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Macbeth by William Shakespeare | Characters

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare | Plot Summary

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Why should you read "Macbeth"? - Brendan Pelsue

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Macduff - Person that kills MacBeth, Hecate - The boss of the witches, also known as the devil, Fleance - Banquo's son, Suicide - How Lady MacBeth dies, Greed - The powering emotion that drives MacBeth to commit murder, Thaneofglames - MacBeth's only title before the Thane of Cawdor, Blood - Lady MacBeth washes invisible ______ from her hands, Dunsinane - Name of MacBeth's Castle, Banquo - Person with MacBeth when the witches first speak to him, Witches - First three characters to appear in MacBeth, Born - MacBeth cannot be killed by any man _____ of woman, Deathbell - Signal for MacBeth to go to Duncan's room to commit murder,

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Macduff - Person that kills MacBeth, Hecate - The boss of the witches, also known as the devil, Fleance - Banquo's son, Suicide - How Lady MacBeth dies, Greed - The powering emotion that drives MacBeth to commit murder, Thaneofglames - MacBeth's only title before the Thane of Cawdor, Blood

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1) Name Banquo's son? a) Donalbian b) Frederick c) Lennox d) Fleance 2) How many kings are there in Scotland during the play? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 3) Fill in the missing word: "Out damn ....." a) Freckle b) Wart c) Spot d) Blood 4) Which animal turned wild? a) Mousing owl b) Horse c) Cur d) Hawk 5) How many named individuals are murdered in the play? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 f) 6 6) Fill in the missing word: "fair is ....... and ....... is fair." a) Foul b) Fowl c) Fowel d) Fawl 7) Macbeth's castle is a) Glamis b) Cawdor c) Dunsinane d) Birnam 8) Fill in the missing word: "The heart I bear shall never sag with doubt nor shake with......." a) Terror b) Fear c) Dread d) Pallor 9) The Scottish Lords give Macbeth a) Respect b) Money c) The crown d) Mouth honour 10) Who calls the witches " instruments of darkness"? a) Macbeth b) Lady Macbeth c) Macduff d) Banquo 11) Which of the following is not a theme in the play? a) Revenge b) Childhood c) Ambition d) Friendship e) Loyalty f) Betrayal 12) Who says" that my keen knife see not the wound it makes"? a) Macbeth b) First Murderer c) Lady Macduff d) Lady Macbeth 13) Which bird is not mentioned in the play? a) Owl b) Magpie c) Raven d) Crow e) Chickens f) Deer 14) What does Macbeth initially depend on to make him King? a) Fate b) Chance c) Luck d) Destiny 15) What gift does Duncan give Lady Macbeth? a) Pearl b) Ring c) Diamond d) Emerald 16) Which character has "cursed thoughts"? a) Macbeth b) Lady Macbeth c) Banquo 17) Which character talks about Neptune? a) Servant b) Caithness c) Siward d) Macbeth 18) Which character speaks the last words in the play? a) Macduff b) Malcolm c) Hecate d) Ross 19) Who calls Macbeth a "hell-hound"? a) Angus b) Macduff c) Menteith d) Porter 20) Who calls Macbeth a "dwarfish thief"? a) Angus b) Macduff c) Mentieth d) Porter 21) Who calls Macbeth an "untitled tyrant"? a) Malcolm b) Ross c) Angus d) Macduff 22) What does equivocation mean? a) Antiquity b) Ambition c) Assonance d) Ambiguity 23) How many doctors are there in the play? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 24) Fill in the blank:"I fear thou play'dst most .....for't"? a) Foully b) Wrongly c) Badly d) Wickedly e) Unholily 25) Which character has "horrible imaginings"? a) Banquo b) Macbeth c) Lady Macbeth 26) What can witches not do? a) Control the wind b) Make spells c) Have familiars d) Kill 27) What was the first apparition? a) A bloody child b) A child crowned with a tree in his hand c) Armed head d) A show of eight kings and Banquo last with a glass in his hand. 28) Look like the innocent flower but be the.........under it a) b) c) d) 29) What type of play is Macbeth? a) Comedy b) History c) Tragedy 30) In what scene is Bellona mentioned? a) 1.4 b) 1.3 c) 1.2 d) 1.1

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1) Name Banquo's son? a) Donalbian b) Frederick c) Lennox d) Fleance 2) How many kings are there in Scotland during the play? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 3) Fill in the missing word: "Out damn ....." a) Freckle b) Wart c) Spot d) Blood 4) Which animal turned wild?

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This quiz will determine which Macbeth character you are most like, based off the answers you pick. *This is a fictional quiz, do not take the answer seriously*

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Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 409

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Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410

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Introduction to the Characters in Macbeth

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An analysis of the main characters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, with extensive notes and resources.

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From

Figures of Speech in Macbeth
Macbeth. Ed. Kenneth Deighton.

