Key words for Macbeth essay
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall to a tragic hero
Hamartia
Excessive pride or self confidence
Hubris
Use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth
Equivocation
Sudden reversal of fortune
Peripeteia
Character discovers another characters true identity
Anagnorisis
A quality that evokes pity or sadness
Pathos
Emotional release/relief
Catharsis
Rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless
Nihilistic
2 consecutive stressed syllables
Spondee
A person that's a direct opposite to someone else
Antithesis
Unstressed then stressed syllables
Trochaic tetrameter