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tragedy
tragic hero
- fundamentally decent (could be a hero) but have one thing that stops them
‘fatal flaw’
start in position of power - end usually dead, hated, ruined reputation
catharsis
the reason people go to tragedies to to purge emotions at ending
gunpowder plot
james 1 made commemorative coin to show the success of parliament over the
gunpowder plot - had a serpent under a flower
‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’ - lady m
saying they are as bad as the poeple who plotted to kill james 1 - makes the
audience think they’re relay bad
equivocation
catholics v protestants - at time very dangerous to be catholic
beleif that people might secretly be catholic - popular pamphlet written by a
catholic ‘a treatise on equivocation’ saying equivocation is understandable in
court - say one thing but the truth is different
used throughout the play - the witches, lady m ‘hostess’, porter, banquo + mcb
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tragedy
tragic hero
- fundamentally decent (could be a hero) but have one thing that stops them
‘fatal flaw’
start in position of power - end usually dead, hated, ruined reputation
catharsis
the reason people go to tragedies to to purge emotions at ending
gunpowder plot
james 1 made commemorative coin to show the success of parliament over the
gunpowder plot - had a serpent under a flower
‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’ - lady m
saying they are as bad as the poeple who plotted to kill james 1 - makes the
audience think they’re relay bad
equivocation
catholics v protestants - at time very dangerous to be catholic
beleif that people might secretly be catholic - popular pamphlet written by a
catholic ‘a treatise on equivocation’ saying equivocation is understandable in
court - say one thing but the truth is different
used throughout the play - the witches, lady m ‘hostess’, porter, banquo + mcb
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