| Two reasons the play MacBeth began with witches | 1. Shakespeare thought that it would draw the attention of the people2. King James was a superstitious Christian and it would make him come see the play and make it successful |
| 2 Themes of the play | Ambition and Fear |
| What are MacBeth’s two titles | Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor |
| What does the bleeding captain tell the King? | That the king of Norway wanted to invade Scotland and take over |
| Who is the first to tell MacBeth about his fame | Ross |
| What witch gives the prediction of MacBeth becomming king? | The 3rd witch |
| Who was the second person to tell MacBeth he will be kind? | Banquo |
| What is MacBeth a strong believer of?` | fate |
| who is to be named kind? | Malcom the king’s eldest son |
| what is Inverness | MacBeth’s castle |
| between lady macbeth and macbeth who is the most ambitious of the two? | lady macbeth |
| In scene 5 of Act 1 what is lady macbeth doing? | reading the letter macbeth sent her stating that he will not be king; she begins to plan something evil |
| what does macbeth’s castle symbolize | deception, trechery, evil |
| Who can lady macbeth and macbeth resemble? | Adam and Eve; because Lady macbeth tempts macbeth |
| What are 3 things that symbolized divine dissapproval? | 1. owl screeching2. Lennox sayinh “This is an unruling night”3. MacBeth not being able to say amen |
| Why can’t Lady MacBeth kill Duncan? | because he looked like her father |
| what happens after the murder of duncan? | complete chaos occurs |
| Who is the first to discover the murder | MacDuff |
| who is the first to be suspicious | Banquo |
| Who describes the murder scene? | Lennox? |
| Why does Lady MacBeth faint when the murder scene is described? | so that sucipicion won’t fall on her |
| what does lady macbeth fainting symbolize | that she isn’t as strong as she was |
| Who says that they cannot trust anyone? | Banquo |
| Who says that ‘They’re daggers in the smiles of men?’ | Donalbain |
| Who does Macduff think is responsible for the death of Duncan? | Duncan’s Sons because they fled the castle |
| what is Colmekill? | the ancient burrial place of Scottish Kings in the Island Iona founded by St. Colme |
| Where did they bury Duncan’s body? | in Colmekill |
| What was MacBeth’s mistake in the muderer of Duncan? | bringing the dagger with him |
| What was Lady MacBeth’s solution to absolve themselves from the murder? | To wash their hands |
| why would shakespeare have humourous scenes in MacBeth? | to give the audience a break from the tragedy and to foreshadow another one |
| What act is the climax of the play? | Act 3 |
| wht does scene 2 of act 3 bring? | it brings Macbeth’s downfall |
| After the murder of Duncan who is the stronger of the two b etween macbeth and lady macbeth | MacBeth |
| What does guilt cause macbeth? | it causees him to go mad and to fall physically from grace |
| what does guilt cause Lady Macbeth to do? | fall from grace emotionally, become mad, sleep walk and talk and finally commit suicide |
| How many murderers were involved in the murder of banquo | 3 |
| How was Banquo murdered? | they slashed his throat and bashed his head 20 times |
| .Who sees the ghost of b anquo and what does it symbolize? | MacBeth is the only one who sees it and it brings him madness; represents guilt |
| what does lady macbeth say as an excuse for macbet’s strange behavior | She blames his lack of sleep |
| who is hectate? Why is this character angered? | She is the main witch and is angered because the other witches gave a prediction and was not informed about it |
| Who tells Lennox and the Lords that MacBeth is not who he says to be? | Fleance |
| How does Shakespear incorporate real history in the play? | in the play they asked king Edward of England to help dethrone macbeth |
| What happens in Act IV? | MacBeth’s decline is in full swing and everyone is finding out what he did |
| What do the 2nd and 3rd witch do in Act IV? | they are making a potion to tell macbeth what is going on |
| What do the witches tell macbeth in Act IV | That a man who was not born of a woman would bring Macbeth’s end |
