Symbols, Quotes, takeaways

Question 1

_____: Represents guilt and murder. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are haunted by blood, symbolizing their moral corruption.

Answer 1

Blood

Question 2

______: Represents peace and innocence. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are deprived of sleep due to their guilt.

Answer 2

sleep

Question 3

________: Each of the witches’ predictions is symbolic of Macbeth’s rising and falling power. The visions of the armed head, the bloody child, and the crowned child with a tree in hand are key to Macbeth’s understanding of his fate.

Answer 3

the witches apparitions

Question 4

• “Out, out, brief candle!” — Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5). Macbeth reflects on the futility of life after ______ of his wife’s death.

Answer 4

hearing

Question 5

• “Is this a dagger which I see before me?” — Macbeth (Act 2, Scene 1). _______envisions a dagger leading him to Duncan’s chamber to commit murder.

Answer 5

macbeth

Question 6

• “Lady Macbeth: Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” (Act 5, Scene 1). Lady Macbeth is driven mad by ____.

Answer 6

guilt

Question 7

Macbeth’s tragic flaw: _____

Answer 7

ambition

Question 8

Lady Macbeth’s role:
______ and ambitious, she encourages Macbeth to commit murder but is consumed by guilt.

Answer 8

Manipulative

Question 9

The witches’ prophecies: They create the _____ of control over fate but are vague and ambiguous.

Answer 9

illusion

Question 10

_________: Macbeth dies in battle, and Malcolm takes the throne, restoring order to Scotland.

Answer 10

the plays ending