CHARACTERS
The main character of the Shakespeare novel.
What is "Macbeth?"
The action that happens at the end of Macbeth
What is Macbeth's death and the ascension of Malcolm as King of Scotland
The country that subjugated the Filipinos in When the Elephants Dance
What is Japan?
This device is used in "Witchcraft celebrates/ Pale Hecate's offerings, and withered Murder,/ Alarmed by his sentinel, the wolf..."
What is allusion?
Said the quote "The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. 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."
What is Lady Macbeth?
The leader of the Filipino guerrilla movement
What is Domingo Matapang
This is what happens to Isabelle when she is caught by the Japanese
What is rape/sexual assault?
The three witches represented this entity in Macbeth
What is chaos?
“The doors to my heart had shut."
What is metaphor?
This person said, " Either thou, Macbeth,
Or else my sword, with an unbattered edge,
I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shouldst be;
By this great clatter, one of greatest note
Seems bruited. Let me find him, Fortune,
And more I beg not. (5.6.19-24)"
What is Macduff?
Second wife of the Filipino guerrilla leader
What is Nina
The place where Carlito goes to try to find food for the family
What is the warehouse?
The name for one of the positions of royalty just under the King in Scotland
What is Thane?
“When the elephants dance the chickens must be careful. The great beasts as they circle one another, shaking the trees and trumpeting loudly, are the Amerikanos and Japanese as they fight”
What is analogy?
This person said "I am frightened, yet I cannot help my mouth from saying these things. It has always been this way with me. My thinking and my mouth have been the matter of many arguments with my mother."
What is Isabelle Karangalan?
The character who escapes a warehouse which lured Filipinos into finding food for work
What is Mang Carlito?
This is the character that Macbeth attempts to murder after Duncan, but misses.
What is Fleance?
The time period Macbeth was written
What is the Elizabethan era?
"So foul and fair a day I have not seen"
What is a paradox?
This person said, "Domingo, your family needs you. Let me explain why I feel strongly that you must stay with them. I had a family once too that loved me. But I made a mistake. I was lured away by other things. When I realized they were what mattered, it was already too late."
What is Mang Pedro?
Who provides comic relief in Act 2 Scene 3 of Macbeth?
What is the Porter?
This character's story discusses the corruption within the church, racial issues and independence during his/her youth.
What is Tay Frederico
The author of When the Elephants Dance
What is Tess Uriza Holthe?
"The night has been unruly. Where we lay,
Our chimneys were blown down and, as they say,
Lamentings heard i’ th’ air, strange screams of death
....Some say the Earth
Was feverous and did shake."
(Hint: More specific than personification)
What is pathetic fallacy?
This person said, "As the weird women promised, and I fear
Thou played’st most foully for ‘t."
What is Banquo?