What does Duncan give his hostess to show his gratitude?
A Diamond
Banquo wants the prediction made by the witches to come true for his sons. What does he refuse to do so that the prediction does come true?
Kill Duncan
What is Macbeth anticipating in his soliloquy about the dagger?
Murdering Duncan
What is the significance of the ringing of the bell?
It means death. It is time for Macbeth to murder Duncan.
What did Lady Macbeth do to the guards to make them sleep?
Got them drunk.
Why couldn't Lady Macbeth murder the king herself?
He looks like her father
What does Macbeth do or say to show his near hysteria after the murder?
He can't sleep, he can't say amen, he won't go back, and he called the murder scene a "sorry sight"
What does Macbeth bring with him from the murder scene, which Lady Macbeth must return?
Bloody dagger
What does Lady Macbeth intend to do with Duncan's blood if he's bleeding?
Smear it on the guards
How does Lady Macbeth react to the murder of Duncan?
Not as disturbed, takes charge
In the opening comic interlude, the porter is pretending that he's the gate keeper in ____
Hell
What evidence does Lennox give of nature harmonizing with man's violence?
Windy, screams, the combustion, birds clamoring, earthquakes, horses went crazy and broke stalls
Who announces that Duncan has been murdered?
Macduff
What appearance does Lady Macbeth fake at the news?
Fainting
Who is accused of the murder?
The guards
Who kills the guards, and what reason does he give for his actions?
Macbeth. He said he was angry
Why do Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, leave?
Because their father was murdered and they don't want to be next
Where does Malcolm go?
England
Where does Donalbain go?
Ireland
Who is now suspected of the murder and why?
Malcolm and Donalbain, because they left
Who is the new king?
Macbeth
What is Macduff implying when he says, "Lest out old robes sit easier than our new"?
He doesn't like Macbeth being kind
What are the two animals that are omens?
Owls and crickets
There's husbandry in heaven; their candles are all out. Who said it?
(Banquo to Fleance) This time is very dark and something bad is going to happen.
Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Who said it?
(Macbeth soliloquy) Sees a hallucination of dagger, but grabs it and goes to kill Duncan.
Has he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it. Who said it?
(Lady Macbeth to Macbeth) This is why Lady Macbeth couldn't kill Duncan herself. First time we see her "soft side."
Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more. Who said it?
(Macbeth to Lady Macbeth) Macbeth won't be able to sleep anymore because of what he has done.
I'll go no more; I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on't again I dare not. Who said it?
(Macbeth to Lady Macbeth) Lady Macbeth asked Macbeth to go wipe blood onto the grooms. He can't bring himself to terms to what he just did.
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand. Who said it?
(Macbeth to Lady Macbeth) Macbeth feels like nothing in the world could ever rid him of the guilt of killing Duncan.
A little water clears us of this deed. How easy it is, then. Who said it?
(Lady Macbeth to Macbeth) Lady Macbeth finds the guilt easy to get rid of.
Wake Duncan with thy knocking; I would though couldst. Who said it?
(Macbeth to knocking at the door) Macbeth expresses guilt for this action and regrets killing Duncan.
Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had lived a blessed time. Who said it?
(Macbeth to Lennox, Donalbain, Lady Macbeth, Macduff, Ross, and Banquo) He wants others to think he is innocent.
From this instant there's nothing serious in morality.
(Macbeth to Lennox, Donalbain, Lady Macbeth, Macduff, Ross, and Banquo) No longer wants to live because Duncan is dead.
To show an unfelt sorry is an office which the false man does easy. Who said it?
(Malcolm to Donalbain) Malcolm doesn't trust the other men and suspects their pity is just a show.
There's daggers in men's smiles; the near blood, the nearer bloody.
(Donalbain to Malcolm) Donalbain says the closer they are, the more horrible foes they can become.
"Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse the curtained sleep." Device?
personification
"With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design move like a ghost." Device?
allusion
"It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman" Device?
metaphor
"The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures." Device?
simile
"My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white" Who said it?
Lady Macbeth to Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is a witch (What is the tenor of this metaphor)?
Lady Macbeth
"The night has been unruly; where we lay..." Device?
pathetic fallacy