Macbeth characters Flashcards
who is a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not a virtuous one.
Macbeth
who is a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position.
Lady Macbeth
who plotted mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies.
The Three Witches
The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne.
Banquo
The good King of Scotland whom Macbeth, in his ambition for the crown, murders.
King Duncan
A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start.
MacDuff
The son of Duncan, whose restoration to the throne signals Scotland’s return to order following Macbeth’s reign of terror.
Malcolm
The goddess of witchcraft, who helps the three witches work their mischief on Macbeth.
Hecate
Banquo’s son, who survives Macbeth’s attempt to murder him.
fleance
A Scottish nobleman
lennox
A Scottish nobleman
Ross
A group of ruffians conscripted by Macbeth to murder Banquo, Fleance and Macduff’s wife and children.
The murderers
who’s The drunken doorman of Macbeth’s castle
porter
The scene in her castle provides our only glimpse of a domestic realm other than that of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. She and her home serve as contrasts to Lady Macbeth and the hellish world of Inverness.
Lady Macduff
Duncan’s son and Malcolm’s younger brother.
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