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Macbeth-rdy
Text & Context
Acts 1-3 Act 4 & 5Notable
Quotables
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Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to impress this
witch obsessed monarch.
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James I
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Name the three categories of Shakespeare's plays
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Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories
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Where and when is Macbeth’s setting?
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Scotland in the mid 1000’s (11th century)
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A play depicting serious and important events in
which the main character comes to an unhappy end
is called…
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Tragedy
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A contradictory statement that is nevertheless true
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Paradox
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Name TWO repeated symbols/motifs in
Macbeth:
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Daggers, Blood, Woods, Children,
Clothes, Sleep
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A characteristic or error in judgment that causes the downfall of a character is
called?
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Tragic flaw
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The use of humor to take attention away from earlier gruesome or
horrific actions on stage
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Comic Relief
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The play starts with this character speaking
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A witch
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Macbeth first treats the witches’ predictions with
this emotion/feeling
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Shock/Disbelief
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Before the murder of Duncan Macbeth shows he is mentally unstable when
he…
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Hallucinates a Dagger
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Macbeth ironically notes that this person does not attend his feast, until his
ghost shows up
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Banquo
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When Macbeth seems unwilling to kill the King, Lady Macbeth convinces
him by…
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Questioning his manhood (calling
him a woman)
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This Queen of the witches appears to command the witches to fool Macbeth.
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Hecate
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Macbeth tells the murderers that they are
nonpareil if they killed this character
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Fleance
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The two positions that Macbeth is promised
before he will become king are
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Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor
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The first apparition, an armed head, warns
Macbeth…
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Beware Macduff
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This character pretends he is a bad person to
determine Macduff’s loyalty
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Malcolm
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The Doctor is called to see Lady Macbeth because
she is
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Sleep Walking, (Talking in Sleep, Washing Hands)
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Malcolm’s Uncle who comes to battle with his son of the same name
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Siward
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The name of the wood that is brought to
Dunsinane
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Birnam Wood
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Is named king after Macbeth is killed
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Malcolm
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This man is Macbeth’s top soldier and aide
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Seyton
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Macbeth compares himself to this animal when his
castle is invaded
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A bear
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Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts
and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no
more.
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Macbeth
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Come spirits,Unsex me here.
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Lady Macbeth
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“Out damned spot, out!”
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Lady Macbeth
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“Turn, hell hound, turn!”
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Macduff
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“This murderous shaft that’s shot hath not yet lighted, and our safest
way is to avoid the aim.”
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Malcolm
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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something
wicked this way comes.”
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Witch
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“Oftentimes to win us to our harm, the instruments
of darkness do tell us truths.”
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Banquo
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“Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.”
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The Porter
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Lady Macbeth is having hallucinations
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The Doctor
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Reveals that his supporters will be made Earls
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Malcolm
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Says she will ruin a man by making him over
confident
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Hecate
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Inadvertently reveals the murders of Lady Macduff, Banquo and King Duncan
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Lady Macbeth
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Finally, after some delay, tells Macduff that Macbeth
had his family killed
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Ross
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Prophecy:“Macbeth will not be
vanquished until Birnam wood marches to
Dunsinane.”
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The Crowned Child
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Prophechcy:No man born of woman will
harm Macbeth
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The bloody child
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Reveals that lady Macbeth is dead
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Seyton
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Bonus Questions
• What two reasons does Macbeth give for not wanting to kill Duncan?
• What is latin word for killing a king?
• The old English word wyrd referred to what concept?