CLEP Humanities : Analyzing the Content of Drama

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for CLEP Humanities

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Example Questions

Example Question #3 : Analyzing The Content Of Medieval And Renaissance Drama

Which Shakespeare play opens with three witches forecasting the future?

Possible Answers:

Titus Andronicus

Othello

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

Hamlet

Correct answer:

Macbeth

Explanation:

The image of three witches calmly prophesying the future is one of the indelible images of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The titular character's rise to power is conditioned and effected by the witches' proclamations, providing one of the key themes of the play, predestination and foreshadowing.

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