Literary Terms
The Life and Times of Shakespeare
Characters
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Miscellaneous
100
This is when the audience knows something about the plot or a situation that the character doesn't know.
Dramatic irony
100
Shakespeare was born in this country.
What is England?
100
This character was a hero in the war and killed the traitor MacDonald.
Who is Macbeth?
100
Explain the quote: "Fair is foul and foul is fair."
Following the rules is breaking the rules and breaking the rules is following the rules.
100
Name one reason Macbeth gives for not killing the king.
Kinship Host/Guest protection Duncan is a good king People would be very upset Macbeth is afraid of punishment
200
A character, alone on stage, speaking his inner thoughts.
Soliloquy
200
The name of the theater where Shakespeare performed his plays.
What is the Globe Theatre?
200
This character asks evil spirits to "unsex" her and make her more manly.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
200
Explain the quote: "I fear thy nature is too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way."
Lady Macbeth thinks Macbeth is too nice to kill Duncan.
200
King Duncan's comments about Macbeth's castle being a pleasant and safe place while the audience knows that Lady Macbeth is inside planning his murder is an example of this literary device.
Dramatic irony
300
A main character who is usually noble in the beginning of the story and brings about his own downfall through a tragic flaw.
Tragic hero
300
This is the term for the people who watched the play by standing in front of the stage.
What are groundlings?
300
True/False: There are 6 witches in the play.
False
300
Explain the quote: "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it."
Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth to be two-faced: nice on the outside but evil on the inside.
300
What happens to Macbeth right after the witches make their predictions about his future that causes him to start to believe their predictions?
Macbeth is named Thane of Cawdor?
400
A long speech said by a character with other characters present on-stage, that expresses that character's thoughts and feelings.
monologue
400
True/False: The character of Macbeth is based on a real person.
True
400
This character is named "Prince of Cumberland".
Who is Malcolm, the king's son?
400
Explain the quote: "The Prince of Cumberland; that is a step on which I must fall down, or else overleap, for in my way it lies"
Macbeth is saying that in addition to killing the king, he must get rid of Malcolm, the king's son, in order to get to the throne.
400
True/False: The witches tell Macbeth that he must kill the king in order to become king.
False
500
In the play "Macbeth", Shakespeare shows how blind ambition can cause a person to do horrible things to get what they want. This sentence is an example of one of the ____________ or messages of the play.
theme
500
Shakespeare chose to make the character of Banquo a noble man for this reason.
What is to impress King James?
500
This character is promised by the witches to be "not as great as Macbeth, but greater", "not as happy as Macbeth, but happier", and that his sons would be kings.
Who is Banquo?
500
Explain the quote: "If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir."
Macbeth has decided that he if is meant to be king then he will become king without killing Duncan.
500
Who does Lady Macbeth plan to blame for Duncan's murder?
The king's guards.
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