Where does the play open up | Scotland |
Macbeth is a general in a war with who? | Norway |
Duncan decides to appoint Macbeth as the new thane of.. | Cawdor |
Whom does Duncan name as the successor to the throne? | Malcolm ( his son) |
According to the witches who will be father the Kings? | Banquo |
What do the witches equate fair with? | Foul |
How does lady Macbeth hear about her husbands encounter with the witches? | He sends her a letter explaining everything |
What is not a part of lady macbeth’s plan? | Killing the guards |
Macbeth’s main reason for deciding not to kill the Duncan | He is too loyal to the king |
What is macbeth’s tragic flaw? | His blind ambition |
Duncan names Malcolm as prince of | Cumberland ams heir to the throne |
Lady Macbeth prays to the spirits to | Unsex her |
Who discovers Duncan’s body? | Mac duff |
Macbeth’s foil is | Banquo |
Where does Malcolm flee to? Donalbain? Mac duff? | England, Ireland, fythe |
Why couldn’t lady Macbeth kill Duncan? | He looked like her father |
What is lady Macbeth drunk with? | Ambition |
What is the witches third prophecy | That banquos sons will be heirs |
What two purposes does fleanace serve | He is the bearer of truth and life |
How is Macbeth a hypocrite | He is acting like he is sad that Duncan had been murdered but he has really killed him and is pretending |
Describe lady macbeth’s actions front the beginning of act one to the end of act two | At first she was very strong willed and determined on being Unsexed and full of ambition but now she is weak and is full of guilt |
What is comic relief | A break in the play from a dramatic scene |
Why is the porter scene used by Shakespeare | For comic relief from the very intense scene of Duncan murder |
What is foreshadowing? | Hinting what is to come in the future |
“Such thoughts will make us mad” why is this foreshadowing? | It means that Macbeth and lady ,a beta are going crazy |
The porter dreams he is at the gates of | Hell |
Who is aware of the prophecies but suspects treason? | Banquo |
Who are the only three people aware of the witches prophecy? | Banquo Macbeth and lady Macbeth |
Explain “little water will clear us of this deed” who said it and what does it mean? | Lady Macbeth – nothing can clear them of the crime |
What does Macbeth realize when he sees the dagger | The vision of his guilt if taunting him |
What happens to the grooms attending Duncan | Lady Macbeth drugs in hem, Macbeth kills them and frames them to look like they killed Duncan |
Why are lady macbeth’s hand covered in blood? | She returned the dagger to the grooms |
Who discovered Duncan’s body? | Macduff |
Scene 1 act 2 Macbeth attempts to get Banquo to do what? | Support him |
What does Macbeth imagine he sees when he hallucinates? | A daggar |
In scene 2 lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that she .. | Takes full responsibility of killing Duncan |
Shakespear makes Duncan’s murder seem more monstrous than it might have been by | Portraying the king in good terms |
In act 2 scene 4 macduff emphasizes his opposition to Macbeth by doing what? | Not going to the coronation of Macbeth being crowned king |
In the final scene of act 2 natural events are reported that are _____ of evil | Omens |
Who announced the death of Duncan? | Macduff |
Macbeth compares the murderers to what | Dogs |
What does a mind full of scorpions indicate about macbeth’s mental state? | that his mind has Brent taken over by the greed and ambition of gaining more, also by the overwhelming guilt |
What happens to nature as darkness begins to fall? | The good things of day have gone and evil takes over |
Who is a serpent and who is a worm? | Banquo and Fleanace |
Who suspects Macbeth of the murders? | Macduff (and banquo) |
Who is Macbeth plotting to kill in act 3 | Banquo and Fleance |
How many murderers are hired? How many show up to commit it? | 2 are hired but a 3rd shows up |
Who is killed in act 3? | Banquo |
What are the reasons Macbeth expresses regret towards his plans to kill Banquo | Banquos heirs will benefit and he has greater wisdom than Macbeth , he has a royal nature |
How many prophecies have come true in act 3? | Only 2 Macbeth is thane of cawdor and king |
What does the torch used by Fleance indicate? | Darkness in the play because they were performed in daylight |
Who does banquos ghost appear to? | Macbeth |
What does banquos ghost say in the banquet scene? | Nothing |
Who is Hecate?why is she angry? | She is the head witch. She is angry because the weird sisters gave visions to Macbeth without permission |
In act 4 how many apparitions are there? | 4, armed head of a soldier-beware macduff, bloody child- non of woman can harm Macbeth, child with an olive branch – macbeth will not be defeated until burnam wood moves to dunsinane hill, shows 8 kings that all resemble Banquo. |
How does macduff learn of the death of his family? | Ross tells him |
Lady macduff complains that her husband has done what? | Left her and their children in danger |
Lady macduff dies believing what about her husband? | That he was a traitor |
Why does Macbeth lash out at macduff’s family? | Because he knows that macduff is a threat to him and to assure that no defendant of his will claim the throne |
“Something wicked this way comes” refers to Who? | Macbeth |
Why does toss hesitate to report the slaying of macduff’s family? | It is too painful to relate |
Malcolm tells a series of lies to who? Why? | Macduff, to ensure his loyalty to mp himself and not Macbeth |
The witches as brewing a charm on stage with____parts? | Animal |
Why did macduff leave his family? | To go gain Malcolm’s trust and be a part of his army on England against Macbeth |
How does Macbeth respond to each apparition? | 1-plans to kill macduff, 2-assured that he is safe, 3-he brushes off this one, 4-he is worried and recalls banquos prophecy and remembers that Fleances escaped |
MACBETH MIDTERM ACTS 1-4
July 23, 2019