context

Question 1

gunpowder plot

Answer 1

shakespeare referenced as a warning to regicide- macbeth regicide of Duncan has terrible consequenses

Question 2

supernatural

Answer 2

-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
-james 1 obsessed with supernatural

Question 3

james 1

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

gender roles; PATRIARCHAL society

Answer 4

-women=subordinate, dutiful, nurturing
-men=dominant, superior, noble

Question 5

Hamartia definition

Answer 5

A character’s fatal flaw

Question 6

hubris definition

Answer 6

exaggerated pride/overconfidence

Question 7

patriarchy definition

Answer 7

male is superior and dominant

Question 8

anagnorisis definition

Answer 8

when a character notices the true nature of circumstances

Question 9

peripeteia definition

Answer 9

part of play when there is a sudden change in circumstances

Question 10

catharsis definition

Answer 10

process of releasing strong emotions in a way that helps you understand those emotions