Vocab 1
make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; change / modify.
What is Adaptation?
ultimate purpose, intent, or message that the author wants to convey to readers
What is Author's Purpose?
What did the witches prophesized for Macbeth?
Macbeth will be king and Banquo’s children will be kings.
What does Macbeth hire three men to do?
Kill Banquo and his son (Fleance)
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is Symbolism?
having reason or understanding
What is Rationale?
extreme exaggeration used to create emphasis
What is a Hyperbole?
Why do Malcom and Donalbain run away from the court?
They fear that they are next to be murdered.
What title, predicted by the witches, does Macbeth receive?
Thane of Cawdor
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
What is Irony?
to explain or tell the meaning of, present in understandable terms
What is Interpret (Interpretation)?
a literary device that reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work.
What is Tone?
What does Lady Macbeth think Macbeth lacks?
The manliness to follow through on his ambitions
What does Macbeth see when he enters the banquet?
The bloody ghost of Banquo
a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
What is a Flashback?
lacking merit, particularly bad
What is Dismal?
the techniques an author uses to build understanding of a character
What is Characterization?
What is Lady Macbeth’s plan for murdering Duncan?
Macbeth will stab him in his sleep and plant the bloody evidence on the servants.
How does Lady Macbeth feel about how Macbeth carried out the murder?
She is ashamed by how scared he (Macbeth) acts throughout the ordeal.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a Metaphor?
the way an author decides to organize and sequence their text
What is Structure?
a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound
What is Nuance?
"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 does Lady Macbeth mean by "unsex me"?
She wants to set aside feminine sentiments that could hinder bloody ambitions.
What eerie vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan?
He sees a bloody dagger floating in front of him.
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex
What is a Climax?