context Flashcards
1
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gunpowder plot
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shakespeare referenced as a warning to regicide- macbeth regicide of Duncan has terrible consequenses
2
Q
supernatural
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-witches burned at stake and supernatural feared in jacobean era
-much more impactful effect at the time
-majority christian audience, the witches attempted to break god’s great chain of being/divine right of king/natural order
3
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james 1
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macbeth was written to flatter new king james1, macbeth set in his homeland scotland, and banquo (who james 1 believed to be a descendant of) is made to be brave, loyal and conscientious.
4
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gender roles; PATRIARCHAL society
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-women=subordinate, dutiful, nurturing
-men=dominant, superior, noble
5
Q
Hamartia definition
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A character’s fatal flaw
