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Terms and Macbeth Flashcards

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A highly artificial literary mode which centers on shepherds and idealize rural settings

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Pastoralism

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Instruction in literature. Writers and critics believe imaginative should have two purposes; to delight and to teach

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Didacticism

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A lyric poem of fourteen iambic-pentameter lines conventionally rhyming according to one of two patterns

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Sonnet

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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)

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Petrarchian or Italian Sonnet

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Consists of three quatrains and closing couplets and rhymes ababcdcdefefgg (improvised by the Earl of Surrey and refined by Shakespeare)

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Shakespeare or English Sonnet

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The regular recurrence of accented syllables in a line of poetry

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Meter

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Identical sound in corresponding words or phrases

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Rhyme

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Agreement of sounds from the last stressed vowel sound onward, with a difference in the immediately preceding consonant sounds

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Perfect rhyme

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Rhyming sounds consist of only one syllable

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Masculine

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Rhyming sounds include more than one syllable

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Feminine

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A rhyme in which there is only a partial matching of sounds, includes partial rhyme and eye rhyme

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Imperfect rhyme

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Shows agreement in terminal constant sounds but disagreement in the preceding vowel sounds

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Partial rhyme

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Based on the similarity of sight rather than sound

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Eye rhyme

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Uses the first part of a word divided by the end of a line as a rhyme sound

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Run-on rhyme

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Rhymes at the end of lines

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End rhyme

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Rhymes within a line

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Internal rhyme

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A four-line stanza, one of the most common stanza forms in English poetry

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Quatrains

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A seeming contradiction (“Death, thou shalt die.”)

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Paradox

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The addressing of some non personal (or absent) object as if it were able to reply (“O,Death, where is thy sting.”)

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Apostrophe

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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”)

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Metaphor

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A recurring or emerging idea in a work of literature

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Theme

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A striking and often elaborate comparison carried out in considerable detail

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Conceit

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Unrhymed iambic-pentameter

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Blank verse

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A speech addressed to an audience by an actor alone on stage

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Soliloquy

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A stage device in which a character briefly discloses his thoughts in the presence of other characters who by convention do not hear him

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Aside

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Who has been seriously suggested as a possible author of the plays usually attributed to Shakespeare ?

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Christopher Marlowe

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Shakespeare’s great history plays were written during what ?

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The first half of his career

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How was Shakespeare support himself and his company ?

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Writing plays with a general appeal and an evident

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What could he not afford ?

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To let meanings be shadowy and only resurface in classrooms centuries later

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How many plays did Shakespeare write ?

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35 plays

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What were his two long narrative poems ?

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“Venus and Adonis” and “The Rape of Lucerne”

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During the Renaissance, what was the type of human love that was considered the highest and most spiritual ?

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Friendship

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The typical Shakespearean sonnet comprises of our divisions:

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Three quatrains and a couplet

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Sonnet 18 “Shall I Compare Thee ….” Shakespeare discusses the superiority of his loved one to what ?

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The loveliness of nature

35
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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 ?

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The star

36
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The Shakespearean sonnets in the text cover the subjects of what ?

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Death
idealism
Eternity

37
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The themes for the sonnets in the text include:

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Immorality of verse
Duration of genuine love
Frequent spiritual gain from physical decline

38
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Because of treason, Macbeth forfeits what ?

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Sleep
Love
Honor

39
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Macbeth’s impact is based on what ?

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Not only on its artistry but also on its Biblical values

40
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Macbeth resembles the effective type of medieval drama as what ?

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The morality play

41
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Night, the raven and blood are all images of what ?

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Evil that are primarily associated with Duncan’s murder

42
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At the opening of Act 1 the appearance of the what foreshadows the struggle between god and evil in the human soul

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Witches

43
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Shakespeare used witches rather than devil’s because why ?

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They are more realistic and they were not considered comical in Elizabethan theater like devils were

44
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The witches’ statement that “fair is foul, and foul is fair” introduces one of the major themes which was ?

