macbeth

• When the witches are chanting "double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble," what're are the doing?

  Circling the cauldron with potion they are making
• What is the "something wicked" that "this way comes" that the witches say?


  Macbeth
• Act 1 scene 2: What name does Duncan think Macbeth deserves?

  Thane of Cawdor
• Act 1 scene 2: The captain says, "Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops / And fixed his

  head upon our battlements."

  1. Who is the person doing the "unseaming"?

  Macbeth
• Act 1 scene 2: The captain says, "Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops / And fixed his

  head upon our battlements."

  2. Who is the person being "unseamed" ?

  Macdonald
• Act 1 scene 2: Who does King Duncan see as the "most disloyal traitor" at the beginning of the narrative?

  The current Thane of Cawdor
• Act 1 scene 3: What three titles do the witches greet Macbeth with?

  Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glams and King
• Act 1 scene 3: What provecho do he witches give to Banquo?


  That his sons will be kings but he will not
• Act 1 scene 3: What does Banquo say the "instruments of darkness" are capable of doing?

  They can show truths and sought after prophecies to get people to do harmful things.
• Act 1 scene 3: In Macbeth's short soliloquy, he argues that the witches' prophecy cannot be "ill"

  because why?

  The prophecy cannot be ill because only good things were foreseen in their futures.
• Act 1 Scene 3: In this short soliloquy, he argues that it cannot be good. What images does he conjure

  that makes him feel frightened?


  The pretty can not be good because he knows that in order for him to become King, there will be death for others
• Act 1 Scene 3: To satisfy his fear, Macbeth thinks it might be possible to be King without what?

  Murdering Duncan
• Act 1 Scene 3: What reason does Banquo give to Ross and Angus for Macbeth's odd behavior?

  He is still in shock of the honors granted to him as Thane of Cawdor.
• Act 1 Scene 4: What does Malcom report the old Thane of Cawdor did at his execution?

  He confessed and died nobly
• Act 1 Scene 4: "There is no art / To find the mind's construction in the face. / He was a gentleman on

  whom I built / An absolute trust."

  1. Who is speaking?

  Duncan
• Act 1 Scene 4: "There is no art / To find the mind's construction in the face. / He was a gentleman on

  whom I built / An absolute trust."

  2. Paraphrase these lines:


  Duncan shows no sorrow for killing the old Thane of Cawdor because he put complete trust in him and he betrayed him.
• Act 1 Scene 4: For what does Duncan apologize to Macbeth?


  He apologizes for not having anything else to give him besides the title of Thane of Cawdor.
• Act 1 Scene 4: What does Duncan announce about Malcom?


  Malco will be the successor to the throne
• Act 1 Scene 4: Duncan says that they should go to "Inverness." What is Inverness?


  Macbeth's House
• Act 1 Scene 4: What does Macbeth say about the Prince of Cumberland (Malcom)?


  The Prince of Cumberland (Malcom) is a stone that needs to be stepped on or over.
• Act 1 Scene 5: What news does Lady Macbeth receive in the letters from Macbeth?


  The letters tell about Macbeth's encounter with the Witches and their prophecies.
• Act 1 Scene 5: What is Lady Macbeth afraid stands in the way of Macbeth becoming king?


  She fears that Macbeth lacks the ruthlessness needed to gain the throne
• Act 1 Scene 5: "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from

  the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty."

  1. Who is speaking?

  Lady Macbeth
• Act 1 Scene 5: "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from

  the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty."

  2. Paraphrase the lines


  Lady Macbeth is asking the spirited to make her unfertile and poison her milk in order to make Macbeth king.
• Act 1 Scene 5: What does Lady Macbeth compare Macbeth's face to?


  A book where men can read strange matters
• Act 1 Scene 5: What does Lady Macbeth instinct Macbeth to do?


  Be patient and leave the plan to her
• What is part of the largess that is for Lady Macbeth?

  A diamond
• What does Banquo dream of?

  The 3 Witches
• What does Macbeth say in response to Banquo's dream?

  "I think not of them"
• Macbeth tells Banquo that if he sticks with him, he will give him honor. Banquo response "So I lose none in seeking to augment it" What does Banquo mean?


  As long as he can have a clear conscience and won't lose any of his honor by seeking to gain more
• What fatal vision does Macbeth have?

  A bloody dagger
• Where is Macbeth going at the end of his soliloquy at the end of Act I, Scene I?

  To Duncan's room to kill him
• What reason does Lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself?


  He looked too much like her father
• What has Macbeth forgotten?

  To place the daggers and frame the guards
• What reason does Macbeth give for not returning to Duncan's bed chamber?

  He can't look at Duncan again, he's filled with too much regret
• Who is knocking on the door?

  Macduff and Lennox
• What does the porter say alcohol does?

  Turns your nose red, makes you urinate, makes you sleep, stimulates desire ut hinders preformance
• What does Macduff say the King commanded him to do?

  Wake him up early
• What does Lennox say about the evening?

  It has been chaotic and strange
• Macduff uses the metaphor of a Gorgon. What is Macduff comparing to a Gorgon?


  A Gorgon is a mythological creature that, when looked upon, causes instant death. He compares seeing Duncan's dead Boyd to a Gorgon