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Act I
Act II
100
This character commits murder at the insistences of his wife in order to become king of Scotland.
Who is Macbeth?
100
These characters set the events of the play in motion by predicting Macbeth's and Banquo's futures.
Who are the three witches?
100
“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”
Who is Macbeth?
100
Macbeth becomes the new thane of Cawdor for these two reasons.
What is success in battle and the treachery of the old thane?
100
Macbeth reacts this way immediately after the murder of Duncan.
What is panic/fear; forgets to plant daggers back on guards.
200
This character is a longtime friend of Macbeth's who is prophesied to be father to a line of kings.
Who is Banquo?
200
This character insists that Macbeth is too "full of the milk of human kindness" to kill the king.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
200
“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win.”
Who is Lady Macbeth?
200
The wounded sergeant at the beginning of Act I of the play serves this purpose.
What is introducing Macbeth as brave and heroic?
200
Macbeth provides these reasons for not wanting to kill the king.
What is a) he is his kinsmen; b) his host; and c) the king is a good man.
300
This character swears vengeance against Macbeth after the horrific murders of his wife and children.
Who is Macduff?
300
This character is the oldest son of the king; he later flees to England, and is suspected of his father's murder.
Who is Malcolm?
300
“Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised, and I fear Thou played’st most foully for ’t. Yet it was said It should not stand in thy posterity, But that myself should be the root and father Of many kings. If there come truth from them— As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine— Why, by the verities on thee made good, May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope?”
Who is Banquo?
300
Duncan views Macbeth as this.
What is a brave soldier to whom he owes gratitude?
300
Macbeth's soliloquy ("Is this a dagger which I see before me...") shows that he is this.
What is afraid of what he is about to do?
400
This king rewards Macbeth's deeds in battle with a promotion; Macbeth rewards his kindness with a brutal stabbing.
Who is Duncan?
400
This character, along with all of her children, die after Macbeth seeks to punish her husband, who is conspiring against him.
Who is Lady Macduff?
400
“I am yet Unknown to woman, never was forsworn, Scarcely have coveted what was mine own, At no time broke my faith, would not betray The devil to his fellow, and delight No less in truth than life. My first false speaking Was this upon myself. What I am truly, Is thine and my poor country’s to command.”
Who is Malcolm?
400
Duncan upsets Macbeth's hopes by announcing this.
What is that Malcolm will be the next king?
400
Donalbain and Malcolm are suspected in their father's murder because of this.
What is they run away, making them appear guilty?
500
This character drunkenly greets Macduff at the castle door, delivering an animated speech about the lingering effects of alcohol.
Who is the Porter?
500
This young boy is saved from an untimely death by his father, who orders him to run as he is being stabbed to death.
Who is Fleance?
500
“That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! If thou beest slain, and with no stroke of mine, My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with an unbattered edge I sheathe again undeeded.”
Who is Macduff?
500
The witches share these first predictions for Macbeth.
What is a) thane of Glamis, b) thane of Cawdord, and c) king of Scotland?
500
Lady Macbeth faints after learning of the king's death and the deaths of the guards for this reason.
What is a diversion from her husband?