Unit Test on Macbeth Acts I-V + Vocab Act 3-5

Duncan

King of Scotland

Malcolm

Duncan’s eldest son

Donalbain

Duncan’s younger son/his other son

Macbeth

Thane of Glamis/Thane of Cawdor

Lady Macbeth

Wife of the Thane of Glamis

Seyton

attendant to Macbeth

The Porter

Gatekeeper of Inverness

The Porter’s description

• pretends to be at the gates of hell

• talks of equivocation

• comic relief

• opens gate for Lennox and Macduff

Banquo

• commander, with Macbeth, of Duncan’s army

• noble whos sons will be kings

Fleance

Banquo’s son

Angus

Scottish Noble

Macduff

• scottish noble

• job is to wake up the king

• discovers Duncan dead

Lennox

Scottish noble

Ross

scottish noble

Menteith

Scottish Noble

Caithness

Scottish noble

Siward

commander of the english forces

Young SIward

Siward’s son

The Apparitions

• an armed head

• a bloody child

• a crowned child

• 8 non-speaking kings

Three Messengers

1. Three servants

2. a Lord

3. a Soldier

Edward

• King of England

• Edward: known for healing touch

Birnam Wood forest and Dunsinane Hill

the witches prophesize that Macbeth will not be killed until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane

Inverness

Macbeth’s castle

Norway

who Scotland is at war with at the beginning of the play

Ireland

Donalbain flees to here

England

Malcolm flees to here

Scone

where Scottish kings are crowned

Fife

Macduff’s castle

Colmekill

where Scottish kings are buried/where Duncan is buried

malevolence

spite