Indissoluble | Not able to be dissolved or undone. |
Dauntless | Fearless; cannot be intimidated. |
Jocund | Cheerful; jovial. |
Infirmity | Physical or mental defect; illness. |
Malevolence | Ill will; spitefulness. |
Pernicious | Fatal; deadly. |
Judicious | Showing good judgment. |
Sundry | Various; miscellaneous. |
Intemperance | Lack of restraint. |
Avarice | Greed. |
Credulous | Tending to believe too readily. |
Imagery | the language that writers use to recreate sensory experiences and stir emotions. Helps you to see, hear, smell, and taste, rather than reading and just listening to the words. |
Dramatic Irony | when the words or actions of a character take on a meaning for the audience or readers different from the one the character intends. |
how Macbeth’s troubles are growing | the main purpose of act III is to show |
it represents dramatic irony | Macbeth seeing Banquo’s ghost represents what literary element? |
he wants to see what troubles are in store for him. | why does Macbeth want to visit the witches again? |
Macbeth doesn’t trust anyone and wants to make sure the job got done. | what is the purpose of Macbeth sending the Third Murderer to kill Banquo? |
to foreshadow the fall of Macbeth. | what is the main purpose of Act IV? |
That macbeth doesn’t have any children to inherit the throne. (no male heirs) | what does Macbeth mean when he says, “Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/ And put a barren scepter in my gripe…”? |
Perturbation | disturbance |
Pristine | original; unspoiled |
Clamorous | noisy |
Harbingers | forerunners |
In the final battle, Macbeth fights bravely even after he learns he will die. | What reminds us that Macbeth still has some noble qualities? |
To reinforce the idea that Macbeth is a victim of his tragic flaw. | Why does Shakespeare have Macbeth display certain admirable traits at the end of the play? |
Murdered men don’t stay in their graves, they rise again. | In the banquet scene, what complaint does Macbeth make about murdered men? |
Malcolm tests Macduff by claiming to be worse than Macbeth. | How does Malcolm test Macduff? |
Lady Macbeth is a catalyst. (Macbeth has considered the murder, but she fuels the fire.) | What role does Lady Macbeth play in Macbeth’s choice of evil? |
The doctor sees Lady Macbeth acting like she’s washing her hands and muttering about blood and ill deeds. He speculates that she has been involved in evil. (Unnatural things) | What does the doctor see in the sleepwalking scene, and what does he speculate about the cause for what he sees? |
-At first, Macbeth is aghast at the thought of murder, yet by the end he is wiping out entire families.-Lady Macbeth pushed the idea of killing Duncan, yet in the ends, she cannot live with the guilt.-Macbeth sees visions at first in the play, but later on Lady Macbeth starts to see visions. | How have Macbeth and Lady Macbeth reversed roles by the end of the play? |
“She should’ve died hereafter.” (Lady Macbeth was going to die sooner or later anyways.) | What does Macbeth say when he hears of Lady Macbeth’s death? |
Macbeth says that their words were ambiguous and intentionally misleading. | What does Macbeth say about the witches when he learns that Birman Wood is apparently moving and that Macduff “was from his mother’s womb/ untimely ripped”? |
Macbeth realizes that he may be vulnerable, after all. | What growing realization do these statements about the witches seem to reflect? |
Malcolm | At the end of/in Act V, who is hailed as the king? |
Tragic Hero, Tragic Flaw, Comic Relief… | What are some of the elements of Shakespearean tragedy in Macbeth? |
Macbeth Act III, IV, V
August 20, 2019