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
Patriarchal
Ruled or controlled by men; giving power and importance only to men:
Macbeth lived in a patriarchal society
Apparition
A ghost or image of a dead person or thing:
Macbeth saw an apparation of Banquo
