Terms and Macbeth Flashcards
A highly artificial literary mode which centers on shepherds and idealize rural settings
Pastoralism
Instruction in literature. Writers and critics believe imaginative should have two purposes; to delight and to teach
Didacticism
A lyric poem of fourteen iambic-pentameter lines conventionally rhyming according to one of two patterns
Sonnet
The first eight lines, called the octave, rhyme abbaabba. The last six lines called, the sestet may use any combination of two or three new rhymes. For example, cdcdcd, cdecde, cdedce. (Introduction in England by Sir Thomas Wyatt)
Petrarchian or Italian Sonnet
Consists of three quatrains and closing couplets and rhymes ababcdcdefefgg (improvised by the Earl of Surrey and refined by Shakespeare)
Shakespeare or English Sonnet
The regular recurrence of accented syllables in a line of poetry
Meter
Identical sound in corresponding words or phrases
Rhyme
Agreement of sounds from the last stressed vowel sound onward, with a difference in the immediately preceding consonant sounds
Perfect rhyme
Rhyming sounds consist of only one syllable
Masculine
Rhyming sounds include more than one syllable
Feminine
A rhyme in which there is only a partial matching of sounds, includes partial rhyme and eye rhyme
Imperfect rhyme
Shows agreement in terminal constant sounds but disagreement in the preceding vowel sounds
Partial rhyme
Based on the similarity of sight rather than sound
Eye rhyme
Uses the first part of a word divided by the end of a line as a rhyme sound
Run-on rhyme
Rhymes at the end of lines
End rhyme
Rhymes within a line
Internal rhyme
A four-line stanza, one of the most common stanza forms in English poetry
Quatrains
A seeming contradiction (“Death, thou shalt die.”)
Paradox
The addressing of some non personal (or absent) object as if it were able to reply (“O,Death, where is thy sting.”)
Apostrophe
Broadly, the expression of one thing in terms of another. In sticker usage, it is the stated or implied equivalence of two things (“I am the bread of life”)
Metaphor
A recurring or emerging idea in a work of literature
Theme
A striking and often elaborate comparison carried out in considerable detail
Conceit
Unrhymed iambic-pentameter
Blank verse
A speech addressed to an audience by an actor alone on stage
Soliloquy
A stage device in which a character briefly discloses his thoughts in the presence of other characters who by convention do not hear him
Aside
Who has been seriously suggested as a possible author of the plays usually attributed to Shakespeare ?
Christopher Marlowe
Shakespeare’s great history plays were written during what ?
The first half of his career
How was Shakespeare support himself and his company ?
Writing plays with a general appeal and an evident
What could he not afford ?
To let meanings be shadowy and only resurface in classrooms centuries later
How many plays did Shakespeare write ?
35 plays
What were his two long narrative poems ?
“Venus and Adonis” and “The Rape of Lucerne”
During the Renaissance, what was the type of human love that was considered the highest and most spiritual ?
Friendship
The typical Shakespearean sonnet comprises of our divisions:
Three quatrains and a couplet
Sonnet 18 “Shall I Compare Thee ….” Shakespeare discusses the superiority of his loved one to what ?
The loveliness of nature
Sonnet 116 “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” praises the major virtue of constancy. What serves as a metaphor for unshakeable love ?
The star
The Shakespearean sonnets in the text cover the subjects of what ?
Death
idealism
Eternity
The themes for the sonnets in the text include:
Immorality of verse
Duration of genuine love
Frequent spiritual gain from physical decline
Because of treason, Macbeth forfeits what ?
Sleep
Love
Honor
Macbeth’s impact is based on what ?
Not only on its artistry but also on its Biblical values
Macbeth resembles the effective type of medieval drama as what ?
The morality play
Night, the raven and blood are all images of what ?
Evil that are primarily associated with Duncan’s murder
At the opening of Act 1 the appearance of the what foreshadows the struggle between god and evil in the human soul
Witches
Shakespeare used witches rather than devil’s because why ?
