Macbeth review (Abeka)

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At the beginning of Act 1, what nation is at war with Scotland?

Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth will be king, and Banquo will be a father of kings

What three predictions do the three witches make to Macbeth and Banquo?

Macbeth

Which character is rewarded by King Duncan for his courage and loyalty in battle against the traitor Macdonwald and the Norwegian king Sweno?

The title of Thane of Cawdor

What honor is conferred upon Macbeth?

Lady Macbeth

Which character has the greatest evil influence over Macbeth?

She begins to plot the murder of the king

How does Lady Macbeth react to the story of the witches' prophecy and Macbeth's new title?

He is reluctant and fearful

How does Macbeth respond to his wife's scheme at first?

Malcolm, the eldest

Which of Duncan's sons does he name his successor?

He sees a bloody dagger pointing him toward Duncan's chamber

What vision does Macbeth have in Act II?

She drugs the guards, and after the murder has been committed, she wipes the blood upon the guards and plants the bloody daggers on them

How does Lady Macbeth assist her husband in the murder of the king?

A knocking at the south entry of the castle

What sound compels Macbeth and his wife to hurry to the bedchamber to wash themselves?

Lennox and Macduff

Which characters are the first to discover Duncan's body?

They flee for fear of their lives; one to England and the other to Ireland

How do Duncan's sons react to his murder?

Banquo

Whom does Macbeth invite to a feast at the beginning of Act III?

He plans to have Banquo and his son Fleance murdered along the way

Why does Macbeth ask Banquo the details of his travel plans?

Fleance escapes

How is Macbeth's murderous scheme foiled?

He sees the ghost of Banquo

What does Macbeth see as he approaches the dinner table that evening?

Lennox and another lord

Which characters begin to suspect Macbeth toward the end of Act III?

Beware Macduff, none of woman born shall harm Macbeth, and he will not be deafeated until great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him

What prophetic statements does Macbeth receive from the witches when he visits them in Act IV?

He learns that Macduff has gone to England to join Malcolm

Why does Macbeth seek revenge against Macduff?

He has Macduff's wife and children murdered

How does Macbeth achieve revenge against Macduff?

She is tormented by guilt

What consequences does Lady Macbeth suffer for her sin?

They cut boughs from trees, so that it appears as if the forest is marching on Dunsinane

How do the English forces disquise themselves when they come to Birnam Wood?

His lust for power

What is the tragic flaw of Macbeth that leads to his downfall?

Macduff

Which character ultimately defeats Macbeth and beheads him?

He was not born naturally but was "ripped" prematurely from his mother's womb

How does Macduff fit the description of one not "of woman born"?

Macbeth killed Macduff's wife and children

What motive does Macduff have for destroying Macbeth?

Malcolm, Duncan's eldest son

Who becomes king in the end?

Duncan

The king of Scotland

Malcolm

Duncan's eldest son and chosen successor

Donalbain

Duncan's younger son

Macbeth

A general in Duncan's army, who becomes king through murder and betrayal

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth's evil wife

Banquo

A general in Duncan's army; Macbeth's companion when he meets with the witches

Fleance

Banquo's son

Macduff

A loyal thane to King Duncan

Lady Macduff

Macduff's wife

Lennox, Ross

Other thanes loyal to Duncan

Young Siward

Siward's son

William Shakespeare

Who is the greatest writer of all time?

Macbeth

"So foul and fair a day I have not seen."

Macbeth

"Come what come may,

Time and the hour runs through the roughest day."

Lady Macbeth

"Yet do I fear thy nature:

It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way."

Lady Macbeth

Look like th' innocent flower,

But be the serpent under 't."

Lady Macbeth

"Screw your courage to the sticking-place,

And we'll not fail."

Macbeth

"False face must hide what false heart doth know."

Macbeth

"I go, and it is done: the bell invites me.

Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell,

That summons thee to Heaven or to Hell."

Lady Macbeth

"Had he not resembled

My father as he slept, I had done 't."

Lady Macbeth

"A little water clears us of this deed."

Macbeth

"Had I but di'd an hour before this chance,

I had lived a blessed time."

Donalbain

"There's daggers in men's smiles."

Old Man

"God's benison go with you; and with those,

That would make good of bad, and friends of foes!"

Banquo

"Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,

As the weird women promis'd."

Lady Macbeth

"What's done is done."

The Witches

"Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."

Apparition of a bloody Child

"Be bloody, bold, and resolute: laugh to scorn

The power of man, for none of woman born

Shall harm Macbeth."

Apparition of a bloody Child

"Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be, until

Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill

Shall come against him."

Lady Macduff

"When our actions do not,

Our fears do make us traitors."

Malcolm

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak

Whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.'

Lady Macbeth

"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."

Macbeth

"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,

To the last syllable of recorded time;

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death.--Out, out, brief candle!

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."