Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theater
Macbeth was written for this monarch.
Who is James I?
Who convinces Macbeth to kill Duncan?
Lady Macbeth
--- says, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?"
Macbeth's wife
Lady Macbeth realizes her husband is now beyond her influence and control after he plots to kill this character and his son (name both).
Who is Banquo and his son Fleance?
"Fair is foul and foul is fair"
Who are the weird sisters?
Shakespeare's plays and poems were written in this language.
What is early modern English?
In Act I, we learn that Scotland is being attacked by these two allied countries.
What are Norway and Ireland?
Before murdering Duncan, Macbeth sees an apparition of this.
a dagger
Macbeth sees an apparition of this character at the dinner table.
Who is Banquo?
"My hands are as read as yours"
Who is Lady Macbeth to the imaginary blood on her hands?
Who is King James I?
After learning of her husband's prophecy, Lady Macbeth calls up evil witches to "unsex [her] here." She asks evil spirits to do this.
What is strip her of her weak feminine traits?
Macbeth and his wife frame these characters for Duncan's murder.
the sleeping guards
Due to the lack of artificial lighting, plays were performed in this type of theatre (an open circular or oval building with a central space surrounded by tiers of seats for spectators).
What is an amphitheater?
The witches greet Macbeth with these three titles.
Glamis, Cawdor, and king
Macbeth brings these bloody things to his wife after murdering Duncan.
bloody daggers
Who says the following, and who is this character referring to?
"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face: He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust."
Who is Duncan referring to the traitorous Thane of Cawdor?
Shakespeare was BORN in this century.
What is the 16th? (1564-1616).
The witches give Banquo this prophecy.
What is he will not be king, but his children will be?
Hecate, the goddess of witches, says that this is man's greatest enemy.
security
The witches' prophecy that Macbeth shall not be defeated until this comes over Dunsinane Hill comes to fruition.
What is Birnam Wood?
Renaissance drama demonstrated the era's return to the traditions of Ancient Greece, including that of Ancient Greek drama. According to Aristotle, tragedies should contain this plot device, also known as the reversal of situation. This is often the moment when the tragic hero embodies the evil he previously despised and the shift of the tragic protagonist’s fortune from good to bad.
What is peripeteia?
Who is Malcolm?
King Duncan names this character the Prince of Cumberland.
This character kills Macbeth.
Renaissance drama demonstrated the era's return to the traditions of Ancient Greece, including that of Ancient Greek drama. According to Aristotle, tragedies should contain a scene where the tragic hero has a moment of clairvoyant insight or understanding as he suddenly comprehends the web of fate that he has entangled himself in. This plot device is also referred to as this.
What is anagnorisis?
Macbeth does not fear Macduff due to this prophecy by the weird sisters.
What is that no man of woman born shall harm Macbeth?
"Thou hast it now—king, Cawdor, Glamis, all / As the Weïrd Women promised, and I fear / Thou played’st most foully for ’t."
Who is Banquo?
Macbeth is a ----- because his hubris causes his downfall.
What is a tragic hero?