Macbeth Review

An object, person, or action that represents a larger idea or concept.

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Icon

Language that appeals to the senses to create vivid mental images.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allegory

What type of irony?

Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 36-38

"I will do everything that is right for a man to do.
But anyone who does more than that is not even a man."

• Verbal Irony (Hyperbole)

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Cosmic Irony

Macbeth secures his throne through murder and tyranny. His paranoia grows, leading him to order the murder of Banquo and Fleance (Act 3, Scene 1). Banquo is killed, but Fleance escapes, leaving Macbeth uneasy.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

A character with a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall.

• Tragic Hero

• Comic Relief

• Anti-Hero

• Supporting Character

A repeated element, theme, or idea in a literary work.

• Theme

• Motif

• Symbol

• Allegory

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Tragic Irony

What type of meter?

Witches (Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 11-12)
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air."

• Rhymed Couplets

• Iambic Pentameter

• Free Verse

• Blank Verse

The play opens with the witches setting a tone of mystery and fate. Soon after, Macbeth and Banquo meet them, and they prophesy that Macbeth will become king and that Banquo’s descendants will rule (Act 1, Scene 1 & Scene 3).

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

Macduff reveals that he was "from his mother’s womb untimely ripped," meaning he was not naturally born of a woman. This shatters Macbeth’s belief in his invincibility and seals his fate (Act 5, Scene 8).

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action