Macbeth Flashcards
1
Q
What is a motif?
A
A recurring word, place, image, object, idea, or action in a work of literature
2
Q
What was the source for Macbeth?
A
Holinshed’s Chronicles
3
Q
Macbeth’s setting..
A
Scotland
4
Q
Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to please….
A
King James 1
5
Q
Theories about who wrote Shakespeare’s plays
A
Edward Devere, William Stanley, Christopher Marlowe, Queen Elizabeth I, Francis Bacon