TEST

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TEST Shakespeares Macbeth

• What to Study
• Background to the Renaissance (Notes
  textbook) (Monarchs, focus of literature,
  Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeares 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

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Themes Found in Macbeth

• A guilty conscience can greatly affect ones
  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 Gods 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.

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Literary Devices Found in Macbeth

• Unrhymed iambic pentameter (10 beats per line)
• Natures 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 characters complete opposite

• 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)

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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 Hecates offerings
• Macduff to Macbeth
• Malcolms final speech
• The Old Man and Ross have a conversation
  regarding the eclipse and the kings horses
  turning wild

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Name that Character

• Devices the first murder scheme
• Look like the innocent flower, but be the
  serpent under it
• Witness to Lady Macbeths 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 Duncans murder