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Mrs. Pieczynski
The Tragedy of Macbeth
TragedyA narrative literary
work depicting serious and important events, in which the protagonist comes to an unhappy end
The protagonist is a TRAGIC HERO, one who suffers his fate due to a flaw in his personality
ExpositionInciting (Exciting) ForceRising ActionClimaxFalling ActionMoment of Final Suspense Catastrophe
Plot Structure of a Tragedy
Gender Issues Ladylike vs. Women are source of evil?Cowardly or Manly?
Reality vs. Illusion“Look like the innocent flower, but be the
serpent under’t.”Power- Unrestrained ambition
Themes
Blank Verse- unrhymed, metrical lines of poetry
Iambic Pentameter- 10 syllables per line, stress on the 2nd syllable, every other syllable
Shakespeare’s Writing Style
Act I, scene i
Paradox-a contradiction
“Fair is foul and foul is fair…”
Literary Terms
Act I, scene ii
Act I, scene iii.
Soliloquy-a speech alone on stageAside-other characters “don’t hear” thoughts
Literary Terms
Dramatic Irony-a situation in which the audience knows more than a character
Thane of Cawdor!!!
Literary Terms
Literary TermsPersonification-When
human qualities are used to describe something nonhuman
“If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me without my stir.”
Act I, scene iv
Inflection- a rise or fall in pitch or tone “Is execution done on Cawdor?”
Literary Terms
Stress- emphasis on a word or syllable “He was a gentleman on whom I built an
absolute trust.”
Literary Terms
Apostrophe-A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something nonhuman as if it were present and capable of responding
“Stars, hide your fires. Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
Literary Terms
Act I, scene v
Act I, scene vi
Act I, scene vii
Subtext-the underlying meaning beneath the words
“He that’s coming must be provided for…”
Literary Terms
Simile-A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a connective word such as “like” or “as”“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men may
read strange matters.”
Metaphor-does not use like or as
Literary Terms-Imagery
Act II, scene i
Act II, scene ii
Symbol-something that represents something else
Blood=GuiltColors:
WhiteBlackRed
“My hands areof your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.”
Literary Terms
Act II, scene iii
Comic Relief- a moment of humor after tension
Literary Terms
Simile-A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a connective word such as “like” or “as”“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men may
read strange matters.”
Metaphor-does not use like or as“There’s daggers in men’s smiles…”
Literary Terms-Imagery
Act II, scene iv
Act III, scene i
Act III, scene ii
Act III, scene iii
Act III, scene iv
Act III, scene v
Act III, scene vi
Act IV, scene i
Act IV, scene ii
Act IV, scene iii
Act V, scene i
Act V, scene ii
Act V, scene iii
Act V, scene iv
Act V, scene v
Act V, scene vi, vii, viii