| 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