Quotes (What work is this from?)
"Fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through fog and filthy air."
What is Macbeth?
This is the reason that Beowulf traveled to the Dane's kingdom.
to help the king by destroying a monster
This man killed Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
This is the first prophecy given to Macbeth.
What is, "Hail Thane of Cawdor"?
This figurative language compares two unlike things using the "like" or "as".
What is simile?
"Sell me some poison if you will, I have a lot of rats I want to kill."
What is The Canterbury Tales, The Pardoner's Tale?
This is the definition of a boast.
What is a vow or promise?
Macbeth sees him in his chair during the banquet.
Who is the ghost of Banquo?
These are the 3 parts of the prophecy told to Macbeth and Banquo at the beginning of the play.
What are Macbeth becoming the thane of Cawdor, Macbeth becoming king, and Banquo's son becoming king?
This style of figurative language is very much like a simile but does not use "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
"Let's see who shall be first to tell a tale... The man who draws the shortest cut shall start."
What is The Canterbury Tales?
Chaucer completed this many tales before his death.
What is 24?
King's son designated to be the next king in line.
Who is Malcolm
He was not a natural birth, but "was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripped."
Who is Macduff?
This figurative language style utilizes objects to give greater meaning than just the object.
What is symbolism?
"I've never known fear, as a youth I fought in endless battles. I am old, now, but I will fight again."
What is Beowulf?
This is what the three rioters see at the beginning of The Pardoner's Tale.
What is a coffin in a tavern?
Used daggers to frame the guards for Duncan's murder.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
This king of England is part of the fulfillment of the witches prophecy to Macbeth about Banquo's sons being king.
Who was King James I?
Identify the figurative language used in this line: "Thy crown does sear mine eyelids."
What is personification?
"Thou wast born of woman. But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, brandished by man that's of woman born."
What is Macbeth?
This is what happens to the 2 rioters after they stab the 3rd rioter.
Told morbid Knock-knock jokes.
Who is the porter?
Malcolm’s army, hiding behind cut-off tree branches from this wooded area, marches on Dunsinane.
What is Birnam Wood?
Identify the figurative language used in this line: "Despair thy charm /And let the angel whom thou still hast served / Tell thee..." (V.viii.13-14).
What is imagery?