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Macbeth (English Literature) Flashcards

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Thunder and lightning 11 1

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Pathetic fallacy, Stage direction

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we’

‘meet again? 11 2

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‘again’ adverb

‘we’ pronoun

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thunder, lightning or rain? 11 3

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pathetic fallacy

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When the battle’s lost and won 11 4

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juxtaposition ‘lost’ ‘won’

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Fair is foul, foul is fair 11 6

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equivocation, alliteration, antithesis

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Hover through the fog and filthy air 11 7

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verb ‘hover’
noun ‘fog’
adjective ‘filthy’
noun ‘air’

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worthy to be a rebel 12 1

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Criticise

Adjective “worthy”

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brave Macbeth 12 2

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Adjective

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bloody execution 12 3

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Noun execution

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unseam’d him from the nave to th’ chaps 12 4

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Brutal imagery

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o valiant cousin 12 5

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Adjective valiant

Noun cousin

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worthy gentleman 12 6

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Noun gentleman

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the hare, the lion 12 7

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Animal imagery

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most disloyal traitor 12 8

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Superlative “most disloyal traitor”

noun “traitor”

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Bellona’s bridegroom 12 9

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Metaphor

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No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive 12 10

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Foreshadowing

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former title greet Macbeth 12 11

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Curse

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drain him dry as hay 13 3

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Verb “drain”

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noble partner 13 13

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Noun “partner”

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speak, I charge you 13 19

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Imperative

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[aside] 13 23

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Stage direction

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ENTER Banquo’s Ghost 34 9

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things u should do when you answer a macbeth extract question

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  • only focus on extract
  • think about audience responses
  • track the text
  • 2,4,2
  • alternate views (perhaps..or…however..although..alternatively…)
  • language, tone, structure
  • identify any shifts
  • range of different ideas
  • intro and conclusion
  • say where the extract is
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macbeth exam consists of

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extract -15 marks
whole play question-25 marks (20 for content, 5 for SPAG)
together=40 marks

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success criteria - extract

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  • use Shakesphere’s name
  • uses subject terms accurately
  • uses evalutive terms in your analysis
  • focus on the task
  • audience response
  • confident knowledge of the play
  • track trhough extract
  • at least 5 different ideas
  • accuracy of SPAG
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macbeth extract AO1

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clear focus on the question
clear understanding shown/clear points made
track through extract/play/poem
select relevant (short) quotes
make inference to show engagement
address an alternative viewpoint (how audience may alternatively perceive it + Shakespeare’s presentation) -hedging language +authorial intention

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macbeth extract AO2

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explain meaning of quotes
zoom into language
use subject terms accurately/appropriately
consider effect on audience/readier
consider structure/shift of ideas or on page
use evaluative vocabulary to evaluate effectiveness

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macbeth ESSAY (20) AO1

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Clear focus on question
clear understanding shown/clear points made
track theme or character through the play
select relevant short quotes
make inference to show engagement
address an alternative viewpoint

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macbeth ESSAY (20) AO2

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explain meaning of quotes
zoom into language +authorial intent
use subject terms accurately appropriately
consider effect on audience
consider structure/shift of ideas or on pages
use evaluative vocabulary to evaluate effectiveness

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macbeth ESSAY (5) SPAG AO4

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Proofread carefully for spelling and punctuation
Greater range of vocabulary
Greater range of punctuation/sentence structure (for control)

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paragraph introduction

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In the eponymous tragedy Shakespeare presents….as….
initially, …..
However, as the play progresses, ……
As the play concludes, it is evident that…
which evokes …. in the audience… due to…

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paragraphs middle (15 quotes w 5 embedded short quotes)
3 alt views, 3 authorial intent, 3 audience response, 3 context
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1- In the outset of the play, Shakespeare establishes ….with (subject term + quote), which (adverb + verb) (explanation). This is further reinforced by (short quote), (adverb + verb) (explanation)
2 Later on, Shakespeare presents 
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paragraph conclusion

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In conclusion, …….(1-5 idea summary)
Perhaps, Shakespeare did this to
Ultimately, …
Shakespeare might’ve done this to..

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Paragraphs middle (extract version)
5 different main points, 8 quotes
3 alt views, authorial intent, audience reaction
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At the opening of the extract, which is in Act ? Scene ?, Shakespeare immediately establishes….This evokes the audience….Next….The audience would feel….However…..Later on….Alternatively….Further on…This evokes the audience….Next…Shakespeare does this to….Later on….
(Bonus: if shift is identified- Shakespeare utilises a shift at the….of…extract….to….)

