Macbeth CONTEXT

?
the play starts with the witches to thrill the audience
this is because?
the audience were scared of witches and found them evil
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king james wrote a book called ?
involving witches stereotypes:
controlling the ?
casting ?
power of ?
having a ?
demonology
controlling the weather
casting spells
power of flight
having a pet
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king james ? letting down his country
just like characters like ? and ?
james feared it because he wasn't so ?
king james feared letting down his country
like macduff and duncan
james feared it because he wasn't so popular
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in shakespeare's tragedies
the hero usually has one character ? which leads to their ?
called their "? flaw"
hero usually has one character flaw which leads to their downfall
called their "fatal flaw"
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in scotland
the next king was often the king's ? son
but macbeth becomes the king by killing ?
and framing ? and ?
the next king was often the king's eldest son
but macbeth becomes king by killing duncan
and framing malcolm and donalbain
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many of the audience thought witches were ?
so they would've seemed ? to the audience
thought witches were real
would've seemed frightening to the audience
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king james wrote a book called ?
involving witches stereotypes:
controlling the ?
casting ?
power of ?
having a ?

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demonology
controlling the weather
casting spells
power of flight
having a pet

Card 3

Front

king james ? letting down his country
just like characters like ? and ?
james feared it because he wasn't so ?

Back

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Card 4

Front

in shakespeare's tragedies
the hero usually has one character ? which leads to their ?
called their "? flaw"

Back

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Card 5

Front

in scotland
the next king was often the king's ? son
but macbeth becomes the king by killing ?
and framing ? and ?

Back

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