How does Lady Macbeth plan Duncan's murder? - She drugs and gets the guards drunk. She lays out the guards daggers for Macbeth to use. Through her coersion, Macbeth kills Duncan. , How does Macbeth feel after killing Duncan? - He feels haunted after he murders him and feels guilty. He fears he cannot wash Duncan's blood off. He is permanently stained. , Why does Macbeth feel he needs to kill Duncan? - It would be the fastest way for him to become king and to allow the witches prophecies to come true., Once Duncan is found murdered, who is blamed? - Malcolm and Donalbain, Why do Malcolm and Donalbain flee? - They fear for their lives., Why does Banquo mistrust Macbeth? - He suspects that Macbeth murdered Duncan in order to make the prophecy come true., Why does Macbeth mistrust Banquo? - Because the prophecy said that Banquo will beget a line of kings and Banquo told him he was suspicious., Why is Macbeth angry with Banquo? - Because he murdered Duncan for no reason because only Banquo's family will benefit., Macbeth wants Banquo murdered, how does he convince his murderers? - He turns them against Banquo., How is Banquo killed? - As he rides back to the castle for the banquet, he is ambushed and killed., How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth feel about their new royal positions? - They are unhappy about it., Who does Macbeth think is sitting in his seat at the banquet? - He sees Banquos ghost in his seat., How does Macbeth feel when he first sees Banquo in his seat at the banquet? - He thinks the thanes have played a trick on him and feels scared., What three apparitions does Macbeth see? - an armed head, a bloody child, a crowned child with a tree in his hand, Why does Macbeth change his mind to NOT kill MacDuff? - He feels comfort from the second apparition that MacDuff is not a threat, Macbeth has Lady MacDuff and her children killed. How has Macbeth changed? - He has become ruthless., In Act 4, what does Malcolm do? - He becomes suspicious and rallies his troops., What happens to MacDuff's family after he leave his castle and flees Scotland? - He leaves his family unprotected and they are killed by Macbeth's henchmen, When Macbeth learns that Birnam Wood is moving toward the castle, what does he realize? - He realizes he was tricked by the witches., Define tragic flaw. - Often seen in the main characters of a tragedy. A noble character that struggles with external/internal forces on the face of destruction of death. Ex. cowardice, ambition, over-protective, What is the resolution of the play? - Macduff kills Macbeth., What end up happening to Lady Macbeth? - She gets crazy and commits suicide., Define dramatic irony. - It occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't., Define tragic hero. - A character in a tragedy and is usually the protagonist. A person with heroic or potentially heroic qualities., What does Macbeth learn from the witches? - To beware of MacDuff, fear no man who comes from a woman shall harm him, no harm will come until Birnam Woods marches to the castle,

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