macbeth Flashcards
(75 cards)
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when was shakespeare born
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april 23rd 1564 stratford on avon
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describe shakespear education
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- studied at a local grammar school
- never attended university
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describe shakespeare relationship with anne hathaway
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- married at 18: november 28 1582( anne was 26)
- susanna,hamnet and judith
- hamnet died at 11 due to plague
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what are the lost years
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the seven years after the birth or his twins, where none of hi information has been found
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aside
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words or brief thoughts spoken by an actor directly to audience, not heard by other characters
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allusion
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a figure of speech that refers to people, places, events, literary work, myths, works of art
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antagonist
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The character or force that opposes the protagonist
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characterization
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The means by which writers present and reveal characters
-speech, actions, what others say, thoughts
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Dialogue
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Conversation of characters in a literary work
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foil
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A character that provides a contrast to the protagonist or another character
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foreshadowing
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hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
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imagery
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The pattern of related comparative aspects of language particularly of images in a literary work
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dramatic irony
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character doesn’t know what the the audience or the other characters do
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verbal irony
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character saying the opposite of what they mean
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situational irony
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opposite of what is expected occurs
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metaphor
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comparison between essentially unlike things without “like or as”
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protagonist
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The main character in the story
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Setting
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The time, place and circumstances of a work of literature
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Simile
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comparison between essentially unlike things using like as or than
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soliloquy
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A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not the other characters on the stage
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symbolism
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something which implies something more than its literal self
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Theme
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The underlying meaning or idea the writer of the poem or story may want the reader to understand and remember
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tragic hero
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A privilege character of high repute who by virtue of a tragic flaw and feet suffered a fall from glory into suffering
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tragic flaw
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A weakness or limitation of a character resulting in the fall of the tragic hero
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internal conflict
-internal struggles experienced by a character
(character vs decision)
(character vs fear)
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external conflict
-between a character and an external force
(character vs character)
(character vs supernatural)
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round character
- 3 dimensional
| - fully developed (major characters)
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flat characters
- two dimensional
| - not fully developed(some info, not lots)
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caricatures
- one dimensional
- appear briefly/ not developed at all
- over emphasize stereotypes
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dynamic character
-character that changes as a result of what happened to them
-progresses to a higher level of understanding
(not always positive)
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static character
-does not change or grow(stays the same)
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minor characters
- 1-2 dimensional, static characters
- 2 striking qualities
- either entirely good/ bad
- lack depth of major characters
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6 methods of characteristics
- direct description (by character, themselves, others, narrator)
- actions(what they do)
- reactions(how they react to what a character does)
- speech(what they/others say)
- internal dialogue(thoughts and internal con)
- names (nickname)
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five act structure
- shakespeare plays use this
| - prologue, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement
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act one plot structure
- exposition/introduction
- provide setting, context
- introduce main characters
- mystical atmosphere/supernatural
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alliteration
-occurs every of the same letter at the beginning of words
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hyperbole
exaggerated statements
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motif
reoccurring subject
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personification
personal nature in something non human
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where does macbeth take place
medieval scotland
| governed by an absolute monarch
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order of hierarchy in macbeth
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king
prince of cumberland
thane of cawdor
nobility and queen
knights/soldiers
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history of macbeth
| true events
-macbeth killed duncan and claimed throne
-malcom defeated macbeth’s armies (did not dethrone)
-malcom invades and defeated macbeth
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characteristics of shakespearean tragedy
1. tragic hero
2. person of high estate= fate affects nation
3. supernatural elements
4. internal conflict torments tragic hero
5. tragic hero=good/not amazing
6. reversal of fate
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when did shakespeare die
april 23rd 1616 in stratford
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4 reasons why macbeth doesn’t want to kill the king
