Macbeth

Front 1

1:1, What kind of mood is set by the appearance of the three witches?

Back 1

Ominous and evil

Front 2

1:1, When will the witches meet again and where?

Back 2

On the heath when the sun sets

Front 3

1:1, who are Graymalkin and Paddock?

Back 3

The first witch takes the form of a cat called Graymalkin and the second witch takes the form of a toad named Paddock

Front 4

1:1, what is the meaning of "Fair is foul and foul is fair"?

Back 4

The difference between how someone seems and how someone is, things that appear to be fair are not.

Front 5

1:2, What does the captain have to report?

Back 5

Macbeth won the battle against Macdonwald and is a hero.

Front 6

1:2, What did Macbeth do to Macdonwald? Was Macdonwald a traitor?

Back 6

He killed him, slicing him from the naval to the chops, yes he was a traitor.

Front 7

1:2, Macbeth and Banquo had just about won the battle when what happened?

Back 7

The Norwegin Lord brought new men to the field, Macbeth and Banquo just fought harder.

Front 8

1:2, what has the Thane of Cawdor done to deserve his execution? What will happen to his title and lands?

Back 8

He betrayed the king by assisting the Nowegin king's attempted invasion, the title and lands are given to Macbeth

Front 9

1:3, How does Macbeth's first line in the play mirror what the witches said in scene one?

Back 9

When he says, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen," it is referring to the weather, which is foul and his victory, fair. There is evil awaiting him in the weird sisters.

Front 10

1:3, What is extraordinary about the witches' appearance?

Back 10

they look wither'd and wild, question if they are human, or if they are women since they have beards.

Front 11

1:3, what is the significance of the word "hail"?

Back 11

Term used for royalty, and hails him as Thane of Glamis, which he is, Thane of Cawdor, which he is not yet, then as king, which he is not.

Front 12

1:3 What do the witches say will happen to Macbeth? How does he react?

Back 12

He will become king, he takes them seriously and turns out to act upon this prediction. He also tries to draw attention away from the prediction of him becoming king.

Front 13

1:3, What do the witches stand for?

Back 13

Darkness and depravity of the soul, influence the external forces to tempt, the darkness in Macbeth, representation of Macbeth's wickedness and horrible acts

Front 14

1:3, What warning does Banquo give to Macbeth?

Back 14

He says they are of darkness only to deceive them both.

Front 15

1:3, What do the witches predict for Banquo?

Back 15

He will produce kings, his descendants will be royalty

Front 16

1:3, Macbeth goes back and forth in his mind about being king and killing to get it. When the scene ends, where does he leave matters?

Back 16

He wants to be king now, since the other prediction came true.

Front 17

1:4, What description of Cawdor and his death does Malcolm give?

Back 17

Malcolm says that he admitted his guilt and showed regret and accepted the death penalty with dignity. Malcolm says that the thane was vile and evil in life but showed honor and decency when facing execution.

Front 18

1:4, why does Duncan choose this particular moment in time to name his successor?

Back 18

Because everyone is there, and he wanted to do this in case something else happened like this again.

Front 19

1:4, What is the effect of the announcement on Macbeth?

Back 19

He says Malcolm is another barrier between himself and the throne, he is taking the prediction seriously

Front 20

1:5, Describe the contents of Macbeth's letter and Lady Macbeth's reaction?

Back 20

Macbeth tells her of the three witches and how one of the predictions came true, Lady Macbeth is excited and immediately starts planning Duncan's death.

Front 21

1:5, What do we learn about Lady Macbeth from her soliloquy?

Back 21

Lady Macbeth is a stronger person since she is determined to murder the king while Macbeth is not sure. She is more evil and is shrewd enough to know her husband's weakness and is going to help him overcome it.

Front 22

1:5, What advice does she giver her husband about his behavior?

Back 22

She tells him to welcome Duncan while preparing to murder him.

Front 23

1:5, why does she tell him to leave everything up to her?

Back 23

Because Macbeth is scared.