| What does MacBeth do to keep his throne? | He kills MacDuff’s wife and children |
| what are the 2 important lines in Act IV | “Double, Double toil and trouble””something wicked this way comes” |
| What does the number 3 symbolize? | evil |
| What do the witches call macbeth | They tell him he is evil |
| What is the first apparition and what does it symbolize | A heaf with a helmet and it symbolizes MacDuff who will defeat MacBeth |
| Describe the second apparition | a bloody child symbolizing the birth of MacDuff |
| Describe the 3rd apparition | a glass and a tree symbolzing Malcom being crowned as king |
| What does Lennox tell macbeth? | he tells macbeth that macduff went to england; he is his right had now |
| What did macbeth do to anyone connected to MacDuff | they were to be slaughtered |
| What does the humorous scene between Lady MacDuff and her son foreshawdow? | tragedy |
| HOw many men are sent from england to help macduff and malcom overthrow macbeth | 10,000 men |
| How does Ross break the news to macduff about the murder of his family? | frst he lies telling macduff that everything is ok then after hearing that england will send 10,000 men he tells macduff the truth |
| How do Ross and Malcom intend to use the murder of macduff’s family in a strategic way | thye use it to channel ,acduffs anger and grief to rigorously overthrow macbeth |
| What symptoms does lady macbeth have and who is the only one who knows | She suffers from a mental breakkdown. sleepwalks mumbles trying to confess what she has done and the only oe who sees it is the Gentle woman Lady macbeth also suffers from depression paranoia and mood swings |
| Why is macBeth not worried abou tthe 10,000 men? | he is not worried because the witches told him that no man of natural birth can defeat him |
| how does macbeth put lady macbeth as an afterthought? | When lady macbeth committs suicide he doesnt really care and continues on his way to fight |
| How do we know that the castle was surrounded in the last scene of the play? | the messenger macbeth sends out tells him that the woods aree moving but macbeth tells him he is crazy |
| Why cis MacDuff the only on e who can defeat macbeth | because macDuff was not “born of a woman” he was a c-section |
| What brings MacBeth’s downfall? | his hubris and him thinking no one can defeat him so he steps out of the castle |
| What scene are Macbeth’s last words uttered? | Scene 8 |
| How is MacBeth killed? | he is beheaded |
| Who is Malcom?? | The eldest son of Duncan |
| What is the message of the play? | Even the noblest and the most heroic of humans can fall into the depths of ruin |
| Soliloquy | when a character:thinks outloud is alone on stage and pretends the audience is not there |
| aside | a characters private comments; is only directed to the audience |
| What does a character usually do in an aside? | he or she moves his or her mouth to the side |
| what is the moral of the play? | Crime does not pay |
| how does shakesspeare use imagery in Macbeth? | darkness= evil and satan portayed in the witches night= all the violent scences taken place at night blood- all the murders and killings especially duncan’s murder |
| How long did macbeth rule? | 17 years |
| Why do macbeth and lady macbeth call upon ` darkness? | to hide their desires and their crime |
| Out of all of Shakespeares’s tragedies, macBeth is the | most morbid and darkest of all |
| Why is Lady MacBeth always carrying a candle after the murder of duncan? | because she can no lponger live in the dark(secrecy and guilt) na dmust face the “light” (reality) of their crime her only escape being suicide |
| How is the ambiguity of gender roles seen in macbeth? | MacBeth feels “unmanned” by his inablility to act decisively while his wife is constantly scorning his masculinity and LAdy MacBeht calls on the evil spirits to strip her of her “woman tendencys” it is inferred that she was calling on a gender role switch |
| Whatg is MacBeth’s fatal flaw? | his ambition |
| When does MacBeth become tragic | when he realizews thathe emtiness of his ambition, and there is no turning back he had to accept his fate and move foward towards his own destruction |
MacBeth
August 3, 2019