| When was Macbeth first performed? | 1606 |
| What was shortly discovered before the first performance of Macbeth? | The Gunpowder Plot |
| When was the Gunpowder Plot? | 1605 |
| What was the Gunpowder Plot? | A failed assassination of King James I by a group of Catholics |
| What is Macbeth based upon? | The real life feudal 11th century Scottish king who ruled from 1040-1057 |
| Where did Shakespeare find factual information about Macbeth? | The Holinshed Chronicles |
| Who is King James I thought to be a descendant of? | Banquo |
| When did King James I ascend the throne? | 1603 |
| When did King James I pass the Witchcraft Act? | 1604 |
| When did King James I publish his book? | 1597 |
| What is the name of King James I’s book? | Demonology |
| What did King James I oversee? | The Berwick Witch Trials |
| What type of play is Macbeth? | A tragedy |
| What does harmatia mean? | A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of hero or heroine |
| “Fair is foul and… | foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air” |
| “Stars, hide your fires!… | Let not light see my black and deep desires” |
| “Unsex me here And fill me from… | the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty” |
| “Vaulting ambition, which… | o’erleaps itself And falls on the other” |
| “I dare do all that may… | become a man; Who dares do more, is none” |
| “If we should fail?// We fail?… | But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail” |
| “Is this a dagger which I see before me… | The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee” |
| “Methought I heard a voice cry… | Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep” |
| “Thou hast it now – King, Cawdor, Glamis, all… | and I fear, Thou play’dst most foully for’t” |
| “Upon my head they placed… | a fruitless crown and barren sceptre in my gripe” |
| “Full of… | scorpions is my mind” |
Macbeth KO
December 14, 2019