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Macbeth ACT I : Characters Study Guide Match each character’s name with his/her description. 1) Macbeth a) Duncan’s younger son 2) Lady Macbeth b) Duncan’s elder son and heir; Prince of Cumberland; 3) King Duncan c) Scottish general; thane of Lochaber; friend of Macbeth 4) Malcolm d) wife of Macbeth; shares his ambitious nature 5) Donalbain e) young son of Banquo 6) Banquo f) Scottish general; thane of Glamis; wants to be king 7) Ross g) king of Scotland; has a kind and trusting nature 8) Angus h) Scottish lord who witnesses the captain’s speech 9) Lennox i) Scottish lord who confirms one of the witches’ prophecies 10) Fleance j) Scottish lord who explains the downfall of Cawdor Literary Devices 11) Alliteration a) contradictory statement that contains a hidden truth 12) Assonance b) comparison using like or as 13) Dramatic Irony c) description using one or more of the five senses

14) Foreshadowing d) error in judgment or character weakness 15) Imagery e) repetition of vowel sounds 16) Metaphor characters do not f) knowledge that audience has but some or all 17) Paradox g) implied comparison between two unlike things 18) Personification h) use of clues to give hints of coming events 19) Simile i) repetition of consonant sounds 20) Situational Irony j) giving life to non-living things 21) Tragic Flaw k) statement that is the opposite of what is meant 22) Verbal Irony l) event that surprises the characters and the audience Scene 1 23) The 3 witches discuss their plan to meet after the battle. 24) Together, they chant, “Fair is foul and foul is fair / Hover through the fog and filthy air.” What 4 literary devices are represented here? last test) (Hint: One is not listed above but was on the A) C) B) D)

Scene 2 25) The captain describes a battle in the war between AND . 26) The Thane of Cawdor was a traitor. King Duncan sentences him to death and awards his title to . 27) Since the audience already knows that Macbeth is ambitious, the king’s decision to reward him by giving him the title and land of the disgraced Cawdor represents what two literary techniques? Scene 3 28) What do the witches predict for Macbeth? A) B) 29) What do they predict for Banquo? A) B) C) These predictions are examples of what literary device? 30) When the first prediction comes true immediately, what mental “suggestion” does Macbeth begin to consider involving the second prediction? Scene 4 31) The king asks his son to report on the execution of . 32) How does the traitor face death? 33) What promise does the king make to both Macbeth and

Banquo? 34) King Duncan confirms that his heir is . 35) How does Macbeth react to this unsurprising news? Scene 5 36) Lady Macbeth opens the scene by reading aloud a letter she has received from . 37) She reacts to the letter by voicing her concern that her husband’s nature is “too full o’ the milk of human kindness.” This expression is an example of a . 38) Lady Macbeth means that her husband is too to claim his destiny. 39) When the messenger tells her that King Duncan will spend the night as her and her husband’s guest at their castle, , she too yields to the mental suggestion that . 40) When Macbeth arrives home, what advice does Lady Macbeth give her husband? Scene 6 41) This scene illustrates dramatic irony because 42) This scene illustrates verbal irony because 43) In this scene, the

audience sees again that King Duncan’s tragic flaw is . Scene 7 44) Macbeth lists at least four reasons why he should NOT kill Duncan: A) C) B) D) 45) He only lists one reason why he should-- 46) When Lady Macbeth enters the room, he tells her that 47) What is her reaction? 48) Lady Macbeth uses a terrifying example to declare her loyalty to Macbeth. What is she willing to do? 49) Macbeth is both impressed and intimidated by her resolve and declares that “thy undaunted mettle”should have only what result? 50) How will Macbeth and Lady Macbeth implicate the “guilt” of Duncan’s servants?