Historical Context
Her 44-year reign, known as the “Golden Age,” brought England peace and thriving theater.
Queen Elizabeth I
A speech in which a character alone on stage reveals innermost thoughts, not meant to be heard by others.
Soliloquy
A pattern of five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed one, that sounds like a heartbeat.
iambic pentameter
He is the Norse god of thunder.
Thor
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.
blank verse
Actors avoid saying “Macbeth” in a theatre and call it this instead.
"The Scottish Play"
A protagonist with noble traits and a fatal inner flaw that leads to his or her demise.
tragic hero
Ordinary speech with no regulated stress pattern, used by the Porter and by Lady Macbeth when she sleepwalks.
Prose
Ancient Greek goddess of magic and the crossroads, shown in three forms: maiden, mother and crone.
Hecate
This character in the play was a real historical figure from whom King James claimed he was descended.
Banquo
This former Russian spy is now a member of the Avengers.
Black Widow
A short comment spoken to the audience or to oneself while other characters cannot hear it.
aside
This movie series features planets such as Tatooine, Naboo and Hoth.
Star Wars
In Act I Scene IV, Macbeth asks these objects to hide their fires, in contrast to Duncan’s view of them as symbols of nobility.
stars
In Frozen, this character loves warm hugs.
Olaf
In 11th-century Scotland, a king’s named successor was given this title, and the noblemen who governed territories for the king were called this.
Prince of Cumberland / thanes
A character who provides contrast to another to help us understand them, like Lady Macduff to Lady Macbeth.
foil
A meter of four trochees, each a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, used for the Witches.
trochaic tetrameter
Haunted after the murder, Macbeth says he could not say this word.
Amen
This Elizabethan courtier spent 13 years in the Tower of London after James I charged him with treason
Walter Raleigh
This history of Britain, published in the 16th century, inspired Macbeth’s plot and characters.
Hollinshed's Chronicles
This yellow guy lives in a pineapple under the sea and works at the Krusty Krab.
Spongebob Squarepants
“Away, and mock the time with fairest show: / False face must hide what the false heart doth know.” is written in this form.
rhyming verse / couplet
“Fate” comes from the Latin “fari,” which means this, linking words to destiny.
to speak
Quote ID: Who says the following line "There’s but one down. The son is fled."
Murderer 3