Vocab Flashcards
Vocab
Occult
(Noun) mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena
The occult witches made a prophecy.
Valour
Great courage, especially in war:
Macbeth showed valour at the beginning of the play
Prophecy
A statement that something will happen in the future.
The prophecy of the witches was false.
Ambition
Something that you want to do very much:
Lady Macbeth is very ambitious.
Noble
Having qualities that people admire:
Macbeth is noble at the start of the play
Usurp
To take someone’s position or power without the rights to do so:
Macbeth usurped the king by killing him
Traitor
A person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle.
Macbeth begins the play by killing a traitor
Treachery
Behavior that involves being disloyal to someone that trusts you:
Treachery has been committed by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Duplicity/Duplicitous
Dishonest behavior that convinces someone of something that is not true.
Lady Macbeth acts in a duplicitous manner
Machiavellian
Using clever plans to achieve what you want:
Macbeth acts in a machiavellian way to become king
Regicide
To kill a monarch:
Macbeth commits regicide, which begins his downfall
Hamartia
Flaw in a character’s personality:
Macbeth’s hamartia is his ambition
Tyrant
A person who has complete power in a country, but uses it in a cruel way:
Macbeth became a tyrant
Soliloquy
A speech to the audience about a character’s feelings:
The long soliloquy shows Macbeth is unsure about killing the king
Hubris
The fact of somebody being too proud.
Macbeth’s hubris leads to his murder
