Noisy, disorder and confusion | Hurly-Burly |
A member of an aristocratic class and holds land | Thane |
From what place | Whence |
Bravery | Valor |
Loyal servent | Minion |
Anything | Aught |
Predicting the future events as if by supernatural forces | Prophetic |
Guess based on incomplete facts | Surmise |
Sign of future events | Harbinger |
A saying that expresses a common observation; proverb | Adage |
A pair of lines that rhyme | Couplet |
a remark made quietly so ass to be heard by a select group of people and not by others who are near by. | aside |
Lines spoken by one character on stage. These lines are not meant to be heard by anyone. (Characters inner thoughts) | Soliloquy |
Rhetorical device where the author places an idea next to one to which it is sharply contrasted or directly opposed. | Antithesis |
Who will the witches meet? | Macbeth |
What does Malcolm ask the captain to tell Duncan | How the war is going |
What name does Macbeth deserve? | Brave |
“Till he unseamed him from the nave to chops/ and fixed his head upon out battlements”(Captain)Who is the person doing the unseaming?Who is the person being unseamed? | MacbethMacdonwald (traitor) |
Who is the most disloyal traitor? | The Thane of Cawdor |
The witches meet MacBeth by three titles, what are they? | Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdoe, King Hearafter |
What prophecy do the witches give to Banquo? | Kids will be king but he will not |
What does Banquo say the ‘instruments of darkness” are capable of doing? | Kill us |
In Macbeths short soliloquy, he argues that the witches prophecy cannot be ‘ill’ because why? | Good news and began the truth |
In this short soliloquy, he argues that it cannot be good. What images does he conjure that makes him feel frightened? | The thought of murdering Duncan |
To satisfy his fear, Macbeth thinks it might be possible to be king without what? | He might not have to do anything |
What reason does Banquo give to Ross and Angus for Macbeths odd behavior? | New honor came upon him- not used to being Thane of Cawdor yet |
What does Malcolm report Cawdor did at his execution? | Confessed and asked for forgiveness as if it was practiced; he was ready and willing |
“There is no art/ to find the minds construction in the face./ He was a gentleman on whom I built/ An absolute trust.A.Who is speaking?B.Paraphrase these lines | A.King DuncanB.No way to tell what someones thinking by looking at them (king cannot tell who to trust |
For what does Duncan apologize to Macbeth? | Not being grateful enough |
What does Duncan announce about Malcolm? | Hes the heir to the throne |
Duncan says that they should go to “Inverness” What is Inverness? | Macbeths Castle |
What does Macbeth say about the prince of Cumberland? | Either stop right here or get rid of him too. Asking God to not notice this bad thing |
What is Lady Macbeth doing at the beginning of scene 5? | Reading a letter |
What is Lady Macbeth afraid stands in the way of Macbeths becoming King? | Him being too nice |
“Come you spirits/ that tend on mortal thoughts/ unsex me here/ and fill me from the crown the toe top full/ of direst cruelty”A.Who is speaking?B.Paraphrase | A.Lady MacbethB.She wants to be manly and not be nice and not think twice about killing Duncan |
What does Lady Macbeth compare Macbeths face to? | A book; everything youre thinking is written all over your face |
What does Lady Macbeth intstruct Macbeth to do? | Shell take care of it. “Keep poker face” |
Lady Macbeth tells duncan that hosting him and hgis servants is nothing compared to what? | All the honors he has done for her family |
In Macbeths soliloquy, what does macbeth say is a consequence of murder? | If he could just do it and forget it ever happend. Worried about Karma |
Macbeth says there are two ways that Duncan trusts him at this moment. What are they? | a kinsman host |
What does Macbeth say is the reason people will cry like crazy over duncans murder? | Hes a great king |
Qhat reason does Macbeth give for not wanting to go through with the murder? | No reason to do it other than ambition- Duncan as been too good to Macbeth lately |
Lady Macbeth compares Macbeth to the ‘poor cat’ in some story. How is Macbeth like this cat? | Hes a coward / scardy cat |
What act does Lady Macbeth say she would go though with is she had sworn to do it? | Shes been a mom and would kill her baby is she had to. |
MacBeth Act 1
August 28, 2019