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TEST – Shakespeare’s Macbeth What to Study:  Background to the Renaissance (Notes; textbook) (Monarchs, focus of literature, Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare’s theater, influences upon the Renaissance, etc.)  Characteristics of the Shakespearean Tragedy (notes; textbook)  Characters of the play – Be able to match descriptions and quotes  Chain of Being and Pathetic Fallacy Notes  Review Acts of the Play – Be able to put events in order as they occur in the play  Themes of Macbeth

Themes Found in Macbeth  A guilty conscience can greatly affect one’s physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.  Ambition is a strong characteristic and has the capacity to be used for good or for evil.  When humans disrupt the natural order of the universe, the result is chaos and disorder; order is God’s entitlement.  Appearance can be deceptive; things are not always as they seem.  Bloody deeds will catch up with those who execute them; good always triumphs over evil.

Literary Devices Found in Macbeth  Blank verse  Pathetic Fallacy  Heroic Couplets  Apostrophe  Allusion  Comic Relief  Denouement  Foil (The complete list will include 29 terms – be familiar with all terms on the Literary Device Assignment)  Unrhymed iambic pentameter (10 beats per line)  Nature’s response to human emotion  Rhymed iambic pentameter  Addressing an absent character or object as though present  Reference to another work of literature or real historical place, person, or event  Providing humorous relief for the audience after a moment of intensity  The resolution  A character’s complete opposite

Literary Devices Found in Macbeth  Blank verse  Pathetic Fallacy  Heroic Couplets  Apostrophe  Allusion  Comic Relief  Denouement  Foil  “Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here…”  The drunken Porter  “Witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate’s offerings”  Macduff to Macbeth  Malcolm’s final speech  The Old Man and Ross have a conversation regarding the eclipse and the king’s horses turning wild

Name that Character…  Devices the first murder scheme  “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it…”  Witness to Lady Macbeth’s confessions  Macbeth said this person would be a stumbling block to his desires  Seeks justice for Scotland and revenge for his family  Flees to Ireland  Accuses Macbeth of being a coward  “I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters…”  Queen of the Witches  Discovers Duncan’s murder