Macbeth Act 1

Question 1

What is the mood of the first scene?

Answer 1

dark and omninous

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

heard by the audience but not by other characters

Question 3

What is Lady Macbeth worried about Macbeth?

Answer 3

His personality is femininity/kind/too nice

Question 4

Lady Macbeth’s motive and opportunity to killing King Duncan?

Answer 4

Power and money… King Duncan comes to the castle for the night

Question 5

femininity

Answer 5

kindness and weakness

Question 6

masculinity

Answer 6

ruthlessness and cruelty

Question 7

“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath it,”

Answer 7

Be nice and kind on the outside but inside be evil and cruel

Question 8

Soliloquy

Answer 8

when’s ones thoughts are acted out loud

Question 9

Atmosphere

Answer 9

the mood of a place or situation

Question 10

Atmosphere of the witches

Answer 10

dark and omninous

Question 11

Symbol

Answer 11

a person, place, or thing that represents something else

Question 12

What do the witches symbolize?

Answer 12

Fate

Question 13

Imagery

Answer 13

writing that appeals to the senses

Question 14

Motif

Answer 14

an idea, image, phrase, object that is repeated throughout and helps to reveal the theme

Question 15

Subtext

Answer 15

the thoughts a character has as he speaks the words in the text

Question 16

Dennotation

Answer 16

the exact, literal meaning of a word

Question 17

Connoation

Answer 17

the emotional feelings associated with a word