| Important Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
“Oh, treachery! /run, good Fleance,/Run, run, run! Avenge me later! Farewell!” |
Banquo, said to his son as he is being murdered. |
| #2 |
“Out, damned spot. Out, I say!” |
Lady Macbeth, said in her sleep due to her guilty feelings |
| #3 |
“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / creeps in this petty pace from day to day.” |
Macbeth, said after his wife has died. |
| #4 |
“Who struck out the light?” |
Murderer, said because Fleance escaped in the confusion |
| #5 |
“I have done no harm. But I remember now / I am in this earthly world, where to do harm / Is often praiseworthy, to do good sometimes / Is dangerous foolishness.” |
Lady Macduff, said as murderers are coming to her house to kill her family |
| Important Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
“Tooth of wolf, and dragon’s scale, / witches’ mummy, eye and nail, / parts of hungry salt-sea shark, / root of hemlock dug in the dark.” |
Witches, said while they are making a spell to summon the visions |
| #2 |
“[I] was taken / from [my] mother’s womb prematurely. / I was not born in the normal way.” |
Macduff, said to Macbeth before he kills him, explaining that he was not born of woman and can harm Macbeth |
| #3 |
“Duncan trusts me for several reasons. / I am his kinsman and his subject. / I am also his host.” |
Macbeth, said while trying to decide if he should kill Duncan |
| #4 |
“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” |
Macbeth, said to Lady Macbeth because he is upset Banquo's descendants will be king. Shows his dissatisfaction with life. |
| #5 |
“Some I see / Wear two crowns and carry three scepters. / Horrible sight! They all resemble Banquo. / Now I see it is true. They will all be kings.” |
Macbeth, said as he sees the vision of Banquo's many descendants, also referenced King James I. |
| Major Events and Themes |
| #1 |
What are the three titles the Witches call Macbeth by when they first meet? |
Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King |
| #2 |
Describe two of the ways the predictions made by the apparitions come true. |
Macduff kills Macbeth, the English army cuts down the wood and moves to Dunsinane, and Macduff was born by c-section |
| #3 |
What is Macbeth's greatest flaw? |
ambition and/or never happy with what he has |
| #4 |
Why does Macduff go to England? |
To help Malcolm and run from Macbeth |
| #5 |
Why is Siward so calm about the death of his son? |
He feels his son died the best possible way, honorably in battle. |
| Important Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
“I’ll go to England.” |
Malcolm, said after his father is killed and the sons know they have to escape. |
| #2 |
“Fight on, Macduff, / And cursed be he that first cries, 'Stop, enough!’” |
Macbeth, when he decides to fight Macduff at the end of the play instead of surrendering |
| #3 |
“I will surprise Macduff’s castle: / I will give the edge of the sword / to his wife, his babies, and any unlucky relatives / who might happen to be there at the time.” |
Macbeth, said after the Visions tell him to beware Macduff and he discovers Macduff has escaped. |
| #4 |
"She always does that. It looks as if she is washing her hands." |
Lady Macbeth's servant, gentlewoman, said while Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and dreaming her hands are covered in blood. |
| #5 |
“Sit, worthy friends; / My lord is often like this, / and has been since his youth. / Please stay seated. / The fit is temporary; in a moment / he will again be well |
Lady Macbeth, said as Macbeth is acting crazy at his dinner party because of Banquo's ghost. |
| Major Themes and Events/Important Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
Describe Lady Macbeth's state of mind towards the end of the story. |
Lady Macbeth begins to go crazy and feels very guilty. |
| #2 |
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle towards my hand? / Come, let me clutch you.” |
Macbeth, said as he hallucinates a dagger before he kills Duncan |
| #3 |
Give three examples of when Macbeth is unable to be happy with what he already has. |
Answer to be determined by Ms. Connelly |
| #4 |
What are the three predictions made by the Visions the second time Macbeth visits the witches? |
Beware Macduff, Macbeth cannot be defeated until the woods move to his castle, and he cannot be harmed by anyone born from a woman. |
| #5 |
"Be brave as a lion, and be proud. Do not worry about your enemies." |
Vision, said to Macbeth before he tells him he can't be defeated until a wood moves to his castle. |