I. Figures of Resemblance.

1. Simile (Lat. similis, like) is a comparison between two things.

"This is the sergeant
Who like a good and hardy soldier fought
'Gainst my captivity." I. ii. 3-5.

"Doubtful it stood;
As two spent swimmers, that do cling together
And choke their art." I. ii. 7-9.

"As thick as hail came post with post." I. iii. 97.

"But like a man he died." V. viii. 43.

2. Metaphor (Gr. meta, change; phero, I carry) is a figure of substitution; one thing is put for, or said to be, another. Metaphor is a simile with the words like or as omitted.

"Kind gentlemen, your pains,
Are register'd, where every day I turn
The leaf to read them." I. iii. 150, 151.

[Here Macbeth speaks of his memory as a book.]

"I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss." I. vii. 32-34.

[Here the golden opinions are spoken of as articles of apparel.]

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage." V. v. 25, 26.

" They have tied me to a stake." V. vii. 1.

[Macbeth here speaks of himself as a bear ready to be baited.]

3. Personification (Lat. persona, a mask, a person) is a figure in which lifeless things are spoken of as persons.

"My gashes cry for help." I. ii. 41.

"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;
It weeps, it bleeds. IV. iii 39-40.

"Our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn." V. v. 2, 3.

4. Apostrophe (Gr. apo, aside; strepho, I turn) is a figure in which a person or thing is addressed. The speaker 'turns aside' from his main theme to address some person or thing.

"Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts," etc. I. v. 38-48.

"Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell," etc. I. v. 48-52.

"Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still," etc. II. i. 34-47.

5. Hyperbole (Gr. hyper, over; batto, I throw) is a figure by which things are represented as being greater or less than they really are. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement.

"What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this hand will rather. The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red." II. i. 123-127.

" Thy crown does scar mine eye-balls." IV. i. 113.

"Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there,
Weep our sad bosoms empty." IV. iii. 1, 2.

"This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues." IV. iii. 11.

6. Euphemism (Gr. eu well; phemi, I speak) is a figure by which a harsh or offensive idea is stated in an inoffensive manner.

"He that's coming
Must be provided for: and you shall put
This night's great business into my despatch." I. v. 64-66.

(This is Lady Macbeth's way of speaking of the intended murder.)

"Is he dispatch'd?" III. iv. 15.

(This is Macbeth's way of speaking of Banquo's murder.)

II. Figures of Contrast.

1. Antithesis (Gr. anti, against; tithemi, I place) is a figure by which words or sentences are placed in direct contrast.

"So foul and fair a day I have not seen." I. iii. 38.

"Look like the innocent flower.
But be the serpent under 't." I. v. 63, 64.

" False face must hide what the false heart doth know. I. vii. 82.

"It cannot
Be call'd our mother, but our grave." IV. iii. 166.

2. Irony (Gr. eiron, a dissembler) is a figure of disguise: it is a mode of expression in which the meaning is contrary to the words.

"Was not that nobly done? Ay, and wisely too;
For 'twould have angered any heart alive
To hear the men deny't." III. vi 14-16.

(All the first part of the speech of Lennox - III. vi. 1-20 - is ironical. )

Macd. "How does my wife?
Ross. Why, well.
Macd. And all my children?
Ross. Well too.
Macd. The tyrant has not batter'd at their peace?
Ross. No; they were well at peace when I did leave 'em." IV. iii. 176-179.

Macbeth's speech (III. iv. 40-43) is ironical, but the irony was soon turned against the speaker.

III. Figure of Association.

1. Metonymy (Gr. meta, change; onoma, a name) is a figure which substitutes the name of one thing for the name of another with which it is in some way connected.

"That trusted home
Might yet enkindle you unto the crown." I. iii. 121.

(Here 'the crown' is used for the office it represents, namely that of king.)

"A little water clears us of this deed." II. i. 130.

(Here 'deed' is substituted for blood, a result of the deed.)

"I drink to the general joy o' the whole table." III. iv. 89.

(Here 'table' is used for those seated at the table.)

Other examples are 'the golden round' for royalty, I. v. 26; ' steel' for the dagger or sword, III. ii. 24; ' blood' for murderous deeds, III. v. 136; ' England' for the King of England, IV. iii. 189.

IV. Alliteration is the frequent recurrence of the same initial letter or sound. The following are a few of the examples to be found in this play:

"Where the Norwegian banners flout the sky
And fan our people cold." I. ii. 49.

"And yet wouldst wrongly win." I. v. 20.

"After li fe's fit ful fever he sleeps well." III. ii. 23.

"I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined." III. iv. 24.

"To doff their dire distresses." IV. iii. 188.

"And so his knell is knoll'd." V. viii. 60.

How to cite this article:
Shakespeare, William.Macbeth: With an Introduction and Notes. Ed. Kenneth Deighton. London: Macmillan and Company. 1896. Shakespeare Online. 10 Sept. 2013. < http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth/figuresmacbeth.html >.

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