Macbeth Act 1 Character analysis Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, and King Duncan By Patrick Qi.
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Transcript of MACBETH
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When Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606 James I had been King of England for three years. He was also the king of Scotland.
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Macbeth is a tragedy.
Tragic hero = A person of importance; ie: king Has a fatal flaw—usually hubris Must make an important moral choice Moral choice leads to tragic hero’s destruction Destruction becomes widespread, affecting
those around the tragic hero
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1. Meter refers to the pattern of syllables in a line of poetry
2. Pentameter is simply penta, which means 5, meters.
3. An unstressed/stressed foot is known as an iamb
4. In basic iambic pentameter, a line would have 5 feet of iambs, which is an unstressed and then a stressed syllable.
Example: if YOU | would PUT | the KEY | inSIDE | the LOCKda DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceiveOur bosom interest: go pronounce his death,
And with his former title greet Macbeth.
EXAMPLE:
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A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.
Example:Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
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a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience.
the audience is meant to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.
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from Latin: "talking by oneself" a device often used in drama whereby a
character speaks to himself or herself, relating his or her thoughts and feelings and sharing them with the audience.
Other characters are not aware of what is being said.
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* The Earth was the centre of the universe and everything was arranged in an orderly fashion.
* Society reflected this order with its fixed classes from the highest to the lowest – kings, churchmen, nobles, merchants, and peasants
* The Elizabethans called this hierarchical structure The Great Chain of Being.
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Scotland—around 1100 * height of the Viking era * clan system mixed with feudalism
(castles, kings, lords) * thane—Scottish title equivalent to a
lord or baron
The “real” Macbeth * died 15 August 1057 * probably not a tyrant * Shakespeare’s story based
on legend
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• Strong belief in the supernatural—• ghosts, witches, prophecy
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concept roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny
from the Old Norse for “fate, doom, fortunes”
“weird” related to it