Shakespeare Vocab

A Scottish noble and a valiant military murdering people in a lust for power

literary device that can be defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall

Thane of Lochaber, murdered by Macbeth

A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes

a speaker intends to be heard as meaning this but instead is understood by meaning the opposite

Helps Macbeth commit the crimes to become king and dies after an apparent suicide

A series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative

A word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent

King, father of 2 sons, murdered by his trusted captain

A firm decision to do or not to do something or the action of solving a problem or dispute.

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

a thing that stands for something else, especially a object representing something abstract.

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

professional entertainment consisting of jokes intended to make an audience laugh.

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit

son of Lord Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, and the ancestor of the kings of the House of Stuart

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite

the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end. Ex: act four in a five-act play

Aside

Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

A character who contrasts with another character.

a quality that evokes pity or sadness

conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

Monologue

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex

Antagonist

Sons of Duncan and suspected of murder

a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story

Alliteration

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

Thane of Fife, suspects Macbeth of regicide and eventually kills Macbeth in the final act

an event causing great suffering

Play or novel containing elements of both comedy and tragedy

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama

Final part of a play where the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained

A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one