1 / 19

Vocab Macbeth Act I

Vocab Macbeth Act I. To be, or not to be, that is the question. This above all, to thine own self be true. hurly-burly :. noisy disorder and confusion. thane :. a member of an aristocratic class and holds land. whence :. from what place. valor :. bravery. minion :.

vashon
Download Presentation

Vocab Macbeth Act I

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vocab Macbeth Act I To be, or not to be, that is the question... This above all, to thine own self be true...

  2. hurly-burly: • noisy disorder and confusion

  3. thane: • a member of an aristocratic class and holds land

  4. whence: • from what place

  5. valor: • bravery

  6. minion: • loyal servant

  7. aught: • anything

  8. prophetic: • predicting future events as if by supernatural forces

  9. surmise: • guess based on incomplete facts

  10. harbinger: : • sign of future events

  11. adage: : : a saying that expresses a common observation; proverb

  12. treasons: • betrayals of one’s country

  13. imperial: • having supreme authority

  14. sovereign: • supreme power or authority

  15. Bellona: • ancient Roman goddess of war • Notice the word stem bell in her name. Bell means war, and appears in words like belligerent, bellicose, rebel, and ante bellum.

  16. couplet: • a pair of lines that rhyme

  17. aside: • a remark made quietly so as to be heard by a select group of people and not by others who are near by. In Shakespeare’s play, sometimes a character makes an aside to the audience.

  18. soliloquy: : • lines spoken by one character on stage. These lines are not meant to be heard by anyone. Soliloquies function to communicate a character’s inner thoughts and usually communicate an internal conflict.

  19. antithesis: • rhetorical device where the author places an idea next to one to which it is sharply contrasted or directly opposed. Think of this word meaning opposite. The function of antithesis is to give emphasis to an idea by placing it next to a contrasting idea.

More Related