Reality Is Ambiguous Flashcards
(5 cards)
Why were plays a good way to display current political and phycological happenings
They are illusions which offer more truth than every day life and peoples perspectives
Which quotation offers the fact that we fool ourselves
‘This castle hath a pleasant seat’
This is ironic because this is the castle which Duncan will die in
What was happening at the time that presented how identity confused the truth
Spy’s / traitors / disputes over Catholicism
Which quotation (spoken by Macbeth) displays the false nature of ones identity
‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know’
What does ‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’ reference and why did Shakespeare use this?
It references a medallion King James had to represent the survival of the gun powder plot. Shakespeare did this to prove his loyalty to the king