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Key vocab for analysis

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euphenism, silibance, lists, exclamations, metaphor, religious imagery, third person, emotive abstract nouns
short simple sentences, short questions, remorseful/regretful adjectives vengeful verbs, tone. mood, atmosphere, structure(opening, middle,end), masculinatiy, typicality, revenge, grief.

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Writer intention verbs

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instruct, persuade, inform, entertain, educate, enlighten, punish, console, criticize, celebrate, condemn, establish, reinforce, to reveal the importance of, to warn

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Context

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  • Catharsis (purging of emotions through pity or fear, end of a tragic work- Macbeth self destruction as he loses his wife and his own life which leads the audience to pity Macbeth so the audience experiences catharsis)
  • Divine Right of Kings(chosen by God). Great chain of being (king is the closest being to God on earth and enacts the will of God) Natural order.
  • regicide = sin and crime - eternal damnation
  • Holinshed’s Chronicles : Banquo helped Macbeth kill Duncan, Macbeth ruled for 10 years and was a good king, the witches were ‘goddesses of destine’
  • Jacobean era intensely religious. Uncertainty and tension when King James I came to power. Queen Elizabeth I left no heir.
  • Witchcraft sinful - treason against god. King James. book of Daemonologie. Religious fanatic. Misogynistic. In the book, only women witches - asserted women were weaker sex so could be easily tempted by devil - Bible Adam and Eve: Eve tricked by serpent and both are punished
  • James I patron of Shakespeare. Banquo ancestor
  • King James launched witch hunts.
  • attacked by a storm when sailing to Denmark to meet his betrothed
  • lady Macbeth fourth witch
  • failed Gunpowder plot 1605 - devised by catholics. King James Protestant.
  • England 1606 11th century Scotland
  • patriarchal society. No legal rights. Role was to get married and have children. She doesn’t have individual identity.
  • military standards and male friendships on Jacobean culiture: male solidarity and loyalty were important values.
  • predestination: before born, God decided whether we are going to heaven or hell
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Banquo

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  • brave, has a royal nature, moral, virtuous, noble, strong
  • ambitious thoughts, but restrains. symbolic of man’s ability to resist temptation/evil
  • representation of route Macbeth doesn’t take - righteous, Macbeth’s foil/antithesis
  • protective and affectionate towards son
  • serves as a constant reflection for how Macbeth should’ve acted - reminder of the morality Macbeth started losing
  • dies in god’s favour and from religious disgrace/condemnation
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Lady Macbeth

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  • antagonist
  • unconventional female character. Dominant. Cunning, smart, bloodthirsty, unnatural. Audience view as supernatural.
  • subversion of femininity
  • alternatively, tragic heroine
  • wives supportive of their husbands’ aspirations. Fulfilling her role as the devoted helpful wife
  • love for Macbeth - wants him to succeed
  • position as woman: own career prospects are limited. Ambition. Using Macbeth to climb up social ladder
  • becoming queen as compensation for her lost children. Children died in infancy - lost her purpose as woman
  • gender identity ambiguous. Dangers of gender nonconformity.
  • femme fatale archetype. Ensnares men into deadly situations. Warn consequences of unrestrained female ambition and power. Unease audience.
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Macbeth

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  • Tragic hero position of glory and success but falls from grace
  • hamartia. Hubris. Peripeteia. Anagnorisis. Nemesis. Catharsis.
  • oblivious to morality and natural order
  • more feminine role in marriage
  • symbol for toxic and repressive masculinity , violence as a tool which leads to more violence and tyranny (cycle)
  • nihilistic figure (tormented by his own conscience)
  • weak willed. Fragile sense of masculinity. cowardly, indecisive, paranoid, consumed by guilt. Internal struggle.
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Macduff

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  • foil
  • sin defeated. Order restored
  • doesn’t resist emotion, embraces it
  • brave, selfless, loyal, righteousness, patriotic
  • justified violence
  • adheres to divine right of kings
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Witches

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Equivocation, supernatural beings

  • agents of Satan
  • serpent in garden of Eden/catalysts
  • trinity of evil, opposes the holy trinity
  • Macbeth turns to them in times of need instead of god
  • Daemonologie
  • trochaic tetrameter
  • inverses natural order. Not completely powerful.
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Structure

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establishment, outset, crisis, conflict, climatic, denoucement, cliff hanger, twist

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