Vocabulary
A older woman
beldam
Comparing something without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
He flees to Scotland.
Malcolm
Set to guard an entrance
Warder
An exaggerated statement
Hyperbole
Another term for king
Thane
Comparing something using "like" or "as"
Simile
Man not born of a woman?
Macduff
A general in Duncan's army.
Banquo
Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth's letter telling her the prophecy
Act 1 Scene 5
Rhymes with (and means) truth
Sooth
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of its meaning.
Irony
Macbeth murders him to achieve the crown.
Duncan
Highly injurious or destructive
Pernicious
The ghost of Banquo appears and only Macbeth can see it
Act 3 Scene 4
What _____ will cure this ill
Physic
Figure of speech that makes a reference or representation of a place.
Allusion
Was killed with her children and servants
Lady Macduff
Who was blamed for Duncan's Murder?
Duncan's Chamberlains.
Witches plan to meet with Macbeth.
Act 1 Scene 1
Whishing for a quieter life, they left the ____ of the city for a cottage in the woods.
hurly-burly
Gives objects/things human qualities.
Personification
Nobles who join the English army.
Angus and Caithness
What do they call Macbeth?
Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor.
Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's masculinity.
Act 1 Scene 7