Unit 2- Macbeth

Question 0

Misgivings

Answer 0

A feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension.

Question 1

Synopsis

Answer 1

Statement giving a general view of a subject

Question 2

Thane

Answer 2

A member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freeman, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.

Question 3

Prophecies

Answer 3

A foretelling or prediction of what is to come.

Question 4

Apparitions

Answer 4

A supernatural appearance of a person or thing especially a ghost, a spector, or phantom.

Question 5

Infamous

Answer 5

Having an extremely bad reputation.

Question 6

Sovereignty

Answer 6

Rightful status, independence or prerogative.

Question 7

Traitors

Answer 7

A person who betrays another, a cause or any trust.

Question 8

Loyalty

Answer 8

Faithfulness to commitments or obligations.

Question 9

Soliloquy

Answer 9

Act of talking while or as if alone.

Question 10

Imagery

Answer 10

The formation of mental images or figures.

Question 11

Comic Relief

Answer 11

And I’m using seen incident or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements as, in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension or to intensify the dramatic action.

Question 12

Tragedy

Answer 12

A dramatic composition, often inverse, dealing with a serious or somber thought, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society to downfall or destruction.

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Resemblance of sounds.

Question 14

Blank Verse

Answer 14

Unrhymed Verse.

Question 15

Iambic Pentameter.

Answer 15

Consist of the line 10 syllables long & that is accented on every second beat.

Question 16

Aside

Answer 16

Away from a present group, especially for reasons of privacy. Usually, off in another room or separate place.

Question 17

Irony

Answer 17

The use of words to convey the meaning, that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

Question 18

Mood/Atmosphere

Answer 18

A prevailing emotional tone and general attitude. Special mood towards a character associated with the place.

Question 19

Sonnet

Answer 19

A poem, properly expressive of a single complete thought, idea or sentiment. Consists of 14 lines.

Question 20

Tragic Flaw

Answer 20

The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy.