What are the two Shakespearean terms for inciting action | complication or exciting force |
In tragedies how does Shakespeare say “denoument” | catastrophe |
which act is the climax always in | act III |
what is a soliloquy | When one character speaks alone on stage, saying his thoughts. |
what is an aside | a line or a short speech spoken by one character in a play when other actors are on stage. it assumes that the other actors cannot hear them |
when is there always a rhyming couplet | when the character speaks then exits the scene for good |
when the witches plan to meet macbeth in the beginning where and when do they want to meet him? | on top of the heath when the battle has been lost and won. |
who is macdonwald | The thane of Cawdor and a traitor to duncan |
why does macbeth become the thane of cawdor | because of his valor in battle |
explain how macbeth is a tragic hero | he is a normal yet successful guy who gets hubris and makes a mistake (killing duncan) that begins his downfall. in the end he dies. |
what supernatural powers do the witches have control of | sleep and weather but NOT death and life |
fair is foul foul is fair. hover through the fog and the filthy air | the witches bewitching Macbeth |
so foul and fair a day i have not seen | Macbeth, equivocation is why it is important |
what is equivocation | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
what three titles do the witches promise macbeth | thane of glamis, cawdor, and king |
what do the witches say to banquo | his descendants will have a long line of kings |
what makes macbeth first think of killing duncan | he receives the honor of thane of cawdor and believes the witches. |
what title does malcolm receive by duncan. why is it important? | prince of cumberland, it is a step above macbeth and malcolm is the heir |
describe lady macbeth | Wants to be cruel and violentRejects her gender wishing that she could not be a nurturing figure. She is manipulative and uses her husband to increase her own social status as well |
why doesnt lady macbeth trust macbeth to carry out the plan of killing D | he is a coward and will back out |
what are the 3 reasons macbeth doesnt want to kill duncan | setting a bad example, fear of immortal soul, and duncan is his cousin |
what are lady macbeths steps for killing D | she wants to get the servants drunk, drug them, kill duncan in sleep, and give daggers to servants. |
why does macbeth say to have only male children | L.M is so fearless that the child would be a perfect warrior. |
a | he |
an, and | if |
anon | soon |
beshrew | curse |
fain | gladly |
forsooth | truly |
forswear | renounce |
hap | haply |
hence | later |
thence | away from here |
hither | here |
marry | indeed |
mistress | any woman who is the female head of household or object of a mans affection; seldom used as the modern sense of a woman having an affair |
sirrah | of low rank, often an insult |
tarry | WAIT |
thither | there |
troth | faith, truth |
wench | a girl or young man; often a servant |
wherefore | why |
whither | where to |
morrow | day |
e’en | evening, even |
fare-thee-well | BYE |
aye or yea | yes |
nay | no |
n’er | never |
oft | often |
mayhap, perchance, belike | maybe |
enow | enough |
aroint | away |
verily | truly, very |
prithee, pray | please |
grammarcy | thank you |
allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
antithesis | contrast of ideas or words in a similar grammatical construction |
apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person or something that isnt a person at all |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
irony | the difference between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn’t |
metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
oxymoron | an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined |
paradox | a contradicting statement |
personification | the act of attributing human characteristics to non humans |
simile | comparison using like or as |
pun | using words that sound alike but have different meanings |
double entendres | words or phases having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is of a sexual nature |
scatalogical jokes | rely on “potty” humor or jokes about the body parts and functions |
malapropism | the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar |
treachery | an act of deliberate betrayal |
how does L.M define a man in comparison to Macbeth | Lady says a man is ruthless and does whatever he desires. Mac says they dont have to be evil. |
what is the difference it would make if the audience could see the floating dagger than not see it | the dagger being visible would put more focus on the witchcraft in the play. |
What vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan? | he sees a floating daggar pointing him to Duncan’s chamber |
why couldnt lady macbeth kill duncan | duncan looked like her father in his sleep, this shows that l.m. isnt completely ruthless. |
after killing duncan what does macbeth hear | sleep no more, macbeth has murdered sleep |
MACBETH
January 3, 2020