Renaissance Terms And Macbeth Flashcards
What is the language used in the Elizabethan Period?
Early Modern English
What are Drama, Prose, and Poetry?
Three genres of Literature.
Period of Queen Elizabeth
Elizabethan Age
- Built by William Shakespeare
- Burned down
- Taken by Puritans
Globe Theatre
Who does Macbeth kill in Act 1?
King Duncan
Who is the Protagonist turning into Antagonist in Macbeth?
Macbeth
Sons of King Duncan?
Donalbain and Malcom
Who convinces Macbeth to kill King Duncan?
Lady Macbeth
This characters shall not be king but produce kings.
Banquo
Who kills Macbeth? Why can he?
Macduff; He was taken out of his mother’s womb because his mother died.
What do the three witches predict?
Macbeth shall be King, and Banquo will produce kings.
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(Act 4)
- no man born from women can harm him
- not overthrown until Birnam Wood moves to Duisinane
- Beware Macduff
Who is Fleance?
Son of Banquo
Where does MB take place?
11th Century in Scotland
Macbeth’s original title?
Thane of Glamis
What happens to Then of Cawdor?
He commits treason by siding with Norway over Scotland.