Front 24

1:6, what comments do Duncan and Banquo make about the environment of Macbeth's castle? How is the outside of the castle at odds with the inside?

Back 24

They said it has a pleasant air and is nimbly and sweetly. The outside is cold and inside is warm, even though it is safer outside.

Front 25

1:6, How does Lady Macbeth greet Duncan?

Back 25

She is overly welcoming, says everything has been double checked and double-checked again for his visit, and he calls her an honored hostess and she probably greets the king by herself because Macbeth is contemplating the murder of Duncan.

Front 26

1:7, What state on mind does Macbeth's soliloquy reveal?

Back 26

He is having a hallucination, he is unhinged and deranged, and is questioning himself. Brain is overwhelmed with fear.

Front 27

1:7, What are the three reasons Macbeth gives for not wanting to kill Duncan?

Back 27

He is the subject to him, he is the host and should be protecting him and also his relative.

Front 28

1:7, Lady Macbeth rebukes her husband in two ways. What are they?

Back 28

She questions him after dinner, and is annoyed. Even implies that he does not have ambition and does not love her. She challenges his masculinity. When he questions what happens if the fail she acts as if that is not possible.

Front 29

1:7, Why does she mention the "cat in the adage"?

Back 29

A cat wants a goldfish out of a bowl but doesn't want to get it's paw wet; Macbeth wants to kill Duncan but doesn't want to get his hands dirty.

Front 30

1:7, How do you know that Lady Macbeth was once a mother? What is so shocking about her revelation?

Back 30

She talks about breastfeeding before and it was most likely a girl, this is shocking because she says she would easily bash the child's head in.

Front 31

1:7, what is the difference between a question mark after "we fail" or a period after it?

Back 31

One is questioning whether it can happen or not and the other is stating that it will happen.

Front 32

1:7, what plans for the murder of Duncan does Lady Macbeth propose?

Back 32

She will get the guards drunk so it seems like they did it.

Front 33

2:1, At what time do the events of Act Two take place?

Back 33

After midnight

Front 34

2:1, what is unusual about the time?

Back 34

it is very late

Front 35

2:1, why is Banquo afraid to sleep?

Back 35

Nightmares

Front 36

2:1, what did Duncan give to Lady Macbeth?

Back 36

A diamond

Front 37

2:1 What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo?

Back 37

He is not thinking about the witches.

Front 38

2:1, What is it that Macbeth "sees" in his soliloquy? Why does he see it?

Back 38

A dagger, because he is debating on killing Duncan or not.

Front 39

2:1, the vision can be explained in two ways, what are they?

Back 39

It shows Macbeth that Duncan must be murdered, his ambitious nature is materializing since he cannot grasp the dagger.

Front 40

2:1 who rings the bell and what does it signify?

Back 40

Lady Macbeth, that the chamberlains are asleep

Front 41

2:1, why is there a reference to Tarquin?

Back 41

Because Tarquin was a Roman infamous for his rape of Lucrece, who was known for her virtue like Duncan.

Front 42

2:2 Why didn't Lady Macbeth kill the king herself? What does her answer tell us about her character?

Back 42

He looked too much like her father, also Macbeth needed to do it to show what he would do to become king, and show how much it affected him after.

Front 43

2:2, how does nature react to Duncan's murder?

Back 43

There is a bad storm, including lightning and thunder, horses go crazy, etc.

Front 44

2:2, What did Macbeth hear while he was killing Duncan? What effect did it have on him?

Back 44

He heard voices coming from Duncan's sons reciting prayers and the servants were yelling murder and laughing, saying not to sleep as Macbeth would kill them all, he was very shaken up by this.

Front 45

2:2, Who returned the daggers?

Back 45

Lady Macbeth

Front 46

2:2, Why does he feel his hands are attacking him? What does the eye symbolize?

Back 46

He feels like that because they are covered in blood and feels that they will never be cleaned, the eye symbolizes that he will no longer see the world the same.

