Macbeth
What is the FIRST prophecy the witches make to Banquo and Macbeth? 3 parts.
Macbeth will become the new Thane of Cawdor and then King. Banquo's sons will become kings.
What is characterization
How a character is developed in a story
Example: When Macbeth first hears the witches prophesy he is hesitant to believe them, but once he has his first taste of power he cannot get enough.
Vital
Important or necessary
Rhetorical question
A question that is asked, but not meant to be answered
Choose the sentence that correctly uses inverted structure
In which country does Macbeth take place?
Scotland
What are parentheses used for
To add commentary, additional information, or to clarify information.
Example: Then there is Xpogo (a pogo stick on steroids) to tempt your inner child.
Paranoia
Distrust or fear
Apparatition
Ghost or spirit
Choose the sentence that correctly uses parentheses
C: Extreme sports today are imaginative and fun (though usually very dangerous).
Who kills Macbeth?
Bonus: What proof is brought back to the castle?
Macduff
His head
What is inverted structure
To reverse (invert) the normal word order, but the sentence must still make sense.
Example: In the forest ran the deer.
Ruthlessness
**Double Jeopardy**
Lacking pity or compassion for others
Inferred
To make an inference, or an educated guess based on context clues
Choose the sentence that correctly uses parentheses
Which word best describes Macbeth?
Ruthless, Stoic, Cloying, Gregarious
Ruthless
What are the four characteristics of a tragic hero
**Double Jeopardy**
The central character of a story depicted as a noble figure with a fatal flaw who has a moment of realization before their downfall.
Prevalent
Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time
Blank Verse
Poetry written in UNRYHMED but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.
Example: It is not nor it cannot come to good, / But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.
Choose the sentence that correctly uses inverted structure
A: ...what kind of adventure will your heart excite and your mind amaze
B: ...what adventure will kind of excite your heart and amaze your mind
C: ...what kind of adventure will excite and amaze your heart and your mind
A: ...what kind of adventure will your heart excite and your mind amaze
How is Macbeth a tragic hero? Be specific!
He is a noble (Thane of Cawdor) and he experiences a downfall (he dies). He also has a moment of realization before his death (when he realizes Macduff was not born of a woman) and he has a fatal flaw (ambition).
What is the purpose of stage directions in a script
To help the reader understand the action taking place in the scene
Contemporary
Occurring in the present
Dramatic Irony
When the reader knows more than the characters in the story.
Example: We know the witches are planning to trick Macbeth in the end, but he does not.
Choose the sentence that correctly uses standard word order
A: There is absolutely nothing wrong with that plan.
B: There is nothing absolutely wrong with that plan.
C: There is nothing wrong absolutely with that plan.
A: There is absolutely nothing wrong with that plan.