They are more realistic and they were not considered comical in Elizabethan theater like devils were
The witches’ statement that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” introduces one of the major themes which was ?
That of deceiving appearances or reversal of values
The one request Lady Macbeth makes of the sprints that is not granted is what ?
To make her unable to feel remorse (foreshadowing)
At the end of Act 1, which prophecy of the three witches is not fulfilled ?
That Macbeth would be king
The primary function of the porter in Act II is to what ?
Provide comic relief to the audience
Macbeth’s soliloquy at the start of Act II is promote day what ?
The sight of an imaginary dagger
Macbeth calls the dagger a “fatal vision” in his soliloquy because what ?
it prompts him to murder Duncan, and Duncan’s murder will be fatal to Macbeth both physically and spiritually
Up to Act III Banquo has served as a what to Macbeth ?
Foil
Lady Macbeth is prevented from murdering Duncan herself because
In his sleep, he looks like her father
The function of the Old Man is
The role of the Greek chorus giving the facts and expressing public opinion
What does Act III contain ?
The turning point of the play (Macbeth cannot turn back)
Macbeth’s motives for murdering Banquo
Banquo’s regal nature
Banquets brave attitude
Macbeth’s fears that he has sold hi soul to give the throne to Banquo’s heirs
It is ironic that Macbeth invites Banquo to the banquet as an honor when
He intends to prevent Banquo from attending by murdering him
The appearance of Banquo’s ghost at the banquet in his honor is an example of what ?
Situational irony
Macbeth’s visit to the witches’ cave reflects what ?
His belief that he is not able to retreat from his course of evil
According to Hecate, what is the most primary enemy of mortals ?
Overconfidence
Macbeth says his mind is full of what, a symbol of treachery
Scorpins
What does Lennox provide ?
Objective on the actions of the play
also, explanations and locations are given in the dialogue
How many times does Macbeth see Banquo’s ghost ?
3 times
The witches’ brew establishes what ?
a atmosphere of horror and prepares the audience for Macbeth’s violent demands and for the slaughter of Macduff’s family
Macbeth’s actions in Act IV disrupts what ?
Nature
Society
The family
Macduff is prevented from getting complete revenge on Macbeth because why ?
Macbeth has no children
The three prophecies Macbeth receives:
Beware Macduff
None of woman born/ shall harm him
He “Shall never be vanquished be/ until …… Birman wood comes to …… Dunsinane”
The three apparitions Macbeth sees at the witches’ cave:
An armed head
A bloody child
A crowned child
In the parade os Banquo’s heirs,
The mirror represents the perpetuity of his line
The witches were unable to do what ?
Destroy Macbeth’s power
Macduff was not what before he went to find Malcolm ?
Warned about the safety of his family
He inquiries of Ross about his country first, his family second
What does Lady Macbeth do in her sleep “
Walk
Talks
Writes
She carries what and is more preoccupied with what ?
A lighted candle
Washing blood off her hands
Concerning Duncan’s murder, What does Lady Macbeth remark ?
The sound of the bell
Macbeth’s hesitancy
The amount of blood
Macbeth asks the doctor to do what ?
To cure this wife and Scotland
What prompts Macbeth’s famous “Tomorrow” speech ?
The news of Lady Macbeth’s death
In his “Tomorrow” speech, what does Macbeth describe life as ?
A candle
A shadow
An actor
Blood is symbolizes as what ?
Murder and ineradicable guilt
What now “hangs loose about Macbeth, like a giant’s robe, upon a dwarfish thief” is
His title or kingship
Who gives the last speech of the play and its significant in what ?
Malcolm
That he is the new king, he will restore order to Scotland and complete the circular structure of the play
What is the doctor hopeful for ?
Lady Macbeth can be cured
How does Macbeth face his death ?
Without cowardice, he knows he is going to die and face Macduff
