| Genre of Macbeth | Drama |
| Mode of Macbeth | tragedy- a literary work that recount the fall of an individual who, wile undergoing suffering , deals responsibly with the situations and dilemmas they face, and who therefore demonstrates the value of human effort |
| Title | The Tragedy of Macbeth – underlined |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Setting | Time: eleventh centuryPlace: Scotland and EnglandAtmosphere: Foreboding |
| Source of Story Line | Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotlande, Irelande , which recounts the lives of the real Macbeth, Duncan, and Banquo |
| Possible Motivation for writing the play | Please King James 11) James 1 served as patron2) He is the descendant of the real Banquo3) He was an expert on witchcraft |
| Shakespeare’s Purpose | to disclose to his audience the spiritual punishment suffered by a great man of originally good character who deliberately chooses a monstrous evil and thus corrupts his own nature |
| Shakespeare’s Theater | The Globehad trap doors in ceilings and floorshad sound affectsall male castin an area where there is prostitutionopen air theater |
| Soliloquy | speech mad by actor alone on stage that is directly to the audience revealing his/her feelings |
| Aside | speech made by actor the the audience or confidently to another character when other actors are on stage |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| pun | witty word play |
| characterization | the writer’s development of a character |
| catastrophe | the resolution in a drama (the end) |
| Comic Relief | humorous scene after a serious one |
| wordsmithing | creating new words |
| Citing lines (2.4.1-2). | Act 2 Scene 4 Lines 1-2 |
| Aristotle’s Definition of Tragedy | a story characterized by an individual’s fall from a secure, elevated position to social or personal defeat |
| tragic hero | a protagonist that the audience can relate tomain character comes to an unhappy endgenerally a person of importance in societyhas tragic flaw which results in the individual suffering their downfall |
| tragic flaw | hamartia caused by Fate |
| hubris | excessive pride |
| tragic plot | 1) reversal- the situation moves from good to bad2)recognition-tragic hero moves from ignorance to knowledge3)pathos (suffering)-a painful act directly affecting the tragic hero’s family |
| Catharsis | purging of emotions (happens to audience) |
| Dramatic Irony | audience or other characters are knowledgeable of something that other characters are not |
| plight | predicamentSentence Example: After losing her home in a hurricane, Sarah shared her plight with the news. |
| brandish | wave in the air Sentence Example: Julia was brandishing her paper in the air with excitement, but accidentally hit John in the face. |
| rapt | absorbed in thoughtEX: Mike was rapted during class and payed no attention to what the professor was saying |
| corporal | bodilyEX: He suffered a corporal beating and had bruises all over his body. |
| surmise | imagine, guessEX:Because Julia is so dark, we can only surmise she spends her time in a tanning bed |
| peerless | unequalledEX: The peerless runner was faster and better than everyone in the meet |
| chastise | punishEX: My mom chastised me for sneaking out of the house and grounded me for one week. |
| impedes | preventsEX:Phones impede students from doing their homework; therefore they spend all night doing it |
| chalice | cupEX: People drink wine from a chalice |
| recompense | reimbursementEX: Allan was seeking recompense from the drunk driver to pay for the damages. |
The Tragedy of Macbeth
September 6, 2019