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when was shakespeare born

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april 23rd 1564 stratford on avon

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describe shakespear education

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  • studied at a local grammar school

- never attended university

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describe shakespeare relationship with anne hathaway

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  • married at 18: november 28 1582( anne was 26)
  • susanna,hamnet and judith
  • hamnet died at 11 due to plague
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what are the lost years

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the seven years after the birth or his twins, where none of hi information has been found

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aside

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words or brief thoughts spoken by an actor directly to audience, not heard by other characters

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allusion

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a figure of speech that refers to people, places, events, literary work, myths, works of art

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antagonist

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The character or force that opposes the protagonist

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characterization

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The means by which writers present and reveal characters

-speech, actions, what others say, thoughts

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Dialogue

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Conversation of characters in a literary work

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foil

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A character that provides a contrast to the protagonist or another character

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foreshadowing

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hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story

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imagery

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The pattern of related comparative aspects of language particularly of images in a literary work

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dramatic irony

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character doesn’t know what the the audience or the other characters do

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verbal irony

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character saying the opposite of what they mean

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situational irony

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opposite of what is expected occurs

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metaphor

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comparison between essentially unlike things without “like or as”

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protagonist

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The main character in the story

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Setting

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The time, place and circumstances of a work of literature

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Simile

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comparison between essentially unlike things using like as or than

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soliloquy

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A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not the other characters on the stage

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symbolism

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something which implies something more than its literal self

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Theme

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The underlying meaning or idea the writer of the poem or story may want the reader to understand and remember

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tragic hero

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A privilege character of high repute who by virtue of a tragic flaw and feet suffered a fall from glory into suffering

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tragic flaw

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A weakness or limitation of a character resulting in the fall of the tragic hero

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internal conflict

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-internal struggles experienced by a character
(character vs decision)
(character vs fear)

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external conflict

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-between a character and an external force
(character vs character)
(character vs supernatural)

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round character

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  • 3 dimensional

- fully developed (major characters)

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flat characters

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  • two dimensional

- not fully developed(some info, not lots)

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caricatures

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  • one dimensional
  • appear briefly/ not developed at all
  • over emphasize stereotypes
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dynamic character

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-character that changes as a result of what happened to them
-progresses to a higher level of understanding
(not always positive)

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static character

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-does not change or grow(stays the same)

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minor characters

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  • 1-2 dimensional, static characters
  • 2 striking qualities
  • either entirely good/ bad
  • lack depth of major characters
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6 methods of characteristics

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  • direct description (by character, themselves, others, narrator)
  • actions(what they do)
  • reactions(how they react to what a character does)
  • speech(what they/others say)
  • internal dialogue(thoughts and internal con)
  • names (nickname)
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five act structure

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  • shakespeare plays use this

- prologue, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement

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act one plot structure

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  • exposition/introduction
  • provide setting, context
  • introduce main characters
  • mystical atmosphere/supernatural
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alliteration

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-occurs every of the same letter at the beginning of words

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hyperbole

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exaggerated statements

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motif

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reoccurring subject

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personification

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personal nature in something non human

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where does macbeth take place

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medieval scotland

governed by an absolute monarch

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order of hierarchy in macbeth

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king
prince of cumberland
thane of cawdor
nobility and queen
knights/soldiers
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history of macbeth

true events

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-macbeth killed duncan and claimed throne
-malcom defeated macbeth’s armies (did not dethrone)
-malcom invades and defeated macbeth
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characteristics of shakespearean tragedy

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  1. tragic hero
  2. person of high estate= fate affects nation
  3. supernatural elements
  4. internal conflict torments tragic hero
  5. tragic hero=good/not amazing
  6. reversal of fate
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when did shakespeare die

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april 23rd 1616 in stratford

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4 reasons why macbeth doesn’t want to kill the king

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  1. afraid of consequences
  2. karma
  3. loyalty to the kind
  4. afraid of truth coming out
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describe the two battles

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macbeth defeats macdonald’s army, he then defeats sweno, king of norway’s army who was somehow assisted by the thane of cawdor

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conflict

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two types of conflict:

-internal, external

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what is the inciting incident in macbeth

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  • when macbeth gets the prophecies

- when he becomes thane of cawdor and realizes the prophecies could be true

49
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where are macbeth and duncan’s castle

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duncan: forres
macbeth: inverness

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what is the exposition in macbeth

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  • first 2 scenes
    1. mystical atmosphere: moral fog
    1. brave deeds of macbeth: man who is to yield supernatural soliciting
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what is the inciting incident

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the moment the protagonist first starts to struggle with the main conflict

51
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what characters use appearances to advantage

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  • ross: plays both sides/double loyalty
  • lady macbeth: instructs macbeth to use appearances to deceive
  • witches: prophecies present bit of truth
  • macbeth: presents as loyal to duncan
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characters that are misled by appearances

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  • duncan: fatal flaw-trusted too much in macbeth
  • macbeth: deceiver by whag prophecies appear to say
  • banquo: thought macbeth was his friend
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what characters did not trust in appearances