1. afraid of consequences
2. karma
3. loyalty to the kind
4. afraid of truth coming out
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describe the two battles
macbeth defeats macdonald’s army, he then defeats sweno, king of norway’s army who was somehow assisted by the thane of cawdor
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conflict
two types of conflict:
| -internal, external
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what is the inciting incident in macbeth
- when macbeth gets the prophecies
| - when he becomes thane of cawdor and realizes the prophecies could be true
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where are macbeth and duncan’s castle
duncan: forres
macbeth: inverness
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what is the exposition in macbeth
- first 2 scenes
- 1. mystical atmosphere: moral fog
- 2. brave deeds of macbeth: man who is to yield supernatural soliciting
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what is the inciting incident
the moment the protagonist first starts to struggle with the main conflict
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what characters use appearances to advantage
- ross: plays both sides/double loyalty
- lady macbeth: instructs macbeth to use appearances to deceive
- witches: prophecies present bit of truth
- macbeth: presents as loyal to duncan
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characters that are misled by appearances
- duncan: fatal flaw-trusted too much in macbeth
- macbeth: deceiver by whag prophecies appear to say
- banquo: thought macbeth was his friend
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what characters did not trust in appearances
- macduff: does not go to coronation
- malcolm and donalbain: sense danger + flee
- banquo: told macbeth not to trust witches
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events relate to appearances being deceiving
- witches prophecies
- macbeth’s feast+ killing duncan
- banquet (banquo absense)
- lady macbeth ruthless but not
- ross leaving macduff a house knowing what’s to come
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characters experience guilt
- macduff: leaving his fam
- lady macbeth: felt no guilt, then driven to madness with guilt
- macbeth: neptune’s ocean, banquet scene, battlefield with macduff
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what did guilt drive to
- macbeth: drive to kill macbeth
- lady macbeth: to madness and suicide
- macbeth: overthrown+ demise
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characters that use ambition
- macbeth+ lady: strive to be higher in social standing
- macduff: revenge and save scotland
- ross: power=opportunistic (switching sides)
- malcolm: build force and overthrow macbeth
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events in result of ambition
-macbeth’s downfall:
•macbeth’s fatal flaw
•malcolm and macduff s ambition
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loyalty in characters
- banquo: loyal to duncan/ scotland
- macduff: loyal to scotland (left to england)
- ross: loyal to himself
- macbeth: loyal to duncan then himself
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double double toil and trouble
- witches to themselves
- preparing potion, double= twice as much trouble/ two minds about something
- prophecies have two meanings and macbeth will be deceived= his demise
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infected be the air wherein they ride and damned all those that trust them!
- macbeth to lennox
- just left witches angry, banquo will be father to a line of kings: curses those who trust witches
- situational irony: macbeth cursing himself=his demise
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out damned spot! out i say!
here’s the smell of blood still:all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand oh oh oh
- lady macbeth to herself
- sleepwalking and rubbing blood away, no perfume could cleanse smell of bloom
- situational and verbal irony: lady at first believed no guilt in murder, that water would clear it. now the blood symbolizes her guilt and the roles have reversed
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to bed to bed; there’s a knocking at the gate; come come come come give me your hand: what’s done cannot be undone to bed to bed to bed
- lady macbeth to herself
- recalling convos she had with macbeth and urging him to be calm and rid himself of guilt “done is done”
- quote is very ironic: lady macbeth is troubled the same way her husband was: can’t take her own advice; so troubled=sleepwalking
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
- macbeth to himself
- macbeth learns lady macbeth is dead: expressing regret for death: life has been meaningless, remembered as a tyrant
- macbeth wanted sons, love and loyalty but he is going to die alone. his actions have been for nothing
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of all men else i have avoided thee: but hey thee back; my soul is too much charged with blood of thine already
- macbeth to macduff
- macbeth is face to face with macduff, says he has been avoiding him because he has too much blood from his fam
- voicing his regret for murdering macduff a family. believes macduff is born of women, but he wasn’t
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irony of lady macbeth’s sleep walking
- rubbing hands: washing away blood (water clears of deed)
- candle while walking (called upon darkness to unsex her)
- perfumes of arabia (water clears of deed)
- what’s done cannot be undone (said after duncan’s murder: kept awake by this guilt)
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act 2 plot structure
- complication
- rising action begins
- secondary characters
- 1.3-3.2: tempted to try for the throne
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act 3 plot structure
- turning point/climax
- anticipated conclusion
- 3.3: fleance escapes~ not gained security
- we know macbeth is doomed
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act 4 plot structure
- reversal/ falling action
- decline of the hero
- act 4- end
- prepares for english invasion
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act 5 plot structure
- the catastrophe
- conclusion logical to test of play
- how order is restored/ knots untied
- high point of action
- death of lady and fall of macbeth
- macbeth defeated by macduff
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dramatic irony examples
- duncan staying at macbeth’s castle and being cared for
- witches give prophecy: macbeth’s demise
- lady macbeth sleepwalking and gentlewoman and doctor don’t know what she’s talking about
- macduff asks about fam and ross days they’re good
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situational irony examples
- macbeth’s first prophecies fulfilled: not the way wanted
- macduffs son saying bad men kill good ones and getting murdered
- lady macduff saying they aren’t safe:murdered
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verbal irony examples
- infected be the air
- after lennox describes the unruly night: macbeth said it was a rough night for different reasons
- macbeth saying there’s no reason to live without duncan
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I have almost forgot the taste of fears.
The time has been my senses would have cooled
To hear a night-shriek, and my fell of hair
Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir
As life were in ’t. I have supped full with horrors.
Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts
Cannot once start me.
- macbeth to himself
- macbeth is saying that he has forgotten what fear was like, that he used to be scared by every little thing, but now he has seen much worse things
- tells us that macbeth’s life as a tyrant has ruined his happiness, he doesn’t even feel fear anymore because he has seen all horror
