Macbeth Flashcards

1
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What is a motif?

A

A recurring word, place, image, object, idea, or action in a work of literature

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2
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What was the source for Macbeth?

A

Holinshed’s Chronicles

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3
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Macbeth’s setting..

A

Scotland

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4
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Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to please….

A

King James 1

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5
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Theories about who wrote Shakespeare’s plays

A

Edward Devere, William Stanley, Christopher Marlowe, Queen Elizabeth I, Francis Bacon

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