English MacBeth Act 1 Scenes 1-4

Question 0

What is main paradox of play?

Answer 0

Fair is foul and foul is fair

Question 1

Why does Shakespeare use thunder and lightning with witches?

Answer 1

To grab audience attention and create eerie mood because at time audience feared witches

Question 2

Equivocation

Answer 2

Speaking to be confusing

Question 3

What is the biggest theme of the play?

Answer 3

Appearance vs. reality

Question 4

Who is Duncan

Answer 4

King of Scotland

Question 5

Who are Duncan’s sons

Answer 5

Malcolm (oldest) and Donalbain

Question 6

What is a Thane

Answer 6

A wealthy landowner

Question 7

Who is Lennox

Answer 7

A Scottish nobleman

Question 8

How does Macbeth kill MacDonwald

Answer 8

Slices him up the middle and puts his head on a stick (belly button –> mouth)

Question 9

How is Macbeth regarding after this victory

Answer 9

A hero, Scotland wins

Question 10

Who are the Scottish fighting

Answer 10

Norway

Question 11

How come it appeared that Norway was going to win for awhile

Answer 11

There was a traitor, Thane of Cawdor

Question 12

At the end of Scene 2 what’s foreshadowed

Answer 12

The traitor’s death, Macbeth’s new title

Question 13

Heroic couplet

Answer 13

2 rhyming lines at the end of a sonnet, foreshadows death

Question 14

Who informs King Duncan of how the war is going ?

Answer 14

Thane of Ross and the wounded captain

Question 15

In the beginning of scene 3, what occurs and what’s its association

Answer 15

Thunder and lighting

The witches

Question 16

Who is Banquo

Answer 16

Macbeth’s best friend

Question 17

What does Banquo call the witches

Answer 17

Gross ugly skinny and masculine

Question 18

What do the witches show Macbeth

Answer 18

His prophecies

Thane of Glamis–> Thane of Cawdor–> King

Question 19

How does Banquo react

Answer 19

He wants his own prophecy

Question 20

What’s Banquo’s prophecy

Answer 20

“Lesser than Macbeth but greater, not so happy yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo”

Question 21

What happens when Macbeth demands something of the witches (where they got their information)

Answer 21

They leave. Shows that they are truly the ones in charge

Question 22

Who comes with a message for Macbeth from the king, and what is the message

Answer 22

thane of Ross and angus

The king was very pleased with Macbeth’s fighting and his new title is Thane of Cawdor

Question 23

What are Banquo’s thoughts on winning and the witches

Answer 23

You must betray to win. Instruments of darkness=witches

They tell us truths to be corrupted

Question 24

What is Macbeth freaked out by and initially what does he decide

Answer 24

The prophecy is starting to come true. He will leave the change of being king up to chance

Question 25

What does Duncan believe about Macbeth

Answer 25

He trusts him, but shouldn't

Question 26

What is the relationship between Duncan and Macbeth like

Answer 26

They both love and respect one another

Question 27

What does Duncan announce to Macbeth

Answer 27

Malcolm (prince of Cumberland) is the heir to the throne

Question 28

What else does Duncan and Macbeth discuss

Answer 28

A party to celebrate the heir. Macbeth leaves to tell his wife about it

Question 29

What happens to the Thane of Cawdor

Answer 29

He's dead, and confessed to traitor

Question 30

After hearing about the new air Macbeth thinks again about his dark ideas. What does he fear

Answer 30

Others will see his "deep and dark desires"