Who is Scotland at war with | Norway |
What does the wounded soldier come to tell Duncan? | Macbeth has defeated Macdonwald, the rebel, and despite the second attack from Norway, Macbeth and banquo are still fighting |
What does Ross say to the king? | The Thane of Cawdor is a traitor but Scotland won the battle- the king then decides to execute the Thane of Cawdor and give Macbeth his title. |
What do the three weird sisters prophesied to Macbeth and Banquo | That Macbeth will be thane of Cawdor and King, and that Banquo will beget Kings |
What happens after Macbeth and Banquo leave the weird sisters | Macbeth is named thane of Cawdor – Macbeth and banquo are confused and they agreed to speak later, but Macbeth begins to have thoughts of killing the king |
What does Duncan announce after the thane of Cawdor has been executed | That his throne will succeed to his son Malcolm, and he decides to visit Macbeth |
After Lady Macbeth reads a letter from Mac Beth about the three witches what does she do | She is worried that McBeth is too nice to kill Duncan, a messenger tells lady Macbeth that the King is coming tonight, she asks the evil spirits to make her cruel and fill her with evilness, McBeth enters and lady Macbeth makes it clear that they should kill Duncan and Mac Beth says they will talk later |
Why is Macbeth conflicted | He can’t decide whether to kill the king but he finally decides against it, he tells lady Macbeth but Lady McBeth convinces him to do it |
What is the lady Macbeth’s plan to kill Duncan | She says they will give Duncan’s chamberlains too much to drink and then they can kill Duncan and blame it on the chamberlains |
What do Banquo and his son talk about | Banquo is having terrible dreams about the witches prophecies |
What does mac Beth say when Banquo ask him about the three witches | He has not thought of them |
What happens after bingo and fleance leave | Macbeth imagines of bloody Jagger and when the bell rings McBeth goes to kill the King |
Why can’t lady McBeth kill Duncan | He reminds her of her father sleeping |
What happens after Macbeth kills Duncan | He has the daggers in his hands but cannot return to the crime scene Lady Macbeth returns for him and tells McBeth to wash the blood from his hands – there is a knocking at the castle |
Who is of the Castlegate and why do they come | Lennox And Macduff are there and they have come to wake the king |
What happens after Macduff go to wake The king | Macduff find Duncan dead and the castle is in an uproar Macduff wakes Malcolm and Donalbain and tells them |
What does Macbeth do after this | He kills the guards saying that he was overcome with rage over the loss of the King |
Where do Malcolm and Donalbain flee | Malcolm goes to England and Donalbain to Ireland |
Who does the suspicion of murder of the king fall upon | The two guards and also Malcolm and Donalbain because they have runaway |
What to do Ross and the old man talk about | How unnatural things are |
What does macduff say | He makes it clear that suspicion has fallen on Malcolm and Donalbain and we find out that McBeth is scheduled to be crowned king at scone- Macduff says he will skip it and go home |
When was William Shakespeare born and when did he die | April 23, 1564 – April 23, 1616 |
Who was his wife and kids | Anne Hathaway, Susanna, hamnet and Judith |
What did he do | Wrote many plays, acted in them, and managed a stage company – part owner of globe theater |
How is Macbeth historically accurate | A real king Mac Beth of Scotland ruled around 1040 – the play does not follow history |
What date did the Protestant Reformation began | October 31, 1517 |
When did the Protestant Reformation began in England | 1534 – Henry the eighth declared himself the head of the church in England |
What years did Elizabeth I become the queen of England | 15 58-1603 |
What happened to Priests in Shakespeare’s time | They were arrested, tortured, and put to death |
Name three pieces of evidence that Shakespeare is Catholic | One – his father was known as a recusant catholic he was fined, this was recordedTwo – there is evidence that most of the people of Stratford remained Catholic very quietly3-there is evidence that his plays show a Catholic view of the world |
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September 7, 2019