Literary devices
What are these, so withered, and so wild in their attire, that look not like th’ inhabitants o’th’ earth” (Act 1 Sc3)
What is imagery?
“Fair is foul and foul is fair.” (Shakespeare, Act 1, Sc. 1)
Who are the Three Witches?
The only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet
Who is Juliet Capulet?
Raven
What is death/messenger?
Shakespeare’s Birthday.
When is April 23, 1564?
”All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (Act 1 Sc3)
What is foreshadowing?
“Your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under ‘t.”
(Shakespeare, Act 1, Sc. 6)
Who is Lady Macbeth?
Prince of Denmark, nephew of Claudius, and son of King Hamlet
Who is Hamlet?
Three Witches
What is the Fates/supernatural/darkness/temptation?
Shakespeare’s age of marriages.
How old is 18 years old?
”Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry ‘hold, hold!’” (Act 1 Scene 5)
What is personification?
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir.”
(Shakespeare, Act 1, Sc. 3)
Who is Macbeth?
Runs in the sacred race of the Feast of Lurpercal
Who is Antony?
The puppet master
What is Lady Macbeth?
Town that Shakespeare was born in.
Where is Stratford Avon, New England?
”It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness” (Act 1 scene 5)
What is simile?
“Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear things that do sound so fair?” (Shakespeare, Act 1, Sc. 3)
Who is Banquo?
Gaius Cassius Longinus, Cassius for short
Who is an antagonist in Julius Caesar, who is one of the first people who wanted Caesar dead?
Corruption, Gullible, Human Weakness
What is [does] Macbeth [symbolize]?
Shakespeare’s kids.
Who is Susanna Hall, Hamnet Shakespeare, and Judith Quiney?
”Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.” (Act 1 scene 5)”
What is juxtaposition?
“He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor,” (Shakespeare, Act 1, Sc. 3)
Who is Ross?
Claudius
Who is the brother of King Hamlet, second husband of Gertrude and uncle and later stepfather of Prince Hamlet?
Thick Blood
What is hardening the heart?
Number of how many plays and sonnets Shakespeare is known to have wrote.
How many is 37 plays and 154 sonnets?