Macbeth Literary Vocabulary

What is the definition of equivocation?

• the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge;

• Shift in literature from religion and afterlife to the human life on earth

• a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word.

• Popular Themes

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What is the definition dénouement?

• metaphysical poetry

• Economy changes

• the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

• The Renaissance

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Comedians will often deliver a short, snappy line that ties up the various strands of the performance: for example, if there’s a repeating joke in the routine, the comedian will refer back to that joke at the very end. This is an example of what literary term?

• Exposition

• rising action

• conflict

• Denouement

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What is the definition of tragic flaw?

• helps stabilize English as a language

• Popular Themes

• a flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy.

• Shift in literature from religion

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What is the definition of tragedy?

• a sense of understanding

• a genre of story in which a hero is brought down by his/her own flaws,

• the story warns us

• for any sad event

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True of false: Is this an example of a tragedy?

The hero dies at the very beginning of the story, rather than the end, and the rest of the movie is all about trying to piece together the complex life that led to his tragic downfall.

• True

• False

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What is the definition of an aside?

• Playwrights use this technique for a character to speak lines that the audience can hear, but the other characters on stage are not aware.

• Popular Theme

• Economy changes from farm-based to international trade

• the development of human potential.

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What is the definition of monologue?

• mislead or hedge

• The speaker speaks at people, not with people.

• a speech given by a single character in a story. It is the vocalization of a character’s thoughts.

• another name for an author

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What is the definition of a soliloquy?

• A speech that a character gives to himself—as if no one else is listening—which voices his inner thoughts aloud.

• A long speech

• A speech that captures a character talking to himself at length out loud.

• a popular theme

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Which statement is true about a soliloquy?

• The soliloquy is one of the most fundamental dramatic devices used by Shakespeare in his dramas.

• It is a type of literature

• In a comedy oftentimes a character is pictured giving themselves a lengthy, uplifting speech in the mirror.

• It is a type of emotion.

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