Banquo Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Who kills Macbeth? CORRECT ANSWER-Macduff How many men reign as king of Scotland throughout the play? CORRECT ANSWER-3 Whom does Lady Macbeth frame for the murder of Duncan? CORRECT ANSWER-Duncan's drunk chamberlains. Who kills Banquo? CORRECT ANSWER-A group of men hired by Macbeth How is Lady Macbeth's death described? CORRECT ANSWER-She dies offstage. Who discovers Duncan's body? CORRECT ANSWER-Macduff Whom does Macbeth see sitting in the chair at the banquet? CORRECT ANSW...

Read the following passages from Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. Choose the best responses to the prompts that follow each passage. There is one and only one correct answer to each prompt. Act I Scene iii Lines 38- 61 MACBETH So foul and fair a day I have not seen. BANQUO How far is't call'd to Forres? What are these 40 So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't? Live you? Or are you aught That man may question? You see...

Macbeth Act 3 Guided Reading Questions and Answers Sc. 1, Lines 1-10: What specific dialogue supports the idea that Banquo is hopeful about the prediction of the Weird Women? - Answer-"Set me up in hope." He wants these predictions to come true for his children. Sc. 1, Line 3: Consider what you have learned about Banquo's suspicions about Macbeth. Identify and explain Banquo's tone as he addresses Macbeth. - Answer-He believes that Macbeth played foully to make his predictions come tr...

What was Macbeths initial reaction to the witches prophecy? - Answer- Macbeth was afraid at first, and he said he wasn't going to do anything about it. Let Faith take its course. How does the king feel about Macbeth at the be gaining of the play? - Answer- The king adores Macbeth because he was the best warrior in battles. Who hears the witches prophecies along with Macbeth? - Answer- Banquo What happened to the Original Thane of Cawdor? - Answer- He was a trader, and he was executed. ...

Macbeth Quotes Test Questions and Correct Answers When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain? - ANSWER First Witch Fair is foul, and foul is fair. - ANSWER All witches For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name), disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked like bloody execution, like valor's minion, carved out his passage til he faced the slave. - ANSWER Captain TIl he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops, and fixed h...

Act 3 Study Guide 2024. At the start of Act 3, Banquo expresses his unease. Rewrite this in how he is thinking - ANSWER You probably played dirty to get those positions, and I don't trust you. Worried Macbeth may do something else stupid. Who is Banquo - ANSWER Macbeth's friend and a Scottish General, whose children are predicted (by the witches) to be kings. Like Macbeth, he also has ambitions, but he doesn't project his thoughts into actions. Why is Banquos prophecy a problem for Mac...

Macbeth Act 3 Guided Reading Questions and Answers Sc. 1, Lines 1-10: What specific dialogue supports the idea that Banquo is hopeful about the prediction of the Weird Women? - Answer-"Set me up in hope." He wants these predictions to come true for his children. Sc. 1, Line 3: Consider what you have learned about Banquo's suspicions about Macbeth. Identify and explain Banquo's tone as he addresses Macbeth. - Answer-He believes that Macbeth played foully to make his predictions come tr...

What is the setting of the opening scene? - An open deserted place, lightning, thunder and rain. What are the three witches discussing? - When they will meet Macbeth Why does Duncan believe the solider can provide them with news? - He has clearly been injured in battle, he should know. How does Macdonwald behave in battle? - Refer to him as an enemy, a traitor, and a rebel. When the Norwegians began a new attack, what did Macbeth and Banquo do? - Came out victorious. What news does the th...

What is the point of the first scene (literally) and in reference to the whole play? - Literally, the witches are deciding when they shall meet again. As the beginning of the EXPOSITION, this scene sets the mood for the entire play, and introduces several major motifs: the witches (supernatural influences in the play), the idea of fair being foul, and the stormy fate of Scotland. The main character, Macbeth is also introduced by name, linking him to the witches What does Duncan call Macbeth...

This Grade 9 Essay explores the theme of ambition within Macbeth, the hamartia of the two main characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It is presented by Shakespeare to be sourced from the supernatural, derivative of evil as it leads the characters eventually to spiral in guilt and insanity. Written for the Eduqas spec, but can be adapted for any exam board.