Macbeth Characters

1. _____________ the instigators of the play because their prophecies prompt Macbeth to action.

2. _____________ a general of Duncan's army before he gets greedy and wants the crown for himself.

3. _____________ the king of Scotland who is betrayed in the beginning of the play by the Thane of Cawdor.

4. _____________ Duncan's oldest son and heir to the Scottish throne.

5. _______________ is where Macduff and his family live.

6. _____________ the witches prophesy that his descendants will rule Scotland, his ghost haunts Macbeth at a banquet,

7. _____________ Insists that Macbeth murder Duncan and take the throne for himself, drives herself mad because of her guilt over the murders.

8. _____________ is a hill on which Macbeth has a castle. This is where he stays to await Malcolm's troops.

9. _____________ a Scottish noble who suspects that Macbeth has murdered Duncan, entire family is killed.

10. _____________the younger of Duncan's sons. He flees for Ireland after his father is murdered at Macbeth's castle in Inverness.

11. _____________a forest near Dunsinane Hill. Malcolm's men disguise themselves with tree branches

12. _____________a Thane, a nobleman, of Scotland, seems to side with Macbeth for most of the play, but in the end he is with Malcolm and the English soldiers who are fighting against Macbeth.

13. _____________is where Macbeth's castle is before he becomes king

14. _____________Banquo's son and a threat to Macbeth

15. _____________the goddess of witchcraft who decides that Macbeth must be punished

16. _____________her children are murdered in their home

17. _____________the Earl of Northumberland, general of the English forces, who helps Malcolm fight Macbeth.

Lady Macbeth Macduff Fleance Hecate
Donalbain Lennox The Witches Macbeth
Duncan Malcolm Banquo Fife
Lady Macduff Siward Inverness
Dunsinane Hill Birnam Wood