| First Witch | Familiar: Graymalkin the cat, tortures a sailor as revenge for his wife not sharing her chestnuts, pilot’s thumb |
| Second Witch | : Familiar: Paddock the toad, kills swine, later identifies the wickedness of Macbeth’s arrival by the pricking of her thumbs |
| Third Witch | Familiar: Harpier |
| Duncan | king of Scotland, murdered by Macbeth |
| Malcolm | (eldest) son of Duncan, made Prince of Cumberland by his father |
| Captain | tells Duncan about the battle between Norway and Scotland |
| Macdonwald | Scottish rebel leader who is killed by Macbeth |
| Macbeth, Banquo | ____ and _____ are leaders of the Scottish army |
| Ross | Scottish nobleman, tells Macbeth the news that he was given the title Thane of Cawdor, tells Macduff about the murder of his wife and son (not at first) |
| Fife | Macduff’s castle, one of the opening battles, probably where Macduff was the hero |
| Thane of Cawdor | Traitor to Scotland who was executed and whose title was later given to Macbeth. Allies with King of Norway against Scotland in the battle at Fife. |
| Sweno | King of Norway |
| Saint Colme’s Inch | Island where the king of Norway had to bring $10,000 for Scotland as a term of peace for their defeat |
| Aleppo | Destination of a sailor whose wife refused to give chestnuts to the first witch (Tiger: name of the sailor’s ship) |
| Thane of Glamis | Macbeth’s title, inherited from his father |
| Sinel | Macbeth’s father |
| Angus | Scottish nobleman |
| Inverness | Macbeth’s castle |
| Fleance | Banquo’s son |
| Donalbain | Duncan’s (second) son |
| Porter | pretends to be the gate keeper of hell, drunk |
| Macduff | Macbeth’s foil, Thane of Fife, not born of woman- C-section, kills Macbeth, identified by Ross as “Bellona’s Bridegroom” |
| Lennox | talks to Macbeth about the “rough night” right before Macduff announces the murder of Duncan, Scottish nobleman |
| England | Where Malcolm flees after the murder of Duncan |
| Ireland | Where Donalbain flees after the murder of Duncan |
| old man | Talked to Ross about an owl killing a falcon and Duncan’s horses turning cannibal |
| scone | Macbeth’s coronation place, also Malcom’s coronation place |
| Colmekill | Duncan’s burial place |
| two murderers | Instructed by Macbeth to kill Banquo and Fleance |
| third murderer | added later, identifies Banquo with “Tis he” |
| Banquo’s ghost | appears in Macbeth’s place at the table |
| Hecate | meets with the three witches |
| Edward | King of England,_____ the confessor: was said to be able to cure people of Scrofula by laying his hands on them (contrasts with Macbeth making his country sick), allies with Macduff against Macbeth, prophesizes (contrast with Macbeth’s struggle to refute prophesy) |
| Northumberland | English county near Scotland where Macduff hopes to gain allies against Macbeth |
| Siward | Malcolm’s uncle (Duncan’s brother) who allies with Macduff |
| armed head | 1st Apparition of the witches; Foreshadows the beheading of Macbeth |
| bloody child | 2nd apparition of the witches; Foreshadows Macduff’s revelation of his birth by C-section |
| child crowned with a tree in his hand | 3rd apparition of the witches; Foreshadows Malcom’s camouflage by holding tree branches and his later coronation as King of Scotland |
| Lady Macduff | wife of Macduff, jokes with her son about the grim reality of Macduff’s flight to England and his being deemed a traitor |
| Macduff’s son | he uses bird imagery to refute his mother saying that his father is dead |
| messenger | warns Lady Macbeth of the approaching murderers |
| doctor | Tells Malcom and Macduff about King Edward’s ability to cure Scrofula |
| doctor | Can’t help Lady Macbeth’s sleep walking, says that she needs a divine, not just a doctor, upstages Macbeth by having the last word in Act 5, Scene 3 |
| gentlewoman | Tells the doctor of Lady Macbeth’s sleep walking but doesn’t tell him what she has said in her sleep |
| Arabia | Lady Macbeth says in her sleep that not even all the perfumes of ______ will get the smell of blood off her hands (contrasts with her earlier statement to Macbeth that just a little water will wash it off) |
| Dunsinane | Where Macbeth sets up his camp to fight Macduff’s forces |
| Menteith | Allies with Macduff’s army, identifies Birnam Wood for Siward |
| Caithness | Characterizes Macbeth’s madness as “valiant fury”, calls Malcolm the medicine for Scotland (Macbeth= disease) |
| servant | Macbeth tells him to prick his face so that his blood will hide his fearful expression |
| seyton | Informs Macbeth of Lady Macbeth’s death |
| messenger | Tells Macbeth how he saw Birnam wood move |
| Young Siward | Siward’s son, killed by Macbeth |
| Forres | one of the opening battles, probably the one where Macbeth would have been the hero |
| Hebrides | Mercenaries that ally with Macdonwald |
| Stuart | the House of ______ is Banquo’s ancestry |
| James I | Descendent of Banquo, Shakespeare always spoke highly of Banquo in order to suck up to him |
Macbeth names and places
July 3, 2019