Macbeth
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RDQ: 5832 Max Word/Sent 73 Total Words 3552   Diff Words 1142  
Lex 1290 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2114 59.5% Hi freq 324 28.4%
AR 9.0 Long Sentences 20.5 Low Freq occurs 503 14.2% Low freq 370 32.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: No support
Unconventional format
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: Many difficult words
Language: Archaic, Poetic,...
Sentences: Many Long Complex
Text structure: Difficult
Inferences: Several Implications
Complexity: Several unrelated ideas
Concepts: Abstract/Difficult
Author's purpose: Implied
Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding.
Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological
Mature concepts: Mature thinking required with many distinctly unusual experiences
Features
Character traits
Complex character relationships
Integral Setting - Historical
Complex plot
Figurative Language
Difficult names
Foreign words
Unusual use of vocabulary
Topic
Death
War
Kings/Queens
Leadership
Low Frequency Words
absolute access addition afeard alarum
all's alter ambition anon approach
approve arm'd assassination assault attendants
attire audit aught bade banquet
battlements borne bosom brandish'd breasts
bridegroom burial buttress camest captivity
chalice chaps charm's chastise cherubin
chestnuts cleave coign commencing commends
commission comparisons compell'd composition compt
compunctious conclude conflict confronted consequence
construction contend corporal couriers coursed
cousins cruelty cumberland curbing damnation
damned deign delicate deserved deserves
didst dignities direful discomfort disdaining
disloyal dismal dispatch donalbain dost
doth doubly doubtful dues duncan
dunnest dwindle earnest effect eldest
enkindle ere estate execution faculties
fantastical fatal favors fellows fife
flourish flout foe former fortune
foul frieze fullness function furbish'd
further future gainst gall gallowglasses
garments gashes general gentleman gins
graces graymalkin hailed happier happiness
hardy harvest hast haste hath
haunting hautboys heap'd heath hell
hence herald hereafter herein hermits
hie highly highness hither hoarse
holp homeward honest honor honor'd
honors horrid horsed host hostess
hover humbly hurlyburly's ield ignorant
illness image imaginings imperfect imperial
implored inform'd ingratitude ingredients inhabitants
innocent insane instant instructions instruments
intelligence intent interim inventor invest
isles judgement jutty keen kerns
kindness kingdom's kinsman kinsmen knowledge
labor labor'd lavish leisure lennox
lesser liege lowe macdonald majesty
malcolm mansionry martlet masterdom merciless
messenger mind's minion ministers mischief
morrow mortal mould mounch'd murtherer
murthering naked nature nature's nave
ne'er nimbly noble norway norweyan
o'er o'erleaps observed oftentimes overcharged
overtake overthrown owe owed paddock
pall pardon partner partner's passage
payment peace pendant penthouse personal
plague pleasant pleasure plenteous plight
poison'd pour praises prediction preparation
prick prisoner prophetic proportion prospect
prosperous proved provided purpose purveyor
quarrel quoth ranks raven rebel
rebel's rebellious rebels recommends reeking
referred reflection rejoicing remorse revolt
ronyon roughest royal saint saluted
scarcely scotland se'nnights seemeth selfsame
sergeant serpent servants service sewer
shalt shipwrecking shoal sieve silenced
soldier solely soliciting sooth sorrow
sovereign sparrows speakers stout striding
studied substances suggestion supernatural supplied
supplies surcease surgeons surmise surveying
swarm swelling swiftest swine tempest
theme thine thither thou thou'ldst
thou'rt thrice thyself tidings torches
toss'd towards traitor trammel transported
trifle trifles twere unaccompanied unseam'd
unto valiant valor valor's vanish'd
vantage vaulting venture viewing vii
virtues we'ld weary weigh'd weird
were't whence wherewith whiles whither
whore withal wither'd wonders wooingly
worthy wouldst wrongly wrought yield