macbeth

Question 1

macbeth

Answer 1

A once brave warrior who, under his wife’s influence, murders King Duncan and takes the crown, an act that ends in his own tragic downfall.
committing regicide
dante’s inferno (deepest layer of hell is for people who commit regicide)

Question 2

lady macbeth

Answer 2

The manipulative wife of Macbeth who, entranced by the witches’ prophecy, sets her mind on becoming queen. Guilt drives her to madness and suicide.

Question 3

duncan

Answer 3

An honourable and kindly king who shows his respect for Macbeth by making him Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth stabs him while he sleeps.

Question 4

the witches

Answer 4

Three ‘Weird Sisters who appear throughout the play bringing prophecies of kingship to Macbeth and Banquo.

Question 5

structure

Answer 5

The play has a twofold structure following Macbeth’s rise to power and then his fall.

Question 6

tradergy

Answer 6

The play action focused on Macbeth’s rise to power and his fall. His ambition is his fatal flaw as tragic hero

Question 7

blank verse

Answer 7

unrhymed iambic pentameter

is often used when character is in a of high emotion.

Question 8

rhyming couplets

Answer 8

The witches speak in rhyming couplets to show how spells are chanted. This rhythm adds an almost light-hearted rhythm to their sinister prophecie

Question 9

motif

Answer 9

The motifs of sleep and blood run throughout Macbeth and both are used to signify the menace and destruction that ensues from the witches’ prophecies.

Question 10

divine right of kings

Answer 10

kings are chosen by GOD
everyone has a place in the order e.g peasants
going against it will lead to your down fall,your going against god

Question 11

the supernatural

Answer 11

At the time when this play was written, the existence and power of supernatural forces and magical entities, such as witches, was commonly accepted.

Question 12

key quotes for lady macbeth

Answer 12

All perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. (5,1,34-35) This line is said by Lady Macbeth as she reaches the stage of her guilty conscience.
“Come you spirits, That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.”

Question 13

macbeth key quotes

Answer 13

“Stars hide your fires; let not light see my dark and deep desires”
“Brave Macbeth

Question 14

whichets

Answer 14

“Fair is foul and foul is fair”

Question 15

whats macbeth’s fatal flaw

Answer 15

to much ambition