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WHHS About Macbeth
Characters from Shakespeare's Macbeth
Question | Answer |
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The Witches or Weird Sisters | Three hags who practice black magic. |
Duncan | King of Scotland; murdered by Macbeth |
Malcolm | Duncan's son, Donalbain's brother and heir to the Scottish throne. |
Donalbain | Duncan's son and Malcolm's brother; After the king's murder, he flees to Ireland in fear of his life. |
Macbeth | The Thane of Glamis and a general in Duncan's army. The witches predict that he will be King of Scotland. |
Banquo | A nobleman and a general in Duncan's army. With Macbeth he encounters the Weird sisters and from their prophecies learns that his descendants will be kings. |
Lady Macbeth | Driven insane by guilt and commits suicide. |
Macduff | The Thane of Fife who kills Macbeth; He was "untimely ripp'd from his mother's womb." |
Fleance | Banquo's son. Macbeth attempts to assassinate him along with his father in order to thwart the witches' prophecy that Banquo's descendants will become kings. |
Lady Macduff | Macduff's wife |