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Macbeth
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English
12th Grade
04/07/2009

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Term
Who assassinated Duncan?
Definition
Macbeth
Term
Who did Macbeth hire murderers to kill?
Definition
Banquo & Fleance
Term
Who encouraged Macbeth to kill Duncan?
Definition
Lady Macbeth
Term
Whose ghost appears to Macbeth?
Definition
Banquo's
Term
Who kills Macbeth?
Definition
Macduff
Term
Who is Duncan's eldest son?
Definition
Malcolm
Term
Who is Lennox?
Definition
One of Duncan's noblemen
Term
Who is the messenger who told Macduff his family was murdered?
Definition
Ross
Term
Who first attempted to kill Macbeth but was slain?
Definition
Young Siward
Term
Who is the Queen of the Witches?
Definition

Hecate

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Term
What do the witches predict for Macbeth in Act I, scene iii?
Definition
Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor & eventually the King
Term
What do the witches predict for Banquo in Act I, scene iii?
Definition

Banquo's descendants will be king, although he will not.

Term
When Macbeth says, "Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black & deep desires", what is he talking about?
Definition
His desire to be King
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What is Lady Macbeth's opinion of her husband?
Definition
She thinks he would make a good King, but he's not tough enough take action to get what he wants.  She will talk him into it.
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What are Macbeth's arguments to himself against killing Duncan?
Definition
Duncan is his kinsman; he is a good and popular King; his death will bring sorrow to Scotland
Term
How does Lady Macbeth convince her husband to commit murder?
Definition
She tells him not to be a coward, but to be a man and go and get what he wants
Term
Macbeth had this person killed because he susupected Macbeth killed Duncan.
Definition
Banquo
Term
The witches showed Macbeth a bloody ____.
Definition
child
Term

Double, double, toil & __.

Definition
Trouble
Term
"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying ____."
Definition
nothing
Term

"Nothing is his life became him like

the ______ it."

Definition
leaving
Term
What three things does drinking provoke?
Definition

a red nose,

urine,

&

inability to perform

Term
How is Macbeth related to Duncan?
Definition
they are cousins
Term
Who wrote the play, Macbeth?
Definition
William Shakespeare
Term
Hecate wants the witches to give Macbeth these "false impressions"
Definition
Visions
Term
Hecate is the queen of the _____.
Definition
Witches
Term

"Fair is ___,

and ___ is fair."

Definition
Foul
Term
The witches showed Macbeth eight ____.
Definition
Kings
Term
Who discovered Duncan's dead body?
Definition
Macduff
Term
_____ escapes Macbeth's murder plot, but ____ does not.
Definition

Fleance

& Banquo

Term
"The night is long that never finds the ___."
Definition
day
Term
Who is line for the throne after Malcolm?
Definition
Donalbain
Term
"Why do you dress me in borrowed _____."
Definition
robes
Term
"The ___ is free."
Definition
time
Term
What does the word "parricide" mean?
Definition
the murdering of one's father, mother, or relative
Term
What is Macbeth's reaction to Lady Macbeth's death?
Definition
He is calm, saying she would have died sooner or later, anyway
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