| former soldier and devout Catholic | who is Guy Fawkes? |
| caught in the cellars of parliament with nearly 1800 pounds of gunpowder on November 5, 1605 | where was Guy Fawkes caught, with what, and when? |
| written sometime between 1603-1607 (probably after the Gunpowder plot) | when was Macbeth written? |
| set in approx. 1040 AD in Scotland | setting of Macbeth? |
| Macbeth is the Thane (Duke) of Glamis and a captain in KingDuncan’s army | who is Macbeth? |
| Aristotle | who is the tragic hero in Macbeth? |
| slowly, Macbeth’s lust for power overwhelms his sensibilities | Macbeth’s connection to lust? |
| blood is mentioned over 100 times in play (random fact) | blood is mentioned over _____ times in play |
| conforms to the mold/structure of Renaissance tragedies | Shakespearean plays mold to what type of tragedies? |
| real people from history, made to feel like an authentic human being | “psychological truth” |
| January 31, 1606 | when was Guy Fawkes executed? |
| the plan did not succeed: Fawkes was arrested, tortured into confession, and charged with treason and attempted murder | did Fawkes; plan succeed? what happened to Fawkes and what was he charged with? |
| The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason), was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby | what was “The Gun Powder Plot”? |
| James’s nine-year-old daughter, Princess Elizabeth, was to be installed as the Catholic head of state | IF the assassination WERE to go by plan (it did NOT, it failed terribly), who would have been the new monarch of England? |
Shakespearean Tragedy (Macbeth) w/ The Gunpowder Plot by Guy Fawkes
October 24, 2019