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  • macduff: does not go to coronation
  • malcolm and donalbain: sense danger + flee
  • banquo: told macbeth not to trust witches
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events relate to appearances being deceiving

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  • witches prophecies
  • macbeth’s feast+ killing duncan
  • banquet (banquo absense)
  • lady macbeth ruthless but not
  • ross leaving macduff a house knowing what’s to come
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characters experience guilt

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  • macduff: leaving his fam
  • lady macbeth: felt no guilt, then driven to madness with guilt
  • macbeth: neptune’s ocean, banquet scene, battlefield with macduff
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what did guilt drive to

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  • macbeth: drive to kill macbeth
  • lady macbeth: to madness and suicide
  • macbeth: overthrown+ demise
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characters that use ambition

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  • macbeth+ lady: strive to be higher in social standing
  • macduff: revenge and save scotland
  • ross: power=opportunistic (switching sides)
  • malcolm: build force and overthrow macbeth
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events in result of ambition

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-macbeth’s downfall:
•macbeth’s fatal flaw
•malcolm and macduff s ambition

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loyalty in characters

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  • banquo: loyal to duncan/ scotland
  • macduff: loyal to scotland (left to england)
  • ross: loyal to himself
  • macbeth: loyal to duncan then himself
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double double toil and trouble

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  • witches to themselves
  • preparing potion, double= twice as much trouble/ two minds about something
  • prophecies have two meanings and macbeth will be deceived= his demise
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infected be the air wherein they ride and damned all those that trust them!

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  • macbeth to lennox
  • just left witches angry, banquo will be father to a line of kings: curses those who trust witches
  • situational irony: macbeth cursing himself=his demise
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out damned spot! out i say!

here’s the smell of blood still:all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand oh oh oh

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  • lady macbeth to herself
  • sleepwalking and rubbing blood away, no perfume could cleanse smell of bloom
  • situational and verbal irony: lady at first believed no guilt in murder, that water would clear it. now the blood symbolizes her guilt and the roles have reversed
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to bed to bed; there’s a knocking at the gate; come come come come give me your hand: what’s done cannot be undone to bed to bed to bed

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  • lady macbeth to herself
  • recalling convos she had with macbeth and urging him to be calm and rid himself of guilt “done is done”
  • quote is very ironic: lady macbeth is troubled the same way her husband was: can’t take her own advice; so troubled=sleepwalking
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

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  • macbeth to himself
  • macbeth learns lady macbeth is dead: expressing regret for death: life has been meaningless, remembered as a tyrant
  • macbeth wanted sons, love and loyalty but he is going to die alone. his actions have been for nothing
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of all men else i have avoided thee: but hey thee back; my soul is too much charged with blood of thine already

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  • macbeth to macduff
  • macbeth is face to face with macduff, says he has been avoiding him because he has too much blood from his fam
  • voicing his regret for murdering macduff a family. believes macduff is born of women, but he wasn’t
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irony of lady macbeth’s sleep walking

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  • rubbing hands: washing away blood (water clears of deed)
  • candle while walking (called upon darkness to unsex her)
  • perfumes of arabia (water clears of deed)
  • what’s done cannot be undone (said after duncan’s murder: kept awake by this guilt)
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act 2 plot structure

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  • complication
  • rising action begins
  • secondary characters
  • 1.3-3.2: tempted to try for the throne
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act 3 plot structure

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  • turning point/climax
  • anticipated conclusion
  • 3.3: fleance escapes~ not gained security
  • we know macbeth is doomed
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act 4 plot structure

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  • reversal/ falling action
  • decline of the hero
  • act 4- end
  • prepares for english invasion
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act 5 plot structure

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  • the catastrophe
  • conclusion logical to test of play
  • how order is restored/ knots untied
  • high point of action
  • death of lady and fall of macbeth
  • macbeth defeated by macduff
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dramatic irony examples

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  • duncan staying at macbeth’s castle and being cared for
  • witches give prophecy: macbeth’s demise
  • lady macbeth sleepwalking and gentlewoman and doctor don’t know what she’s talking about
  • macduff asks about fam and ross days they’re good
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situational irony examples

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  • macbeth’s first prophecies fulfilled: not the way wanted
  • macduffs son saying bad men kill good ones and getting murdered
  • lady macduff saying they aren’t safe:murdered
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verbal irony examples

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  • infected be the air
  • after lennox describes the unruly night: macbeth said it was a rough night for different reasons
  • macbeth saying there’s no reason to live without duncan
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I have almost forgot the taste of fears.
The time has been my senses would have cooled
To hear a night-shriek, and my fell of hair
Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir
As life were in ’t. I have supped full with horrors.
Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts
Cannot once start me.

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  • macbeth to himself
  • macbeth is saying that he has forgotten what fear was like, that he used to be scared by every little thing, but now he has seen much worse things
  • tells us that macbeth’s life as a tyrant has ruined his happiness, he doesn’t even feel fear anymore because he has seen all horror

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