Macbeth Lit Terms

Flowering of English literature and poetry from 1558-1603

character makes a short speech heard by the audience and not the other characters 

idea that everyone /everything has a place in society

weakness or limitation of a character; resulting in the fall of a tragic hero

Shakespeare writes all of his plays in this 

time of sweeping and revolutionary change 

nobody eats there, it is too crowded 

"rebirth"; transformation of Western culture following the medieval period 

character who has a fatal flaw combined with fate and external forces 

character reveals his thoughts without addressing a listener

a character who does not grow or develop 

a Scottish feudal lord 

people thinking the earth was flat then round; viewed the world in a new way 

main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow 

a character who undergoes an important inner change