She walks in beauty

Romanticism was an art that wanted to move away from the Neoclassicism that dominated during the Enlightenment and created a more emotional artform that would soon dominat the early half of the nineteenth century.

LITERARY ELEMENTS

Figurative Language:

the use of words to express meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words themselves

Metaphor

contrasting to seemingly unalike things to enhance the meaning of a situation or theme without using like or as .
e.g.You are the sunshine of my life

Diction:

word choice that both conveys and emphasizes the meaning or theme of a poem through distinctions in sound, look, rhythm, syllable, letters, and definition.

Simile:

contrasting to seemingly unalike things to enhance the meaning of a situation or theme using like or as

Hyperbole:

exaggeration

Personification:

objects that human use for the characterization

Conflict:

Struggle between opposing forces

Foreshadowing

When the writer clues the reader in to something that will eventually occur in the story.

Imagery

the author’s attempt to create a mental picture (or reference point) in the mind of the reader

Character

representation of a person, place, or thing performing traditionally human activities or functions in a work of fiction.

allegory

narrative form in which the characters are representative of some larger humanistic trait (e.g. vanity, or bravery)

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Information of Macbeth´

MACBETH

The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeare's play is April 1611, when Simon Forman recorded seeing such a play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book for a specific performance.

Shakespeare's source for the tragedy are the accounts of King Macbeth of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. However, the story of Macbeth as told by Shakespeare bears little relation to real events in Scottish history, as Macbeth was an admired and able monarch.

In the backstage world of theatre, some believe that the play is cursed, and will not mention its title aloud, referring to it instead as "the Scottish play". Over the course of many centuries, the play has attracted some of the greatest actors in the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It has been adapted to film, television, opera, novels, comic books, and other media.

 

The character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean

tragic hero. There are many factors which contribute to the

degeneration of Macbeth of which three will be discussed.

   

     Macbeth's ambition also influenced his declining character.

However, Macbeth's ambition had not been strong enough to carry the

motive to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth's influence also comes in to

play because if not for Lady Macbeth, his ambition would not have been

intensified enough to drive him to obtain and maintain his title of

King of Scotland no matter what it took, even if it meant murdering.

Macbeth's ambition influenced the cause of his new character. This new

character of Macbeth contained greed, violence, and power hunger.

Macbeth shows this when he kills King Duncan.

      In conclusion, the prophecies given to him by the witches, Lady

Macbeth's influence and plan, and his intensified ambition, all

contributed greatly to his degeneration of character which resulted to

his downfall...death. Therefore Macbeth character displays strong signs of a tragic hero, making him the ideal classic example.

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