Macbeth Acts 3,4,5 test review

Judicious

good judgement

Credulous

gullible

Intemperance

lack of restraint

When Macbeth says "Out, out, brief candle!" the word candle refers to what? List the other metaphors in the same soliloquy?

life

How does Macbeth react to his wife's death?

like there's no point of living if death is at the end

Who warns Lady Macduff to escape?

messenger

Who actually murders Lady Macduff and her children?

people hired by Macbeth

Virtuous

pure

At the beginning of Scene 6, Lennox speaks of Macbeth's sorrow and nobility in a tone that is what?

sarcastic

Define imagery.

use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

Avarice

wanting wealth

Malevolence

wishing evil to others

Why does Macbeth decide to leave Macduff alone?

He has fled to England so Macbeth is going to go after his family

When Ross joins Malcolm and Macduff in Scene 3, he says to Macduff, "Let not your ears despise my tongue forever, / Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound / That ever yet they heard." What does he mean and why does he say this?

He is about to tell him that his family is dead and he doesn't want Macduff to hate him for bringing the terrible news

How has Macbeth changed between the beginning of Act I and the end of Act III?

He is ok with using treachery

In the extended banquet scene, Macbeth chastises Banquo for being absent. What makes that speech ironic?

He knows that he is dead, but he still sees his spirit

Why does Macbeth begin to act so oddly at the banquet?

He sees Banquo's ghost

In the opening scene at Dunsinane Castle, Macbeth has no patience for his servant. He says, "Go prick thy face and over-red thy fear. / Thou lily-livered boy." What does his treatment of the servant tell you about how Macbeth's character has changed?

He turned brutal

At the end of Act III, Macbeth plans to visit the witches once more. What does he want to learn?

He wants to know if he'll still be king and what his future is going to look like

Infirmity

a physical weakness or ailment

The murderer appears at the banquet to report to Macbeth. He says that Banquo is dead but not his son Fleance. Macbeth says in an Aside, "the worm that's fled / Hath nature that in time will venom breed, / No teeth for th' present." What does Macbeth mean?

He's not a danger right now but will be later

As he prepares for his final battle, Macbeth expresses his disappointment that old age will not bring him what?

Honor, obedience, love, and a lot of friends

O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly. (Act III)

Banquo, telling Fleance to run away because the murderers are after him too

Why does Macbeth want Banquo dead?

Because the witches promised that he'd have a line of kings

Find three examples of "blood" imagery throughout the play.

Can't wash away the blood; kid with blood; bloody dagger

At the banquet, what does Macbeth's tortured conscience cause?

Challenging Banquo's ghost

During the banquet, Macbeth becomes unhappy and distracted. Lady Macbeth says to him, "Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks/ Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight." What does she mean?

Don't look so down, be cheerful with your guests

In her sleep-walking scene, Lady Macbeth declares, "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" What spot is she talking about?

Duncan's blood

List each of the three apparitions that speak to Macbeth. What does each apparition tell him?

Floating head that warns him to beware Macduff; bloody child tells him that "none of woman born/shall harm Macbeth"; a crowned kid holding a tree that tells him that he is safe until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill

When Macduff learns the news of his wife's death, how does he react, and what does he resolve to do?

Go back to Scotland and overthrow Macbeth

Macbeth explains to the hired murderers that they must keep his plan a secret. Why?

He doesn't want to get caught

When Macduff asks Ross about his family, Ross at first replies that "they were well at peace" when he last saw them. Why does Ross reply this way?

He doesn't want to worry Macduff; don't hate me for the bad news I bring

At the beginning of Act III, Macbeth learns that Banquo will not be returning to the castle until after dark. Why is this good news for him?

It makes it easier to kill Banquo in the darkness

Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks / Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight. (Act III)

Lady Macbeth, relax dear and put on a happy and cheerful face for your guests

In Act V, how does the plot resolve?

MacDuff kills Macbeth

This avarice / Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root / Than summer-seeming lust, and it hath been / The sword of our slain kings.

MacDuff to Malcolm; sight and touch

In Scene iii, what finally convinces Malcolm that Macduff is loyal?

MacDuff's noble despair for his country

We are yet but young in deed. (Act III)

Macbeth, him and Lady Macbeth are still beginners when it comes to crimes

"the worm that's fled / Hath nature that in time will venom breed, / No teeth for th' present." (Act III)

Macbeth, talking about Fleance leaving

Nay, had I pow'r, I should / Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, / Uproar the universal peace...

Malcolm to MacDuff; taste, touch and hearing

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, / Was once thought honest.

Malcolm to MacDuff; touch

Nay, had I pow'r, I should / Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, / Uproar the universal peace, confound / All unity on earth.

Malcolm to Macduff; taste, touch, and hearing

The play ends with the thanes acknowledging who as Scotland's new and lawful king?

Malcom

At the beginning of Act IV, a witch calls out "Something wicked this way comes" just as Macbeth approaches. What can you infer from her comment? Fillet of a fenny snake, / In the caldron boil and bake / Eye of newt and toe of frog, / Wool of bat and tongue of dog, / Adder's fork and blindworm's sting...

Second witch, to the other witches, appeals to the sense of imagery

Why does Lady Macbeth kill herself?

She's overwhelmed with guilt

Why does Malcolm tell his soldiers to cut down branches of trees to carry as they march?

So Macbeth won't know how many men are in the army

When Macbeth begins talking to Banquo's ghost, how does Lady Macbeth react?

Tells others that Macbeth just has an illness

What happens to Macduff's wife and child?

They were murdered

Why does Malcolm tell Macduff that he is not fit to rule Scotland?

To see if MacDuff is loyal

Why does Malcolm pretend that he is too evil to become king?

To see if Macduff is loyal to Scotland

When Macduff receives the news of his family, what does Malcolm urges him to do?

To turn his grief into anger and help him get rid of Macbeth

When does Macbeth first realize that he has been tricked by the prophecies of the witches?

When he sees the Birnam woods moving towards him

When does Macbeth finally realize that the witches and apparitions deceived him with ambiguous messages?

When he sees the woods coming towards him and MacDuff tells him his mother had died before giving birth to him and came out with a C-section

What is Macbeth's tragic flaw?

ambition

When Macbeth hears that Fleance has escaped the murderers, how does he react?

anxiety

How does Macbeth try to reassure himself that Malcolm and Macduff are not a threat to him?

both "of a woman born"

Predominant

convinced, usually with money, to do something clamorous ;noisy

Perturbed

disorder

perturbations

disturbance

Dauntless

fearless

Indissoluble

feudal lord entitled to allegiance and servitude sundry ;various, miscellaneous

harbingers

forerunners

Pristine

fresh and clean; uncorrupted