Front 47

2:2, why will Macbeth "sleep no more"?

Back 47

Because he has a guilty conscience.

Front 48

2:2 Are Macbeth's last words in the scene sincere?

Back 48

They are, he is concerning whether the king will go to heaven or hell, ironically Macbeth's fate is more certain.

Front 49

2:2, what does water symbolize in the play?

Back 49

Purification

Front 50

2:3, What is the purpose of the Porter in the scene?

Back 50

To create comedy

Front 51

2:3, where does the porter envision himself? Why is it appropriate?

Back 51

At the gates of hell, because the castle has the dead in it.

Front 52

2:3, who has been knocking at the gate?

Back 52

Lennox and Macduff

Front 53

2:3, What is the significance of the storm?

Back 53

It symbolically suggests that King Duncan's soul cried out the injustice inflicted upon it, direct link to the murder of the king.

Front 54

2:3, what day of Judgement reference is in this scene and why is it appropriate?

Back 54

It compares it to the great dooms image and people rising out of the grave, it is appropriate because the divinity of kings it seems like judgement day has come since something this tragic and wild has happened, not to mention the crazy things that happened after the murder.

Front 55

2:3, what comment does Banquo make that indicates his immediate suspicions?

Back 55

He says they must investigate further, instead of just accepting that it was the guards.

Front 56

2:3, what comment does Lennox make that indicates his suspicions?

Back 56

He said the guards were distracted and didn't seem all there, as if they couldn't have really done it since they were so out of it, and with Macbeth murdering them right away, he thought it was odd.

Front 57

2:3, Why did Macbeth have to kill the guards?

Back 57

So they couldn't protest that they didn't do it.

Front 58

2:3, What questions does Macduff ask that indicates his suspicions?

Back 58

He questions why he had to kill the guards

Front 59

2:3, why does Lady Macbeth faint? (two reasons)

Back 59

to distract everyone from the fact that Macbeth killed the guards, and also she was shocked that Macbeth killed both of the guards.

Front 60

2:3, where do Malcolm and Donalbain decide to go and why do they leave?

Back 60

Malcolm goes to England and Donalbain goes to Ireland, they both can sense that something is not right, and if they stay they would get blamed for paying the guards to kill their father. When really they were trying to watch out for themselves so they wouldn't get killed.

Front 61

2:4, what is unnatural about the weather conditions?

Back 61

It is daytime, but it is dark outside and it is storming badly.

Front 62

2:4, what happened to the falcon and what happened to Duncan's horses? Why is this important?

Back 62

The owl killed the falcon, the owl is a night hunter and usually kills small things like mice. The horses got loose and ran wild, and ate each other. This is important because it is representing the absolute chaos from the death of a king.

Front 63

2:4, who does Macduff charge with the killing?

Back 63

The guards that Macbeth killed

Front 64

2:4, what action does Macduff take that is sure to infuriate Macbeth?

Back 64

He is heading back home and says they need to see if he is as good of a king as Duncan was.

Front 65

2:4, what does Macduff mean by "lest our old robes sit easier than our new?"

Back 65

He basically says they need to see if he is as good of a king as Duncan was.

Front 66

3:1, What is Banquo's opinion of Macbeth's conduct? why doesn't he act on it?

Back 66

He says Macbeth is now king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, just has the weird sister said. Macbeth played terribly for it, he doesn't act on it because he holds onto the hope that his descendants will have the throne.

Front 67

3:1, What is the purpose of the questions that Macbeth slips into his conversation with Banquo?

Back 67

To plan the dinner in which Banquo will be killed.

Front 68

3:1, what is "parricide"? What is the "strange invention" that Malcolm and Donalbain are telling everybody?

Back 68

Parricide is the killing of a parent or a close relative. They are telling everyone they didn't kill anyone.

Front 69

3:1, why does Macbeth feel so threatened by Banquo and Fleance?

Back 69

He doesn't want Banquo's children to end up with the throne (Fleance)