Witches
What purpose do the witches serve in the play?
catalysts for ambition & agents of chaos
Why did Macbeth kill Banquo?
To make sure his future children aren't king.
What are Lady Macbeth's symptoms in Act 5?
Sleepwalking & hallucinations.
What country does the play primarily take place in?
Scotland
An outward manifestation of Macbeth's guilt and paranoia.
In Act 1, the witches prophase who will be king?
Macbeth
What sign lets the reader's know that Macbeth is starting to lose his sanity?
He hallucinates a dagger after killing King Duncan
Why does Lady Macbeth not want to kill King Duncan?
He resembles her father
Who wrote the play "Macbeth"?
William Shakespeare
What happens to Macduff's family? Why?
Macbeth orders for them to be murdered because of the witches prophecy.
In Act 1, the witches prophase whose children will be future kings?
Banquo
Macbeth says what happens to sleep when he kills King Duncan?
he "murdered sleep" and he will sleep no more
What does Lady Macbeth ask the spirits to eliminate from her?
Her feminine qualities
What type of play is "Macbeth?"
A tragedy
How does Macbeth react to Lady Macbeth's death?
unshocked, existential exhaustion, she "would have died eventually"
How does the prophecy or Birnam Wood moving to Dunsinane come true?
The soldiers take branches from the woods and carry it with them to Dunsinane to hide the size of their army.
What did Macbeth do in reaction to hearing Macduff is a threat?
He ordered for everyone at his castle to be slaughtered (he wasn't there so wife, child, and servants were slaughtered).
How is Lady Macbeth at fault for Macbeth's tyranny?
She pressures him and tells him he is "manly" if he doesn't kill King Duncan and secure the crown.
What is the purpose of the Porter in Scene 3?
He acts as the comic relief in the play
When does the news about how Macbeth slaughtered Macduff' entire castle reach him?
When Malcolm is testing Macduff's loyalty.
What was the loop hole to the "born of woman" prophecy the witches gave?
Macduff was born of a C-section
Who has Macbeth murdered? (hint; 7 people)
1. King Duncan
2-3. King's Guards
4. Young Siward
5. Banquo
6-7. Lady Macduff & her son
How does Lady Macbeth die in Act 5 ?
She unalives herself.
In the play, who is crowned King of Scotland when Macbeth dies?
Malcolm
How was Macbeth viewed in the beginning of Act 1?
a confident, noble, brave & loyal warrior/solider