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Macbeth - Plot Revision

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  • Who is not 'of woman born' because they were born from a C-Section so is able to kill Macbeth?
    Macduff
  • What does Lady Macbeth hallucinate is on her hands?
    Blood (represents guilt)
  • What does the Witches' apparition of a crowned child with a branch in it's hand represeshadowingnt?
    Macbeth will not be defeated until Birham Wood comes to Duninsane Hill, foreshadowing Malcolm's army camouflaging itself with branches from Birnam Wood
  • Who is going from England to Scotland to fight Macbeth?
    Macduff and Malcolm
  • Who was the monarch when the play was first performed?
    King James I
  • Who does Macbeth defeat in a battle in the beginning of the play?
    Norwegian rebels
  • What is Macbeth's hamartia?
    Unchecked ambition
  • Why does Lady Macbeth kill herself?
    She goes mad from the guilt of her actions
  • How does Lady Macbeth find out about the Witches' prophecies coming true?
    He writes her a letter
  • How does Lady Macbeth frame the guards for Duncan's murder?
    She gets the guards drunk, covers them in blood and leaves the dagger with them
  • What does Macbeth do to Macduff's family?
    Kill them
  • Who does King Duncan announce as his Heir to the throne?
    His son, Malcolm
  • Why does Macbeth send an assassin to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance?
    The Witches' prophecy said that Banquo's son would be King, so Macbeth is protecting his crown
  • What are the Witches' first prophecies at the beginning of the play?
    Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth will become King, Banquo's sons will become Kings
  • How do Malcolm and Macduff disguise their army?
    Holding branches from Birham Wood in front of them and marching to Dunsinane (like the Witches' prophecy said)
  • Who betrays King Duncan during the battle against the Norwegian rebels and what happens to him?
    The Thane of Cawdor and he is killed
  • Why does Duncan go to the Macbeth's in Dunsinane?
    To honour Macbeth after he fought bravely against the Norwegian rebels
  • Why does Macbeth return to the Witches?
    Macbeth wants reassurance from them, as he is guilty and paranoid
  • What year was Macbeth first performed?
    1606
  • What do the Witches show Macbeth when he returns to them?
    Three apparitions
  • How does King Duncan die?
    He is murdered in his sleep by Macbeth
  • What does Macbeth hallucinate seeing at his banquet?
    The ghost of Banquo
  • What does Macbeth realise when he is given title of Thane of Cawdor?
    The Witches' first prophecy came true, so perhaps the others will too
  • What are Lady Macbeth's fears after she reads the letter?
    Macbeth is not ruthless enough to kill to become King
  • What does the Witches' apparition of a bloody child represent?
    Assures Macbeth that "none of woman born shall harm Macbeth". This child represents Macduff, who was delivered by Cesarean section (not naturally born).
  • What title does Macbeth get after he fights bravely against the Norwegian rebels?
    Thane of Cawdor
  • Why do Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England and Ireland?
    To protect themselves from whoever killed their father
  • What does the Witches' apparition of an armed head represent?
    Warns Macbeth to "Beware Macduff", which represents Macbeth's own head, which has been severed after his battle with Macduff.
  • Who becomes King after Macbeth?
    Malcolm (Duncan's son and the rightful heir)
  • How does Banquo die?
    He is killed by assassins sent by Macbeth to kill him, his son escapes
  • Who is crowned King after Duncan is killed?
    Macbeth
  • What does Macbeth have a vision of that convinces him to kill the King?
    A dagger
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