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Macbeth Act1/Fig/Bac
Macbeth Act 1/Figurative Language/Shakespeare Background Info Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allusion | A reference to a great piece of literature |
| Aside | Words spoken in an undertone for the audience to hear but not a certain character |
| Couplet | pair of rhymed lines |
| Foil | two characters' personalities are completely opposite to accentuate each other |
| Simile | comparing two things using like or as |
| Metaphor | a comparison between two things that are dissimilar in which one is described in terms of another (NOT using like or as) |
| Soliloquy | a character is alone on stage expressing his/her thoughts or feelings; it is usually longer than an aside and not directed at the audience |
| Monologue | a long uninterrupted speech in the presence of the other characters |
| Personification | giving human qualities to inanimate objects |
| Sonnet | a 14 line poem with the specific rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg |
| Iambic Pentameter | a line made up of 5 pairs of short/long or unstressed/stressed, syllables (one line with 10 syllables total) |
| Motif | repeating image, element or theme |
| Comic Relief | a humorous scene, incident, or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity |
| Tragedy | The central figure meets with disaster or grave misfortune. In most tragedies, the tragic hero's downfall is usually the result of fate's intervention, or a character flaw or tragic flaw |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows information that the characters do not. |
| Rhyme Scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. |
| Blank Verse | Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter. |
| Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form any written work that follows a basic grammatical structure |
| How do Shakespeare’s tragedies differ from the original Greek tragedies? | Shakespeare included humor as comic relief, whereas Greek tragedies had no humor. |
| Tragic Flaw | the part of the character’s personality that leads to his downfall, often called his reversal of fortune. |
| What is the setting of Macbeth? | 11th century in Scotland |
| What is the origin of the "curse" associated with the play, leading people to call it "The Scottish Play"? | Shakespeare used real black-magic rituals in the spells, which insulted people who practiced them. |
| Which two wars were going on in the play? | Civil war in Scotland and national war against Norway |
| Who is Macbeth's best friend and co-commander? | Banquo |
| Who are King Duncan's sons? | Donalbain and Malcolm |
| “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won” (I.ii.78). Who says this? | King Duncan |
| “Fair is foul, and foul is fair;/ Hover through the fog and filthy air” (I.i.12-13). Who says this? | Witches |
| “If you can look into the seeds of time, and know which grain will grow and which will not, / Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear / your favors nor your hate” (I.iii.61-64). Who says this and which literary device is it? | Banquo - Metaphor |
| “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none./ So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo” (I.iii.70-71). Who says this? | Witches |
| “Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?” (I.iii.114-115). Who says this? | Macbeth |
| “But ‘tis strange./ And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s/ in deepest consequence” (I.iii.134-138). Who says this? | Banquo |
| “If chance will have me king, why, chance may/crown me/ Without my stir” (I.iii.157-159). Who says this? | Macbeth |
| “I have begun to plant thee and will labor/ to make thee full of growing” (I.iv.32-33). Who says this? | King Duncan - metaphor |
| "Stars, hide your fires;/ Let not light see my black and deep desires./ The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be/ Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see" (I.iv.57-60). Who says this? | Macbeth |
| “Yet I do fear thy nature;/ It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest way” (I.v.16-18). Who says this and what does it mean? | Lady Macbeth - She is afraid her husband is too kind and not ruthless enough to actually kill the king |
| “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty” (I.v.47-50). Who says this and what does it mean? | Lady Macbeth - She prays to the spirits to make her more manly, cruel, thick-blooded, and not to feel remorse so she can help her husband kill the king |
| “Look like th’ innocent/ flower,/ But be the serpent under ‘t” (I.v.76-78). Who says this? | Lady Macbeth |
| “The deep damnation of his taking-off;/ And pity, like a naked newborn babe/ Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubin horsed/ Upon the sightless couriers of the air,/ Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,/ Who says this? What does it mean? Fig. lang? | Macbeth - he compares the murder of King Duncan to the murder of a newborn baby - everyone was be SO SAD because he is innocent and a good king. Simile |
| “We will proceed no further in this business./ He hath honored me of late, and I have bought/ Golden opinions from all sorts of people,/ Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,/ Not cast aside so soon” (I.vii.34-38). Who says this? Meaning? | Macbeth - I can't do this - I can't kill the king. He just gave me Thane of Cawdor title and he respects me. |
| “Art thou afeard/ To be the same in thine own act and valor/ As though art in desire? Wouldst though have that/ Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life/ And live a coward in thine own esteem” (I.vii.43-47). Who says this? Meaning? | Lady Macbeth - Are you afraid to do what you need to do to get what you want? You are either a coward or you can get the crown. |
| “Prithee, peace./ I dare do all that may become a man./ Who dares do more is none” (I.vii.50-52). Who says this? | Macbeth - I will do anything that a proper man would do. |
| “False face must hide what the false heart doth know” (I.vii.95-96). Who says this? | Macbeth - This is when he decides that he will kill Duncan. He is going to put on a fake face while everyone visits and has dinner...but he knows in his heart that he is going to commit murder tonight. |
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