english

• how is Macbeth presented at the start of act 1?

  loyal, brave, trustworthy, heroic
• what 3 titles do the witches present Macbeth with and why is the 2nd one particularly relevant?

  thane of cawdor

  glamis

  king
• what warning does banquo give Macbeth?

  “don’t trust the instruments of darkness” (witches”
• who is Malcolm and why is he important to the plot?


  kind duncan’s son, rightful heir to the thrown
• how does lady macbeth know about the witches prophecies?

  letter she reads
• what quality of her husband does she think will be an obstacle to him becoming king?

  “to full of the milk of human kindness” (too kind”
• what different reasons does macbeth come up with for not killing the king?

  duncan has honoured him and thinks he’s a good leader
• how does lady macbeth convince him to continue with theirs murderous plan?

  questions his masculinity
• act 2 - what vision does macbeth have on his way to kill the king?

  a bloody dagger
• why didn’t lady Macbeth kill the king herself?

  he reminded her of her father
• whag does he forget to do once he has killed the king

  leave the daggers to fame the guards
• how do m and lm respond differently to what they have done?


  m hallucinates and is frigtened

  lm doesn’t care, wants her title
• who discovers duncan’s body?

  macduff
• what does macbeth do after seeing the kings body? slaughter the guards
• why do malcolm and donalbain flee and what is the consequence of this?

  think they will be hlames

  macbeth then becomes king
• act 3 - how has banquos relationship with macbeth changed?


  ba who becomes suspicious, macbeth sees banquo as a threat
• why does macbeth want to kill fleance?

  because he became king
• why is lady macbeth worried about her husband?

  he spends time alone, wouldn’t discuss his plans with her
• what does macbeth not tell her about?

  doesnt say how he was going to kill banquo
• how does macbeth behave at the start of the feast?

  regal, welcoming acting like a king
• what different feelings does the murderers news give macbeth?

  relieved, scared because fleance is dead
• how does macbeth behave when he sees banquos ghost?

  guilty, scared of the ghost
• what evidence is there that the country is beginning to turn against their new king?


  lords and lennox complain and call him a tyrant
• act 4 - when macbeth goes back to the witches, how does the apparations give him confidence?

  they say any man born of a women can not harm him
• where has macduff gona and which important character does he join?

  gone to england

  joined malcolm
• what opinions are given about the way macbeth is ruling scotland?


  hes a cruel tyrant
• how is lm presented differently from previous scenes?


  hallucinates about the killing duncan scene (mental breakdown)
• how are 2 of the witches visions shown to be misleading?

  burnam wood carried by soldiers to dunsinane

  macduff wasnt born a women
• who kills macbeth?


  macduff
• why is malcolm crowned king?

  he’s the rightful heir
• “yet do i fear thy nature“ - lady macbeth about macbeth

  soliloquy

  after she receives macbeths letter

  AO3: presentation of a women as move powerful shock to jacobeans afraid of his lack of ambition - negative association with terror
• “afraid to think what i have done“ -

  macbeth committing regicide

  AO3: divine right of kings

  ambition taking over

  after he kills duncan
• “ i fear thou playdst most foully for ‘t”

  terror of macbeths ambition

  suspicious of macbeth

  AO3: treason wouldve been a topical subject + divine right of kings
• “what need i fear thee”

  talking to macduff

  divine right of kings

  no man born a women can harm macbeth
• “our fears in banquo stick deep”

  the further he achieves his ambition the more terror he feels

  talking about himself AO3 divine rights