Characters Flashcards

All 21 cards in this deck

What is Duncan’s title?

King of Scotland.

What is Macbeth’s title at the start of the play?

Thane of Glamis; he is also a general in Duncan’s army.

How is Macbeth related to Duncan?

He is Duncan’s cousin (kinsman).

Who is Banquo?

A Scottish general who fights beside Macbeth; father of Fleance.

Who is Fleance?

Banquo’s son, who escapes Macbeth’s murderers.

What are the names of Duncan’s two sons?

Malcolm (the elder) and Donalbain.

What is Macduff’s title?

Thane of Fife.

Which nobleman stays away from Macbeth’s feast and flees to England?

Macduff.

Who is Lady Macduff?

Macduff’s wife, murdered with her son at Fife.

Which Scottish nobleman tells Macduff his family has been killed?

Ross.

Which nobleman, in Act 3 Scene 6, hints with irony that Macbeth is a murderer?

Lennox.

Who is Siward?

Earl of Northumberland, general of the English forces and Malcolm’s uncle.

Who is Young Siward?

Siward’s son, killed by Macbeth in single combat.

Who is Hecate?

The goddess of witchcraft, who scolds the witches in Act 3 Scene 5.

Who is Seyton?

An officer serving Macbeth; he reports the Queen’s death.

Who is the Porter?

The gatekeeper at Inverness, who pretends to be the porter of hell gate.

Which English king shelters Malcolm?

Edward the Confessor, “the most pious Edward”.

Which character dreams of the three Weird Sisters in Act 2 Scene 1?

Banquo.

Which character tests Macduff’s loyalty by pretending to be wicked?

Malcolm, in Act 4 Scene 3.

Which two characters watch Lady Macbeth sleepwalk?

A Doctor and a Gentlewoman.

What does Lady Macbeth do when Macbeth describes killing the grooms?

She calls for help and is carried out (Act 2 Scene 3).