| Macbeth’s 3 titles (in order) | Thane of Glamis;Thane of Cawdor;King of Scotland |
| Main setting of play | Scotland |
| Location of Macbeth’s castle | Inverness |
| Shakespeare’s theater | The Globe |
| What is Duncan’s gift to Lady Macbeth? | A Ring |
| Where are kings crowned at? | Scone |
| What is the play written in? | Blank verse – unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Who are Thanes? | Scottish Noblemen |
| Where does Malcolm and Donalbain flee to? | Malcolm – England;Donalbain – Ireland |
| What are the instances of comic relief? | 1) the porter – he’s drunk and it is the night that Duncan is killed2) Macduff’s son talking with his mother – son tells mother that with the way she is talking it sounds like she already has someone waiting to marry if Macduff dies |
| Great Chain of being | Duncan’s Murder(downward spiral after Macbeth sees the dagger and kills Duncan) |
| What is Macduff’s title? | Thane of Fife |
| Who is Duncan’s successor to the throne? | Malcolm – Prince of Cumberland |
| Who do the murders kill? | They kill Banquo and Macduff’s family and Servants |
| Who kills Duncan | Macbeth |
| What upsets Macbeth at the banquet? | The Ghost of Banquo |
| What is the Major theme of the play? | Unrestrained ambition destroys |
| What is the turning point? | When Macbeth meets with the witches a second time |
| What is Banquo told by the witches? | He is told that his sons would be kings |
| What does Macduff discover? | That Duncan has been murdered |
| What does Macbeth thinks he sees? | He thinks he sees a dagger before his eyes |
| How does Duncan reward Macbeth? | With the title Thane of Cawdor |
| Who is the planner of Duncan’s murder? | Lady Macbeth |
| Who are the sons of Duncan? | Malcolm and Donalbain |
| Who reports Macbeth’s success in battle? | Ross |
| What does Ross report? | Macbeth’s success in battle |
| Who kills Macbeth? | Macduff |
| Who escapes from the Murders? | Fleance |
| Where is the beginning of the play set in | Macbeth’s Castle in Inverness |
| “Fair is foul and foul is fair:/ Hover through the fog and filthy air.” | Means that the witches cause moral standards to be completely reversed. |
| “Dismayed not this/Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo?”/ “Yes;/As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.” | Means that the assault disturbed Macbeth and Banquo no more than a hare would a lion or a sparrow would an eagle. |
| “He hath honored me of late, and I have bought/ Golden opinion from all sorts of people, / Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, / Not cast aside so soon.” | Means that Macbeth wanted to continue enjoying the honor and esteem he had honestly won. |
| “Thou marshall’st me the way that I was going :/ And such an instrument I was to use.” | Macbeth means the dagger was urging him to the action he was planning, suggesting the same instrument that he had in mind. |
| “Where we are, / there’s daggers in men’s smiles; near in blood, the nearer bloody.” | Donalbain means that he and Malcolm cannot trust the smiles of those around them; those related to them are the most likely to be murders. |
| “Naught’s had, all’s spent, / Where our desire is got without content. / ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.” | Lady Macbeth means that getting what you want is not always worth the pain that follows. |
| “There’s blood upon thy face.” / “Tis better thee without than he within.” | Macbeth means that he’d rather have Banquo’s blood on the murder’s face than still inside Banquo. |
| “I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning is as tedious as go o’ver.” | Macbeth means that he has gone so far with crimes that it makes no difference if he commits more. |
| “Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One-two-why/ Then ’tis time to do’t” | Lady Macbeth refers to her guilt over the murders, which is driving her crazy. |
| “And that which should, should accompany old age/ As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth honor, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.” | Macbeth means that people say the right things, but talk behind his back. |
| Macbeth’s letter to Lady Macbeth | Tells her that King Duncan is visiting them… |
| Witches’ predictions for Macbeth and Banquo | Macbeth – will become kingBanquo – will become the father of kings |
| What happened to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as they destroyed the lives of others? | Their lives became destroyed as well with guilt and the consequences |
| The witches’ assurances to Macbeth after his second visit to them | 1) Beware of Macduff2) No one of woman can kill him3) He will reign until the forest moves to the castle |
| The witches predict Macbeth’s future | … |
| What is Macbeth’s fall? | His overconfidence |
| Who is the only person that can kill Macbeth and why? | Macduff because he was born by c-section and not by natural birth |
Macbeth
August 11, 2019