Macbeth

Question 1

What is Regicide?

Answer 1

The act of killing a king.

Question 2

What is a Soliloquy?

Answer 2

When a Character speaks their thoughts to an audience.

Question 3

What is Hubris?

Answer 3

Excessive pride or self confidence.

Question 4

What is a Tragic Hero?

Answer 4

A character of noble birth who has a fatal flaw which causes them suffering
- Often resulting in death of the character.

Question 5

What is Hamartia?

Answer 5

A characters fatal flaw.

Question 6

What is foreboding?

Answer 6

Hinting something bad is going to happen.

Question 7

What is a Tyrant?

Answer 7

A cruel and oppressive ruler.

Question 8

What is Dramatic irony?

Answer 8

Where the audience knows something the characters don’t.

Question 9

What is Vaulting ambition?

Answer 9

An excessive or overreacting ambition that leads to

Question 10

What is the 4 key themes of Macbeth?

Answer 10

Ambition
The Supernatural
Guilt
Appearance vs reality

Question 10

Who said:
- ‘stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires’

Answer 10

Macbeth said this to himself (soliloquy)

Question 11

'’Black Macbeth’’

Answer 11

Macbeth

Question 12

'’Full of scorpions in my mind’’

Answer 12

Macbeth

Question 13

'’Stars hide your desires’’

Answer 13

Macbeth

Question 14

'’Brave’’

Answer 14

Referring to Macbeth

Question 15

'’Valiant’’

Answer 15

Referring to Macbeth

Question 16

‘is this dagger i see before me’

Answer 16

Macbeth

Question 17

‘black macbeth’

Answer 17

Macbeth

Question 18

‘unsex me here’

Answer 18

Lady Macbeth

Question 19

‘i may pour my spirits in thine ear’

Answer 19

Lady Macbeth

Question 20

‘out damned spot’

Answer 20

Lady Macbeth

Question 21

‘look like th’ innocent flower but be the serpant under it’

Answer 21

Lady Macbeth

Question 22

‘make thick blood’

Answer 22

Lady Macbeth

Question 23

‘come to my womens breast and take my milk for gall’

Answer 23

Lady Macbeth

Question 24

'too full o' the milk of human kindness'

Answer 24

Lady Macbeth

Question 25

'when you durst do it then you are a man'

Answer 25

Lady Macbeth

Question 26

'dash the brains out'

Answer 26

Lady Macbeth

Question 27

'had he not resembled my father'

Answer 27

Lady Macbeth

Question 28

'there's knocking at my door'

Answer 28

Lady Macbeth

Question 29

''worth gentleman''

Answer 29

Power/Ambition

Question 30

''hale to thee Thane of Cawdor''

Answer 30

Power/Ambition

Question 31

''we shall proceed no further in this business''

Answer 31

Power/Ambition

Question 32

''only vaulting ambition''

Answer 32

Power/Ambition

Question 33

''life.. is a tale told by an idiot''

Answer 33

Power/Ambition

Question 34

''no man born a women''

Answer 34

Power/Ambition

Question 35

''pour my spirits into thine ear''

Answer 35

Power/Ambition

Question 36

''the service and the loyalty i owe

Answer 36

Loyalty

Question 37

''what bloody man is that''

Answer 37

Guilt

Question 38

''out damned spot''

Answer 38

Guilt