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Macbeth vocab & lit terms
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12th Grade
09/27/2012
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Harbinger
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Foreigner
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multitudinous
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a great number
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jocund
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cheerful
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specter
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ghost
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indissoluble
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not able to be undone
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malevolence
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ill will
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corporeal
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of the body
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pernicious
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deadly
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judicious
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showing good judgement
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shard
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broken piece
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vizard
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mask
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prophesy
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predicting the future
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minion
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servant
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countenance
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face
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tragedy
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a play with an unhappy ending
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paradox
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an apparent contradiction that is actually true
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climax
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turning point
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analogy
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a comparison
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soliloquy
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a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses a feeling
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tone
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the attitude a writer takes toward the reader
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allusion
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reference
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blank verse
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no rhyme
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atmosphere
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the mood
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imagery
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descriptive language
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aside
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words that a character in a play speaks to the audience that are not supposed to be overheard by others onstage
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protagonist
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the main character
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antagonist
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the character that opposes the protagonist
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1. high born character
2. tragic flaw that leads to down fall
3. downfall effects him and his family
4. he recognizes what has happened and takes responsibility for it
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4 characteristics of a tragic hero
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