Vocabulary Builder Macbeth Act 3

Ruby Vargas
12/04/14
Per. 3

Act 3: Vocab Builder
1. Vocabulary Word: Afflictions
a. Lady Macbeth afflicted Macbeth when convincing him to kill Duncan, like a storm on a wedding would.
b. Simile
2. Vocabulary Word: Chide
a. Macbeth chides himself after killing Duncan like parents would to their ruthless child.
b. Simile
3. Vocabulary Word: Cloistered
a. If I were Macbeth after murdering Duncan, I’d remain as cloistered as a caveman.
b. Simile
4. Vocabulary Word: Dauntless
a. Lady Macbeth is like a lion, displaying her dauntless side.
b. Simile
5. Vocabulary Word: Fruitless
a. Macbeth hopes that his actions do not prove to be fruitless like a cat’s response to the world.
b. Simile
6. Vocabulary Word: Grapple
a. Macbeth must attempt to grapple the situation of Duncan’s death.
b. Personification
7. Vocabulary Word: Incensed
a. Lady Macbeth grows as incensed as a madman easily.
b. Simile
8. Vocabulary Word: Jovial
a. The porter seemed as jovial as a child when he provided the comic relief.
b. Simile
9. Malevolence
a. Lady Macbeth always seems to be so malevolent that she’s capable of burning down a school.
b. Hyperbole
10. Pious
a. Macbeth piously lied to everyone about his deeds nearly growing a nose like Pinocchio.
b. Simile
11. Purged
a. Macbeth must attempt to purge the witchcraft he got into like warding off a bad spirit.
b. Simile
12. Scepter
a. Soon Macbeth will earn a scepter like a king would.
b. Simile
13. Sundry
a. Lady Macbeth experiences a sundry of feelings.
b. Metaphor
14. Tyrant
a. I have a feeling that Macbeth will be a tyrannical ruler like Lots-O in Toy Story.
b. Simile
15. Vile
a. With Macbeth around, the mood will be as vile as a Halloween night
b. Simile