| Descriptive language that appeals to the physical senses | Imagery |
| “We have scorched the snake, not killed it./ She’ll close and be herself whilst our poor malice/ Remains in danger of her former tooth” (3.2.15-17). How is this quote imagery? | This quote appeals to the senses with the words “scorched” and “tooth”. It could also represent the sins, or murders, of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. |
| used to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings | Symbolism |
| “I must become a borrower of the night/ For a dark hour or twain” (3.1.28-30). What is the darkness symbolic of? | The darkness symbolizes Banquo’s death |
| “Who did strike out the light?” (3.3.27). The third murderer asks this after Banquo dies. What does it symbolize? | Banquo was a light in the dark world Macbeth had created because he was a good man. When he dies, there is even more darkness |
| “We have scorched the snake, not killed it” (3.2.15). What is the snake a symbol of? | The snake could symbolize Banquo and how Macbeth plans on killing him |
| “The worm that’s fled/ Hath nature that in time will venom breed,/ No teeth for the present” (3.4.32-34). What could the worm symbolize? | Banquo’s son, Fleance, who escaped his murder |
| “MACBETH. The table’s full.LENNOX. Here is a placed reserved, sir.MACBETH. Where?” (3.4.54-57).What does Banquo’s ghost symbolize? | Macbeth’s increasing paranoia |
| Process by which the writer reveals a character’s personality | Characterization |
| “LADY MACBETH. What’s to be done?MACBETH. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,/ Till thou applaud the deed” (3.2.50-52). What role reversal occurs in these lines? | 1. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s roles switch: Macbeth becomes more in charge and takes control. 2. Mabeth is becoming more crazy, and Lady Macbeth is staying calm |
| “Come on, gentle my lord,/ Sleek over your rugged looks. Be bright and jovial/ Among your guests tonight” (3.2.30-32). What characterization occurs in these lines said by Lady Macbeth? | Lady Macbeth has no idea how distraught her husband is, and her attitude is changing to happiness |
| “Avaunt, and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee./ Thy bones are marrowless; thy blood is cold;/ Thou hast no speculation in those eyes/ Which thou dost glare with” (3.4.112-116). What role reversal occurs in these lines? | Macbeth and Banquo have a role reversal: Banquo’s ghost now has power over Macbeth by taunting him |
| Figure of speech in which words are used so their intended meaning is different than the actual meaning of the words | Irony |
| When a character’s actions create a different effect from the intent | Situational irony |
| When an audience knows what the characters don’t | Dramatic irony |
| When the speaker says one thing but means something else | Verbal irony |
| “MACBETH. Fail not our feast.BANQUO. My lord, I will not.” (3.1.31-32).What irony can be found from these lines? | Banquo does attend the feast, but not as expected: he attends as a ghost |
| “MACBETH. The table’s full.LENNOX. Here is a place reserved, sir.” (3.4.54-55). What irony can be found from these lines? | The audience knows that the ghost is there, but Lennox does not |
| “And to our dear friend, Banquo, whom we miss. Would he were here!” (3.4.108-110).What irony can be found from these lines? | 1. Macbeth has a hidden message that is unknown to the other characters but not the audience: that Banquo is dead2. Macbeth really doesn’t miss Banquo at all |
| A comparison of two unlike things NOT using “like” or “as”. This a bold statement. | Metaphor |
| A comparison of two unlike things, using “like” or “as” | Simile |
| “Approach thou like a rugged Russian bear,/ The armed rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger” (3.4.122-123). Is this quote an example of a metaphor or simile? | A simile |
| The projection of human characteristics onto objects, animals, deities, and forces of nature | Personification |
| “If charnel houses and our graves must send/ Those that we bury back, our monuments/ Shall be the maws of kites” (3.4.86-88). What literary device is this quote an example of? | Personification (Charnel houses can not actually send people back) |
| When several words beginning with the same letter are written consecutively | Alliteration |
| “Are you so gospeled/ To pray for this good man and for his issue,/ Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave/ And beggared yours forever?” (3.1.98-101).What literary device is being used in this quote? | Alliteration (heavy hand hath bowed) |
| A pair of lines that rhyme with each other at the end | Couplet |
| “High to your horse. Adieu,/ Till your return at night. Goes Fleance with you?” (3.1.37-39). What literary device is being used in this quote? | A couplet (“adieu” and “you” both rhyme and are at the end of each line) |
| “Naught’s had, all’s spent/ Where our desire is got without content./ Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy” (3.2.7-9).Is this an example of a couplet or an alliteration? | A couplet (“spent” and “content” rhyme, and “destroy” and “joy” rhyme) |
| A rhythmic pattern that has 5 iambs, or verses that have an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable per line | Iambic Pentameter |
| Figure of speech breifly referring to a story, event, or person (not a chaacter in the story) in order to make a comaprison | Allusion |
| What are three allusions made in Act 3? | 1. Caesar and Marc Antony2. Thomas Middleton3. Acheron, river of Hades |
| What characters do Caesar and Marc Antony represent as allusions in Macbeth? | Macbeth and Banquo. Marc Antony was the better man, just like Banquo being a better man than Macbeth |
| Statement that appears contradictory, but has truth | Paradox |
| What are two of the uses of a paradox? | 1. Illustrates unpopular opinions2. Makes readers think innovatively |
| “Where our desire is got without content./ Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy” (3.2.7-9). How is this quote a paradox? | Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have achieved their goal, they are king and queen, yet they think that it would be better to be dead |
| Opposition or contrast of ideas that is expressed by a parallelism of words that are opposites of eachother | Antithesis |
| “I think you can behold such sights/ And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks/ When mine is blanched with fear” (3.4.139-141).How is this quote an example of antithesis? | This is an antithesis because it uses opposites: the “ruby” of Lady Macbeth’s cheeks compared to the “blanched” (white) cheeks of Macbeth |
| The implied central idea or underlying meaning of a literary work | Theme |
| What are three themes that could be found in Act 3? | 1. Do not get in the way of someone’s goal; you never know how far they will go to reach it2. Anyone can betray you3. Mistakes come back to haunt you |
| “Thou has it now- King, Cawdor, Glamis, all/ As the Weird Women promised, and I fear/ Thou played’st foully for it” (3.1.1-3)How is Banquo putting himself in danger by saying this to Macbeth? | He openly tells Macbeth he is suspicious of him, causing Macbeth to realize that Banquo needs to be killed if he wants to keep his throne |
| “There’s comfort yet; they are assailable” (3.2.44). What does this line, said to Lady Macbeth by Macbeth about Banquo and Fleance, mean? | Macbeth and Lady Macbeth talk about eliminating Banquo and his son so there would be no obstacles to their security |
Rinkacs Macbeth Act 3 Scenes 1-4
December 9, 2019