| 1564-1616 | William Shakespeare born and died? |
| Stratford | Shakespeare is born where? |
| Greek god of wine and fertility | Dionysus,Bacchus |
| actors that wore masks which would help with amplification | Thespians |
| when Aeschylus, a playwright, added a second actor | When was drama born |
| goat song | What does tragedy mean |
| comic plays that lewd treatments of religious and mythic themes | Satyr plays |
| plato | Who was Aristotle’s teacher |
| sacrotes | Who was plato’s teacher |
| to arouse pity and fear in the audience so that we may experience catharsis | the function of tragedy |
| a cleaning or purging of pity and fear | catharsis |
| hero has to be highly renowned and prosperous, must not be perfect but human, can’t be evil either and have a tragic flaw | Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero |
| aristotle’s term for tragic flaw | Hamarthia |
| James I | who is shakespeares supporter |
| queen elizabeth died and james I became king | 1603 |
| globe theater burned down | 1613 |
| pride | hubris |
| traitors of duncan | macdonwald and thane of cawdor |
| duncans sons | malcom and donaldbain |
| address or speech given to an inanimate object | apostrophe |
| thane of cawdor | What was macbeth named after killing macdonwald? |
| banquo’s son | fleonce |
| banquo is loyal while macbeth is a traitor | how are banquo and macbeth character foils? |
| 1. she talks macbeth into it2. drugs the guards so they won’t hear macbeth3. plants the dagger w/ the chamberlings and smears the blood | what 3 major roles does lady macbeth have in the murder of king duncan? |
| owl | what signals king duncan’s death? |
| servant, pretends to be gatekeeper of hell, is drunk as a form of comical relief | porter |
| 8 kings and Banquo, last king holds a mirror. last king hold a mirror to show there will be an infinite number of kings that are descendants of Banquo | explain in detail the fourth and final apparition. what does it signify and why might shakespeare have included it? |
| when they are drunk or insane | when do people speak in prose in shakespeare’s plays? |
| goddess of sorcery and witchcraft | hectate |
| macbeth is considered the disease of scotland and king edward is going to help macduff cure scotland | how is edward the confessor considered a character foil to macbeth? |
| high renowned and prosperous, not perfect and not evil | aristotle definition of tragic hero |
| hamarthia | what did arisotle believe the downfall of a tragic hero should be caused by? |
| ambition | what is macbeth’s hamarthia? |
| Macbeth’s chief servant | seyton |
| macduff cuts macbeth’s head off | who kills macbeth and how? |
| 1 – armed head says beware macduff, 2 – bloody child says be brave, anyone who is born of women cannot harm Macbeth, 3 – a child crowned with a tree in hand says macbeth will not be vanquished until the forest moves | what does each of the apparitions foreshadow or symbolize? |
| 1 – macduff kills macbeth, 2 – macduff is born of C-Section which allows him to kill Macbeth, 3 – the child is Malcolm and he brings England to Scotland | how do the three apparitions come true? |
| written like a novel, without rhyme | prose |
| tragedy | tragos |
| guilt(has shifting meanings) | blood motif |
| thane of fife | Who is macduff |
| statement meant to be interpreted in multiple ways, usually meant to deceive | equivocation |
| speaking ones thoughts aloud | soliloquy |
| a religious ceremony meant to honor dionysos | what did greek drama begin as? |
| horses went wild and ate each other and earthquakes | what are two specific ways in which Duncan’s murder disrupts the natural world? |
| Macbeth was well liked while shakespeare makes him out to be hated | How does Macbeth historically differ from shakespeare’s interoperation? |
| Macbeth is higher than he is supposed to be which causes chaos | How is the great chain of being interrupted |
| made the play short, james descended from banquo, james had an interest in witchcraft | ways shakespeare plays homage to King James I |
| shakespeare’s source | chronicles of england, scotland, and ireland by Raphael Hollinshed |
| John 13:37 | (what a man sews he will reap) Duncan=Jesus, Macbeth=Judas |
Macbeth
November 22, 2019