Act I
They are the sons of King Duncan.
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain?
Everyone is staying the night here, in celebration of Macbeth's new title as well as Malcolm's.
Where is Macbeth's castle?
Macbeth calls the bear this.
What is the "chief guest"?
The three witches are creating this. They are making this upon the demand of Hecate.
What is a poisonous potion?
A continuous action that Lady Macbeth does when lying in bed, as observed by the doctor and gentlewoman.
What is rubbing her hands, in a motion similar to washing them?
Known for traveling to different battlefields and fighting the enemy. They were also responsible for killing a traitor who had turned on Scotland. In the play, a sergeant credits one of them with killing Macdawnwald, the traitor, by saying “ he unseam’d him from the nave to the chaps” (Shakespeare, Macbeth 1.2.24).
Who are Macbeth and Banquo?
Malcolm leaves Scotland and flees there.
Where is England?
A witch who appears to be superior in ranking and abilities to the three witches that the reader has seen earlier in the play.
Who is Hecate?
Ross brings this to Macduff.
What is the news that all of Macduff's family staying at his castle was murdered and that Macduff was supposed to be dead along with his family?
Lady Macbeth mentions these three people in Act 5 scene 1.
Who are Lady Macduff, the Thane of Fife, and Banquo?
Appointed the Prince of Cumberland.
Who is Malcolm, King Duncans oldest son.
He is the first person to see Duncan murdered in the morning. He arrived at Macbeth's castle in the early morning so that he could help Duncan travel from Macbeth's home to somewhere else.
Who is Macduff?
Macbeth does this to show that there are also many types of men.
What is Macbeth draws attention to the fact that there are many types of dogs, ones who are fierce, weak, strong, and gentle?
He makes a point to his mother about traitors and honest men.
Who is Sarrah, Macduff's son?
Lady Macduff explains to her son that traitors who lie and swear deserve to be hung. When her son asks who would be responsible for hanging them, she responds with the honest men. Sirrah says that no one would know if the “honest” men are truly honest or not, and therefore would be able to manipulate others.
Angus says this about Macbeth's army.
What is that the men fighting for Macbeth do so only because they are commanded to and not because they have faith, trust, or admiration for Macbeth?
Credited to be a noble, honorable, and appreciative King.
Who is King Duncan?
Porter says that these three things come with being drunk. Porter is included in the play for comic relief.
What are sleep, urine, and nose-painting?
This changed between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
What is their relationship?
At the beginning of the play, the two work together to get things done. They both equally played a part in murdering Duncan. When Macbeth is planning on killing Banquo, he does not give Lady Macbeth any details and no longer sees her as a partner.
Macbeth is upset by this, which is unveiled to him by the three apparitions.
What are the three apparitions that show Macbeth eight different kings who will eventually be on the throne, all of which are of Banquo's bloodline?
At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is seen as a noble war hero, at the end of the book he is described as "a dwarfish thief" this shows what part of literature.
What is character development?
Macbeth has developed from a noble and good man into an unjust murderer.
Macbeth will be unable to do what needs to be done to become king as soon as possible.
What is Lady Macbeth's concern after learning that Macbeth was named Thane of Cawdor and the prophecies he received from the three witches?
Lady Macbeth does this upon seeing King Duncans murder scene.
What is faint?
She says “You lack the season of all natures, sleep”(Shakespeare, Macbeth 3.4.170).
Who is Lady Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth says this to Macbeth after Macbeth hallucinates and embarrasses Lady Macbeth when they have company over.
Macduff says this in response to Malcolm telling him to take the death of his family as a man.
What is that he would not be a man if he did not grieve and feel the deaths of the people he loved the most?
How Macbeth justifies not moving his troops.
What are the messages that the three Apparitions brought to Macbeth?
That no man born to a woman would be able to harm Macbeth and that unless the trees of Birnham actually moved, Macbeth would not be defeated.