Macbeth: Grade 9 Words

Cards (9)

  • Avaricious
    Having a greed for extreme wealth and materialism.
  • Foil

    A character that contrasts another character. For example, Banquo and Macbeth.
  • Omnipotent
    All powerful.
  • Zealotry
    An extreme obsession or devotion to something.
  • Hamartia
    A fatal flaw.
  • Machiavellian
    Cunning, duplicitous, have lots of ambition. For example, Lady Macbeth.
  • Anagnorisis
    When the hero of the story recognises their looming downfall, for example, when Birnam Woods is charging towards him, and Lady Macbeth commits suicide.
  • Peripeteia
    A sudden change in the story which is a negative circumstance.
  • Catharsis
    A release of emotions through pity/fear.