Macbeth Review

The play is based on a real Scottish king.

Shakespeare did not attend university.

The killing of a king is called

"The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth." This means

The tragic hero is usually someone of noble birth or status.

"All hail, Macbeth, that shall be ______ hereafter."

"Stars, hide your ______, / Let not light see my black and deep desires."

The Shakespearean tragedy originated in ancient

This philosopher is responsible for the concept of the Great Chain of Being.

This character fears that Macbeth "play'dst most foully" for the throne. Who is he/she?

Shakespeare wrote _____________ plays.

Example(s) of figurative language would be

Verse (poetry) without rhyme is __________ verse.

Duncan says, "I have begun to plant thee / And will labor to make thee full of growing." This quote

Chimneys were blown down on the night of Duncan's murder? What other disturbances happened?

"_____ is foul and foul is ______."

A fatal error in judgment or weakness in a character is a(n)

This person cautions Macbeth that sometimes evil masquerades as good to draw us in.

"There is none but he/ Whose being I do fear." Macbeth is speaking ABOUT

What does Macbeth do out of "violent love?"

"Is this a ______ I see before me" -Macbeth

"There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face." Which of these is NOT true?

Macbeth has one reason only to kill Duncan; it is

Language that appeals to the five senses

"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?" The speaker is

Shakespeare was born in

When a character speaks directly to the audience WHILE there are other characters onstage

Shakespeare was born in __________, England.

Macbeth is hailed as the Thane of Cawdor, but the original Thane of Cawdor lives. He protests that

Macbeth worries that he will lose his soul if he commits murder. He calls his soul his

Lady Macbeth claims Macbeth has been having fits since childhood. This exemplifies

Macbeth and Duncan are

"Thou shall get kings, though thou be none." This REFERS to

"We will proceed no further in this business." The speaker is

When the reader knows something that a character does not know, the author is using_______ irony.

Marriages in Shakespeare's time were often arranged and based on

Lady Macbeth mentions that her husband is not likely to "find the nearest way" to the witches" predictions.

"So foul and fair a day I have not seen..." The speaker is

"Macbeth shall _______ no more." -Macbeth, spoken after the first murder

According to the Great Chain of Being, rulers are

A key theme in the play is that of

"When you durst do it (act), then you are a man..." The speaker wants Macbeth to

James I was a royal patron to Shakespeare's theater company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men.

Shakespeare wrote a total of _________ plays.

A symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story.

Lady Macbeth: "Come, thick _____, / And pall thee in the dunnest smoke..."

A speech performed when a character is alone onstage, which reveals innermost thoughts and feelings is a(n)

This monarch was greatly interested in witchcraft and similar subjects.

Shakespeare wrote during the reign(s) of

Shakespeare's time was an age of exploration for England.

Which one is NOT a pattern in imagery?

"Look like the innocent __________ / But be the serpent beneath it."