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TEST – Shakespeare’s Macbeth. What to Study: Background to the Renaissance (Notes; textbook) (Monarchs, focus of literature, Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare’s theater, influences upon the Renaissance, etc.) Characteristics of the Shakespearean Tragedy (notes; textbook)
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TEST – Shakespeare’s Macbeth What to Study: Background to the Renaissance (Notes; textbook) (Monarchs, focus of literature, Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare’s theater, influences upon the Renaissance, etc.) Characteristics of the Shakespearean Tragedy (notes; textbook) Characters of the play – Be able to match descriptions and quotes Chain of Being and Pathetic Fallacy Notes Review Acts of the Play – Be able to put events in order as they occur in the play Themes of Macbeth
Themes Found in Macbeth • A guilty conscience can greatly affect one’s physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. • Ambition is a strong characteristic and has the capacity to be used for good or for evil. • When humans disrupt the natural order of the universe, the result is chaos and disorder; order is God’s entitlement. • Appearance can be deceptive; things are not always as they seem. • Bloody deeds will catch up with those who execute them; good always triumphs over evil.
Literary Devices Found in Macbeth • Blank verse • Pathetic Fallacy • Heroic Couplets • Apostrophe • Allusion • Comic Relief • Denouement • Foil (The complete list will include 29 terms – be familiar with all terms on the Literary Device Assignment) • Unrhymed iambic pentameter (10 beats per line) • Nature’s response to human emotion • Rhymed iambic pentameter • Addressing an absent character or object as though present • Reference to another work of literature or real historical place, person, or event • Providing humorous relief for the audience after a moment of intensity • The resolution • A character’s complete opposite
Literary Devices Found in Macbeth “Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here…” The drunken Porter “Witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate’s offerings” Macduff to Macbeth Malcolm’s final speech The Old Man and Ross have a conversation regarding the eclipse and the king’s horses turning wild • Blank verse • Pathetic Fallacy • Heroic Couplets • Apostrophe • Allusion • Comic Relief • Denouement • Foil
Name that Character… • Devices the first murder scheme • “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it…” • Witness to Lady Macbeth’s confessions • Macbeth said this person would be a stumbling block to his desires • Seeks justice for Scotland and revenge for his family • Flees to Ireland • Accuses Macbeth of being a coward • “I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters…” • Queen of the Witches • Discovers Duncan’s murder