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Shakespeare wrote Macbeth for this ruler.
Shakespeare wrote Macbeth for this ruler.
Who was James I of England (aka James VI of Scotland)
Under this illustrious ruler, the English navy defeated the Spanish Armada
Under this illustrious ruler, the English navy defeated the Spanish Armada
Who was Queen Elizabeth?
By the time of his death, this English monarch had married six times.
By the time of his death, this English monarch had married six times.
Who was Henry VIII?
This term signifies the cultural rebirth that took place in western Europe.
This term signifies the cultural rebirth that took place in western Europe.
What was the Renaissance.
A movement that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church, it ended up splitting western Christianity.
A movement that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church, it ended up splitting western Christianity.
What was the Reformation?
Though never king himself, he was an ancestor of james VI of Scotland.
Though never king himself, he was an ancestor of james VI of Scotland.
Who was Banquo?
He slays Macbeth in the plays final scene.
He slays Macbeth in the plays final scene.
Who was MacDuff?
King Duncan's two sons.
King Duncan's two sons.
Who were Malcolm and Donalbain?
Banquo's son who flees from the murderers.
Banquo's son who flees from the murderers.
Who was Fleance?
Macbeth's father.
Macbeth's father.
Who was Sinel?
The definition of blank verse.
The definition of blank verse.
What is unrhymed iambic pentameter?
A type of parallel structure in which words or grammatical types are inverted.
A type of parallel structure in which words or grammatical types are inverted.
What is chiasmus?
A seemingly contradictory statement that turns out to be true.
A seemingly contradictory statement that turns out to be true.
What is a paradox?
In literature the term for something that represents something else (e.g. rain in The Lion King)
In literature the term for something that represents something else (e.g. rain in The Lion King)
What is a symbol?
A type of personification in which a speaker addresses an inanimate object or a person who is not present.
A type of personification in which a speaker addresses an inanimate object or a person who is not present.
What is apostrophe?
'Lesser than Macbeth but greater . . . Not so happy yet much happier . . . Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.'
'Lesser than Macbeth but greater . . . Not so happy yet much happier . . . Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.'
Witches. First meeting. Predictions. Paradoxes.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.'
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.'
Witches. I i. Chiasmus. Theme.
I have given suck, and know/ How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me;/ I would, while it was smiling in my face,/ Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums/ And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you/ Have done to this.
I have given suck, and know/ How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me;/ I would, while it was smiling in my face,/ Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums/ And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you/ Have done to this.
Lady Macbeth to Macbeth. End of I. Hyperbole?
What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes./ Will alll great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making the green one red.
What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes./ Will alll great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making the green one red.
Macbeth after murder. Symbol and Hyperbole > guilt.
Be bloody, bold and resolute/ laugh the power of man to scorn/ For none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.
Be bloody, bold and resolute/ laugh the power of man to scorn/ For none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.
Second apparition. False prediction > MacDuff
Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches
Lady Macbeth sleepwalking
Setting of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Setting of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Scotland. 11th Century.
Genre of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Genre of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
What is a tragedy?
A poetic foot: stressd + unstressed
A poetic foot: stressd + unstressed
Trochee.
Describe the three apparitions in V i and what each tells Macbeth.
Describe the three apparitions in V i and what each tells Macbeth.
Armored Head. Bloody Child. Child crowned. Beware MacDuff. None of woman born. Birnam Wood.
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