Macbeth Review for Friday’s Test!
Identify/Describe the following characters:
What is the significance of the following:
Duncan
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Macduff
Malcolm
Donalbain
Lennox
Ross
Hecate
Fleance
The Weird Sisters
MacDonwald
Sleep (or lack thereof)
Daggers
Desires
Bells
Scotland
England
Kings (think of the apparitions)
Visions (refer to the weird sisters and Hecate)
Glamis
Cousins
Predictions (Act I and Act IV)
Macduff’s discovery of Duncan’s body
Macbeth’s tragic flaw
Outline the following events from the play:
 Lady Macbeth’s plot to kill Duncan
 Macbeth’s reasons for NOT killing Duncan
 Macbeth’s reasons for killing Banquo, Fleance, and Macduff’s family
 Hecate’s dislike for Macbeth and disapproval of the Weird Sisters’ actions
 The events at the banquet (at Macbeth’s castle)
 Lady Macbeth’s guilt and Macbeth’s reaction to her death
Quotations: Who Said It and What did it mean?????
1. Fair is foul, and foul is fair. (Act 1)
2. Lesser than Macbeth, and greater/Not so happy, yet much happier/Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. (Act 1)
3. Look like the innocent flower/But be the serpent under’t. (Act 1)
4. Your face, my Thane, is a book where men/May read strange matters. (Act 1)
5. She should have died hereafter/There would have been a time for such a word/Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and
tomorrow/Creeps in this pretty face from day to day/To the last syllable of recorded time/And all our yesterdays have
lighted fools/The way to dusty death. (Act 5)
6. Out, out brief candle/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. (Act 5)
7. Why do you dress me in borrowed robes? (Act 1)
8. There’s daggers in men’s smiles. (Act 2)
9. Things without all remedy/Should be without regard. What’s done is done. (Act 3)
10. Out, damned spot, out I say! (Act 5)
Comprehension Questions:
1. The witches open the play. What is the mood of that scene?
2. What ails Lady Macbeth toward the end of the play?
3. What’s the purpose of the porter’s scene?
4. Early in the play, what is Lady Macbeth’s motive?
5. Which murder is/murders are the least beneficial to Macbeth?
6. In the play, does Banquo remain innocent throughout?
7. When does Macbeth give up hope?
8. What does Lady Macbeth think she sees on her hands?
9. What images are associated with Macbeth’s evil side?
10. What do the 3 apparitions look like?
11. Why does Macbeth kill Duncan’s two bodyguards (grooms)?
12. In Act I, after a successful battle, how is Macbeth treated?
13. Why does Lady Macbeth say she could not kill the king?
14. Who kills Macbeth?
15. Why does Macbeth envy Malcolm?
Find examples in the play of the following themes:
 Blind ambition can drive a man to commit atrocious acts in an effort to move ahead in life.
 Appearances can be deceiving.
 Power can have a corrupting influence.
 Superstitious beliefs can influence human behavior.
 A guilty conscience can be disruptive and self-destructive.