1. OR… THE play which shall not be named!
MACBETH
OR… THE play which shall not be named!

2. Characters MACBETH – Thane of Glamis OTHER THANES:
LADY MACBETH – wife of Macbeth
KING DUNCAN – king of Scotland
MALCOLM – Duncan’s elder son
DONALBAIN – Duncan’s younger son
BANQUO – Macbeth’s friend
FLEANCE – Banquo’s son
MACDUFF – Thane of Fife
LADY MACDUFF – Macduff’s wife
MACDUFF’S SON
OTHER THANES:
ROSS
LENNOX
ANGUS
MENTEITH
CAITHNESS
SIWARD – Earl of Northumberland
YOUNG SIWARD – his son
THREE WITCHES
HECATE – leader of the witches
CAPTAIN
SEYTON
PORTER
DOCTOR
WAITING GENTLEWOMAN

3. Themes AMBITION ORDER V CHAOS THE SUPERNATURAL APPEARANCE & REALITY
SICKNESS & HEALTH
GOOD V EVIL
LOYALTY
GENDER
TIME

4. Key Imagery & Motifs LIGHT & DARK RELIGIOUS BLOOD ANIMALS CLOTHING
PLANTS – IMAGES OF GROWTH
DISEASE
THEATRE
MILK

5. Words to watch… DO / DONE DEED NIGHT DARK MURDER HELL FEAR FAIR / FOUL
HEART
HAND
BLOOD

6. Vocab you should use when writing about plays…
Terminology
Vocab you should use when writing about plays…

7. Key Drama Terms TRAGEDY – a play that follows tragic conventions
ASIDE – comments made in the presence of other characters which they are not meant to hear
SOLILOQUY – when a character is alone on stage and reveals their inner thoughts
DIALOGUE – conversation between 2 or more characters
DRAMATIC IRONY – when the audience knows something about the character or plot that a character on stage is unaware of
STICHOMYTHIA – short, fast paced, alternate lines of dialogue
BLANK VERSE – iambic pentameters (10 syllables to a line) with no rhyme – used by higher status characters
PROSE – normal speech with no pattern of rhythm or rhyme, spoken by or to lower status characters or when the playwright wants to deliberately create an impact

8. The Main Elements of Tragedy
PLOT – a cause & effect chain of action: Incentive – Climax – Resolution
TRAGIC HERO – a high status character who is neither thoroughly good nor thoroughly evil.
HAMARTIA -TRAGIC FLAW – the flaw in the character which is the driving force of the downfall
CATHARSIS – arousing the emotions of pity or fear in the audience & a feeling of negative emotions being ‘cleansed’ at the end of the play

9. Literary Terms…a reminder
IMAGERY – similes, metaphors & personification
SYMBOLISM – how abstract ideas can be presented through objects or concepts
FORESHADOWING – when an event or idea is hinted at or implied before it occurs
ANTITHESIS – the use of opposites to emphasise or highlight an idea
PATHOS – the creation of sympathy
JUXTAPOSITION – the placement of 2 ideas near to each other which invite comparison
REPETITION – the repeating of a word, phrase or idea
ADJECTIVES – describe nouns
VERBS – actions
ADVERBS – describe verbs
CONNOTATION – ideas which are implied