Macbeth Unit Final

Question 1

who was malcolm

Answer 1

eldest son of Duncan

Question 2

who was Donalbain

Answer 2

youngest son of Duncan

Question 3

who were the three murderers

Answer 3

servants of Macbeth

Question 4

whos the gentlewomen

Answer 4

Lady Macbeths servant

Question 5

whos banquo

Answer 5

a general in Duncan’s army

Question 6

whos fleance

Answer 6

Banquo’s son who survives Macbeths attempt to murder him

Question 7

whos ‘son’

Answer 7

Macduffs son

Question 8

who are the nobleman of scottland

Answer 8

Ross, Lennox, mentieth, Angus, Caithness

Question 9

who are the three witches

Answer 9

the weird sisters

Question 10

whos hectate

Answer 10

Queen of the witches

Question 11

why can Macbeth not maintain his power

Answer 11

becuase his increasingly brutal actions make him hated as a tyrant

Question 12

who was Macbeth originally

Answer 12

a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis; king duncans cousin

Question 13

what does thane mean

Answer 13

Scottish title of nobility

Question 14

what does Banquos character essentially represent

Answer 14

the path that Macbeth chose not to take where ambition did not lead to betrayal and murder

Question 15

what does Duncans death symbolize

Answer 15

the destruction of an order in Scotland

Question 16

where/when does macbeth take place

Question 17

whos Macduff

Answer 17

scottish nobleman who eventually becomes leader of the crusade to unseat Macbeth

Question 18

whos the porter

Answer 18

the drunken doorman of Macbeths castle

Question 19

define tragic hero

Answer 19

great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering or defeat

Question 20

how is Macbeth a tragic hero

Answer 20

he starts as a good character who kills traitors for the king but then after listening to the witches and his wife about killing the king for the crown he becomes excessively greedy and ambitious which leads to his ultimate downfall

Question 21

characteristics of a Shakespearean tragedy (8)

Answer 21

tragic hero, good against evil, fatal flaws and fatal mistakes, supernatural, fate and fortune, revenge, death/destruction, internal and external pressures

Question 22

define parallelism

Answer 22

the repetition of grammatical elements in writing or speaking to emphasize similar ideas in a sentence

Question 23

define simile

Answer 23

figure of speech that compares two things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 24

define paradox

Answer 24

a statement that at first appears to be contradictory but after consideration makes sense

Question 25

define metaphor

Answer 25

a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true

Question 26

define personification

Answer 26

A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human

Question 27

define soliloquy

Answer 27

when someone speaks their thoughts aloud when you are by yourself

Question 28

define irony

Answer 28

When a person says or does something that is different than what is expected or from reality

Question 29

main event for Act 1

Answer 29

background for the murder

Question 30

main event for Act 2

Answer 30

king duncans murder

Question 31

main event for Act 3

Answer 31

murder of Banquo

Question 32

main event for Act 4

Answer 32

murder of the Macduff family

Question 33

main event for Act 5

Answer 33

retribution against Macbeth for murders

Question 34

setting of the play

Answer 34

1030 Scotland when the government was weak and kingship was not yet hereditary

Question 35

where does the real tragedy of Macbeth lay

Answer 35

the deterioration, disintegration and break-up of the inner Macbeth where the man with capacity for greatness turns evil and dies full of self-loathing, emptied of all dignity and self-worth

Question 36

who is the most dominant character in act 1 scenes 5-7

Answer 36

lady macbeth

Question 37

who is scotland at war with in the beginning of the play

Answer 37

norway

Question 38

who discovers duncans murder

Answer 38

macduff

Question 39

summary of act 1

Answer 39

meet three witches; macduff titled thane of cawdor; decides to murder duncan after the witches prophecies and lady macbeths manipulation

Question 40

summary of act 2

Answer 40

Duncan is murdered; Malcolm and Donalbain flee from Scotland; macbeth kills guards; macbeth choosen as new king

Question 41

summary of act 3

Answer 41

macbeth orders 3 murderers to kill banquo and fleance; banuqo killed but fleance escapes; macbeth sees banquos ghost at the party; macduff flees to england to join up with malcom

Question 42

summary of act 4

Answer 42

macbeth talks to witches and is heartened by prophecies; learns macduff has fled to england and orders to have everyone in his castle killed; macduff gains malcolms trust and convinces him to start an army to overthrow macbeth;

Question 43

summary of act 5

Answer 43

lady macbeth observed sleepwalking and makes confessions in this state; macbeth remains confident despite nobels leaving him; Malcolm orders soldiers to use branches from the forest for camouflage; lady macbeth commits suicide; macduff and macbeth fight; macduff kills macbeth and returns carrying his head; Malcolm becomes king