Murderers
And
Who said it?
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In the
beginning
Death of a
king
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Duncan is king of
what country?
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Scotland
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What does Macbeth do to the
traitor Macdonwald
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“Unseam him from
the nave to the chops”
and beheaded him
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What characters are
the first to appear
in the play?
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The witches
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What was Macbeth’s
original title?
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Thane of Glamis
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Why is Macbeth
thrown off by Duncan
at the end of act one?
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Duncan names Malcolm
next in line even though
Macbeth was told he’d
be king.
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How did Macbeth
mess up the plans to
kill the king?
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He brought the daggers
back to the room with
him instead of planting
them on the guards.
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Who was the first to
“discover” the body
of the deceased king?
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Macduff
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Where did Donalbain
flee after Duncan was
killed?
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Ireland
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What signs in nature
reflected a world out
of balance due to the
death of the king?
Name at least two.
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The falcon was eaten by
the owl, the horses were
eating each other, it looked
like night during the day
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Why does Lady Macbeth
claim she cannot kill
Duncan herself? (Aside
from being a woman)
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She claims
Duncan resembles
her father.
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Why are the
murderers who kill
Banquo so willing to
do the deed?
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Macbeth told them that
Banquo was the reason
for their poverty and he
was willing to pay them
well.
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What reason did
Macbeth give for not
killing Banquo
himself?
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Because they have
mutual friends and he is
too high in rank to risk
his reputation
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Why does Macbeth
not tell his wife about
the plot to murder
Banquo?
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1. Because she might
manipulate him
2. He wants to
protect her
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Who accuses whom
of paying “most
foully for it” and
what does “it” refer
to?
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Banquo insinuates that
Macbeth has come to
“it” or the crown by
nefarious means
(murder of the king).
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What is Lady
Macduff’s defense
when she hears that
she and her family are
in danger?
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Women always claim
innocence, that they
have done no harm
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Who said, “Come you
spirits that tend on mortal
thoughts, unsex me
here”?
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Lady Macbeth
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Who says, “Macbeth does
murder sleep – the
innocent sleep”?
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Macbeth
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Who said, “We have
scotched the snake, not
killed it…”?
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Macbeth
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Who said, “Thou hast it
now: King, Cawdor, Glamis,
all as the weird women
promised, and I fear thou
play’dst most foully for it”?
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Banquo
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Who said, “No more that
Thane of Cawdor shall
deceive our bosom interest.
Go pronounce his present
death, and with his former
title greet Macbeth…”
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Duncan
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“Fair is foul and
foul is fair” relates
to this theme.
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Appearance
vs. reality
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What are the three
apparitions to first
appear to Macbeth
via the witches’
magic?
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The armed head warning about
the Thane of Fife, the bloody
child saying no one of woman
born can harm him, the child
crowned, saying he can’t be
defeated until Birnam Wood
comes to Dunsinane.
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What are two motifs
from the play?
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Birds and clothing
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What is dramatic
irony?
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When the audience
knows something the
character(s) do not.
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What two qualities
must Scottish men
have in this society?
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Violent and cruel
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What does
equivocation mean?
What is one example
from the play?
Equivocation = making two
opposing terms true at the
same time
• Fair is foul
• Porter’s speech about alcohol
• Witches’ prophecies in the
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