Macbeth study guide- Te’a Hall

How many lines does a sonnet have? 14
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair: hover through the fog and filthy air.” Who said it? The witches
What did Macbeth do to earn the title Thane of Cawdor? Won two battles
Does banquo trust the witches? No
“No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, and with his title greet Macbeth.” who said this? King Duncan
“That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it!”Who said this? Lady Macbeth
What does Macbeth achieve at the end of Act II? He is getting the crown
How does Malcolm describe himself to Macduff in Act IV scene 3? The worst person ever; a monster
Why does Malcolm describe himself in this way? To test his loyalty
How does Macduff respond to Malcolm’s description of himself? He is not fit to live
“Foul whisperings are abroad: unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets: More needs she the divine than the physician.”Who said this? The doctor
“That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! If thou be’st slain and with no stroke of mine, My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms Are hired to bear their staves: either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with an unbatter’d edge I sheathe again undeeded.”Who said this? Macbeth
“What’s more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time, As calling home our exiled friends abroad That fled the snares of watchful tyranny; Producing forth the cruel ministers Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen, Who, as ’tis thought, by self and violent hands Took off her life;”Who said this? malcom
“Sinful Macduff, They were all struck for thee!”Who are “they”? Wife and children
when Malcolm says, “We are coming thither,” where are they going? back to scotland
“But I remember now I am in this earthly world; where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly:”Who is the speaker? What literally device is used in this quote Lady Macbeth Paradox
Is Macbeth happy after he kills Duncan? no
Who finds Duncan and announces his death? Macduff
“But ’tis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s In deepest consequence.”Who said this? Banquo
“Sons, kinsmen, thanes, And you whose places are the nearest, know we will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter The Prince of Cumberland;”Who said this? King Duncan
“yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it:”who said this? Lady Macbeth
“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.”Who is “my thane” in these lines and what theme is used here? MacbethDeception
“There’s husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.”Who said this? and what does it describe? banquoNo stars are out
What did Macbeth do to Duncan’s guards? Why? He killed themHe was so angry at them for killing Duncan.
“What will you do? Let’s not consort with them: To show an unfelt sorrow is an office Which the false man does easy. I’ll to England.”Who said this? Malcom
At the end of Act II, what do the Scottish nobles think of Malcolm and Donalbain? They are responsible for Duncan’s murder
“Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more!Macbeth does murder sleep’,”Who said this? Macbeth
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”Who said this? and what literally device is used? MacbethMetaphor
“That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! If thou be’st slain and with no stroke of mine, My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms Are hired to bear their staves: either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with an unbatter’d edge I sheathe again undeeded.”Who said this? macbeth
“What’s more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time, As calling home our exiled friends abroad That fled the snares of watchful tyranny; Producing forth the cruel ministers Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen, Who, as ’tis thought, by self and violent hands Took off her life;”Who said this? Malcom