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MACBETH. Set in Scotland. When Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606 James I had been King of England for three years. He was also the king of Scotland. TRAGEDY. Macbeth is a tragedy. Tragic hero = A person of importance; ie: king Has a fatal flaw—usually hubris
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Set in Scotland • When Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606 James I had been King of England for three years. He was also the king of Scotland.
TRAGEDY • 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
Iambic pentameter 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 LOCK da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM
Blank Verse EXAMPLE: 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.
EXTENDED METAPHOR • 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.
Aside • 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.
Solioloquy • 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.
Elizabethan World Order • * 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.
Macbeth's World • 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
Supernatural • Strong belief in the supernatural— • ghosts, witches, prophecy
WYRD • concept roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny • from the Old Norse for “fate, doom, fortunes” • “weird” related to it