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That of deceiving appearances or reversal of values

45
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The one request Lady Macbeth makes of the sprints that is not granted is what ?

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To make her unable to feel remorse (foreshadowing)

46
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At the end of Act 1, which prophecy of the three witches is not fulfilled ?

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That Macbeth would be king

47
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The primary function of the porter in Act II is to what ?

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Provide comic relief to the audience

48
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Macbeth’s soliloquy at the start of Act II is promote day what ?

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The sight of an imaginary dagger

49
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Macbeth calls the dagger a “fatal vision” in his soliloquy because what ?

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it prompts him to murder Duncan, and Duncan’s murder will be fatal to Macbeth both physically and spiritually

50
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Up to Act III Banquo has served as a what to Macbeth ?

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Foil

51
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Lady Macbeth is prevented from murdering Duncan herself because

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In his sleep, he looks like her father

52
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The function of the Old Man is

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The role of the Greek chorus giving the facts and expressing public opinion

53
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What does Act III contain ?

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The turning point of the play (Macbeth cannot turn back)

54
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Macbeth’s motives for murdering Banquo

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Banquo’s regal nature
Banquets brave attitude
Macbeth’s fears that he has sold hi soul to give the throne to Banquo’s heirs

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It is ironic that Macbeth invites Banquo to the banquet as an honor when

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He intends to prevent Banquo from attending by murdering him

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The appearance of Banquo’s ghost at the banquet in his honor is an example of what ?

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Situational irony

57
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Macbeth’s visit to the witches’ cave reflects what ?

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His belief that he is not able to retreat from his course of evil

58
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According to Hecate, what is the most primary enemy of mortals ?

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Overconfidence

59
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Macbeth says his mind is full of what, a symbol of treachery

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Scorpins

60
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What does Lennox provide ?

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Objective on the actions of the play

also, explanations and locations are given in the dialogue

61
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How many times does Macbeth see Banquo’s ghost ?

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3 times

62
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The witches’ brew establishes what ?

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a atmosphere of horror and prepares the audience for Macbeth’s violent demands and for the slaughter of Macduff’s family

63
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Macbeth’s actions in Act IV disrupts what ?

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Nature
Society
The family

64
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Macduff is prevented from getting complete revenge on Macbeth because why ?

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Macbeth has no children

65
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The three prophecies Macbeth receives:

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Beware Macduff
None of woman born/ shall harm him
He “Shall never be vanquished be/ until …… Birman wood comes to …… Dunsinane”

66
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The three apparitions Macbeth sees at the witches’ cave:

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An armed head
A bloody child
A crowned child

67
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In the parade os Banquo’s heirs,

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The mirror represents the perpetuity of his line

68
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The witches were unable to do what ?

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Destroy Macbeth’s power

69
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Macduff was not what before he went to find Malcolm ?

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Warned about the safety of his family

He inquiries of Ross about his country first, his family second

70
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What does Lady Macbeth do in her sleep “

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Walk
Talks
Writes

71
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She carries what and is more preoccupied with what ?

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A lighted candle

Washing blood off her hands

72
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Concerning Duncan’s murder, What does Lady Macbeth remark ?

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The sound of the bell
Macbeth’s hesitancy
The amount of blood

73
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Macbeth asks the doctor to do what ?

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To cure this wife and Scotland

74
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What prompts Macbeth’s famous “Tomorrow” speech ?

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The news of Lady Macbeth’s death

75
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In his “Tomorrow” speech, what does Macbeth describe life as ?

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A candle
A shadow
An actor

76
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Blood is symbolizes as what ?

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Murder and ineradicable guilt

77
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What now “hangs loose about Macbeth, like a giant’s robe, upon a dwarfish thief” is

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His title or kingship

78
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Who gives the last speech of the play and its significant in what ?

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Malcolm

That he is the new king, he will restore order to Scotland and complete the circular structure of the play

79
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What is the doctor hopeful for ?

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Lady Macbeth can be cured

80
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How does Macbeth face his death ?

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Without cowardice, he knows he is going to die and face Macduff

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