Macbeth- Act 1 Flashcards
Quotes for Lady Macbeth
“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
Quotes for Macbeth
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me”
“ I dare do all that become a man; who dares do more, is none”
Quotes for Duncan
“There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face”
Quotes for Banquo
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow, and which will not,speak”
“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence “
Quotes for witches
“When shall we three meet again ? In thunder,lightning or rain?”
“Fair is foul and foul is fair.”
2 types of witches
White witches: Are witches but help people with herbs and helpful potions.
Dark witches: Are evil witches that curse people and cause famine and death.
How should Shakespearean women act towards their husbands?
They should be obedient and are only there to look after the house and to bear children.
Scene 1 summary
We meet the three witches and we are told they will inform Macbeth of his future.
Scene 2 summary
King Duncan receives a message of how Macbeth fought and he orders the thane of Cawdor executed and gives his title to Macbeth.
Scene 3 summary
Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches and Macbeth doesn’t believe them until a messenger comes to tell him he is Thane of Cawdor.
Scene 4 summary
The Thane of Cawdor is killed and Duncan names Malcolm his heir to the throne.
Scene 5 summary
Lady Macbeth reads a letter from Macbeth and finds the witches prophecy and then decides it is time to kill Duncan and finds out that Duncan is coming to Macbeth’s castle that evening.
Scene 6 summary
Macbeth leads Duncan, Banquo and Malcolm around his castle and Duncan says it’s sweet and pleasant.
Scene 7 summary
Macbeth thinks it is wrong to kill the king but his manipulative wife convinced him to kill Duncan and she makes a plan.
Who was accused of being a witch and what happened to them?
Witches would be old widowed women often with warts or facially disfigured and a pet would be accused of witchcraft and would be hung or drowned.
