Macbeth Flashcards
How many apparitions does Macbeth see? 4:1
3
What does the first apparition say? 4:1
Beware Macduff
What does the second apparition say? 4:1
Laugh at everyone else because no one born to a woman will kill Macbeth
What does the third apparition say? 4:1
Noone will harm Macbeth until Birnam Wood fights him.
What does Macbeth ask the witches after he sees all 3 apparitions? 4:1
he asks if Banquo’s sons will ever be king.
How many ghosts appear on stage? 4:1
9
What is the 8th ghost holding? 4:1
a mirror
Who is the 9th ghost? 4:1
Banquo
Who are all of these ghosts? 4:1
Banquo’s lineage
What does Lennox come to tell Macbeth? 4:1
Macduff has fled to England
What does Macbeth decide to do? 4:1
He will no longer wait to act on a decision. As soon as he decides something he will act.
What does Macbeth tell Lennox to do? 4:1
kill Macduff and his family.
What does Lady Macduff say about Macduff’s leaving to England? 4:2
she sees it as a cowardice act of fear because he left behind his whole family.
Who is comforting Lady Macduff? 4:2
Ross
What does the messenger tell Lady Macduff? 4:2
That something bad is coming and to not be here when it gets there.
Who does the first murderer kill? 4:2
The child on Macduff
What does Malcom think Macduff is going to do? 4:3
he thinks that Macduff is going to give Malcom in so that he looks better.
What do Macduff and Malcom think of Macbeth? 4:3
they think he is a murderous tyrant who is tearing scotland apart.
What is Macduff trying to convince Malcom of? 4:3
he is trying to convince him that he would be a good king. Better than Macbeth
What does Macduff say after Malcom describes his greedy and horrible view on being king? 4:3
he says goodbye to scotland forever.
What is beginning to form in Scotland?4:3
a force to start taking over Macbeth.
Who decides to go back to help? 4:3
Malcom
What does Ross tell Macduff? 4:3
that his family and servants were slaughtered.
How does Macduff react to the news of his family? 4:3
he vows to return to kill Madbeth
Who is the doctor speaking with at the beginning? 5:1
he is speaking with a gentlewoman
what does the gentlewoman tell the doctor is happening to Lady Macbeth? 5:1
She tells him that Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking
What does Lady Macbeth seem to reveal as she sleepwalks? 5:1
She reveals that there is “blood on her hands”. This is an allusion to something bad that has happened.
What does the doctor presume about Lady MAcbeth? 5:1
he presumes that she has something to hide and is holding back many secrets.
What does the doctor think Lady Macbeth needs? 5:1
he thinks she needs a priest to cleanse her mind and soul.
How is Macbeth acting towards his thanes? 5:3
he is acting very reserved and thinks they are traitors.
What does Macbeth ask the doctor to cure? 5:3
he asks him to cure his wife and his country
What is Malcolm’s ideas to confuse Macbeth’s spies? 5:4
to have every soldier hold a branch in front of them as they advance.
What happened to Lady Macbeth? 5:5
she is dead
What does the messenger tell macbeth? 5:5
the birnam woods are moving
How does Macbeth react to the woods moving? 5:5
he prepares to die
What does Macbeth think will keep him from getting killed? 5:8
he believes that he cannot be killed by anyone born of woman.
How does macduff respond to Macbeth telling him about his charmed life? 5:8
he says that he was cut out of his mothers womb before birth, so he was not born from woman.
Will macbeth surrender? 5:8
nope
Does macduff kill macbeth? 5:8
yes
Who becomes king? 5:8
malcolm
