plot overview
Cards (75)
- Who wrote the five-act tragedy Macbeth?
- In what year was Macbeth written?
- Where is the play Macbeth primarily set?
- Where does Macbeth mainly take place?
- How is Macbeth initially presented in the play?
- To whom is Macbeth initially loyal?
- What three factors lead Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan?
- Who does Macbeth murder to ascend the throne?
- What emotion increasingly consumes Macbeth as King of Scotland?
- What does Macbeth fear after becoming king?
- Whom does Macbeth first attempt to murder out of fear?
- Who else does Macbeth attempt to murder?
- What consumes both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?
- What hallucination does Macbeth experience?
- Whose advice does Macbeth seek a second time?
- What happens to Lady Macbeth?
- Who kills Macbeth in a duel?
- Why does Macduff kill Macbeth?
- Who becomes the new King of Scotland at the play's conclusion?
- Who is the rightful heir to the throne?
- Who are introduced in the first scene of Act I?
- How is Macbeth first portrayed in Act I?
- What act proves Macbeth's loyalty to King Duncan in Act I?
- Who hears prophecies from the three witches in Act I?
- What is the first prophecy given to Macbeth by the witches?
- What is the second prophecy given to Macbeth by the witches?
- What prophecy do the witches give to Banquo?
- What happens to the previous Thane of Cawdor?
- Who becomes the new Thane of Cawdor?
- To whom does Macbeth send a letter outlining the witches' prophecies?
- Who visits the Macbeths at their castle, Dunsinane in Act I?
- What does Macbeth deliberate on in Act I?
- Who convinces Macbeth to assassinate Duncan?
- What is the first hallucination Macbeth sees in Act II?
- Where does Macbeth see Banquo and Fleance in Act II?
- Where does the murder of Duncan take place?
- What does Lady Macbeth do with the murder weapons in Act II?
- Who discovers Duncan's murder?
- What reason does Macbeth give for killing Duncan's guards?
- Why do Duncan's sons flee Scotland?