Macbeth: Lectures, Notes, & Characters

Shakespeare wrote all his plays in blank verse called...

• blank poetry.

• I am but a pentagon.

• iambic pentameter.

• couplets of the pentagon.

Penta means...

In 1050, Macbeth was known to travel to ____ for a papal jubilee.

True or False: Macbeth was killed by Siward's nephew, Malcolm.

• True

• False

A "mormaer" was a high steward of ancient Celtic provinces of Scotland, and when translated from Latin it means ________.

• mortar

• Moray

• earl [of]

• comes [from]

What does it mean when verse is written in iamb?

• Iamb means that all lines of the play are run-on lines.

• Iamb means that the first syllable of a word is unstressed, and followed by a stressed syllable.

• Iamb means that I am beginning with the letter, "b," for rhyming purposes.

• Iamb means that the end-stop lines are punctuated.

An end-stop line ends with ________.

• an iamb stressed syllable

• nothing

• a comma

• punctuation

New words in the English language come from...

• literature.

• new ideas, styles, and technology.

• out of California.

• new nonsense words and jibberish lyrics from songs.

Every main character in "Macbeth" is from an historical reference except for...

• Macbeth

• The Weird Witches

• Banquo

• Malcolm

Macbeth was an historical figure who killed King Duncan of Scotland.

• Yes, Macbeth, known as Mac Bethad mac Finlaich, of Scotland, killed King Duncan in battle and took over the Scottish throne in August of 1040.

• Yes, Macbeth lived in the middle ages, but was never king of any Scottish lands, but fought for King Duncan in a battle against MacDonwald.

• No, Macbeth is a character that Shakespeare created to make his tragic play more interesting with more betrayals within the plot.

• Yes, Macbeth, known as Mac Bethad mac Finlaich, killed both King Duncan of Scotland and King Duncan's son, Malcolm.