English Literature GCSE
Fate and the supernatural
What Fate and the supernatural means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Fate and the supernatural
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A theme to study alongside ambition and kingship, explored through the witches' paradoxical language, which creates ambiguity that Macbeth misreads.
Topics that use Fate and the supernatural
- Shakespeare (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antithesis
- Blank Verse
- Character development
- Colonisation and otherness
- Cuckold
- