the Scots at war at the beginning of the play?
Norway
Who tells Macbeth that Lady Macbeth is dead?
Seyton
Banquo's son, who escapes Macbeth's attempt to murder him.
Fleance
Which female characters featured in both Norse and Greek mythology who weave the fabric of human lives, do the witches resemble?
The Fates
"Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee."
Macduff (Act 4, Scene 3)
In Act 4, Scene 1, what is the first apparition that the witches make appear before Macbeth?
"an armed Head"
(A head wearing a helmet)
Who said, "He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor"
Ross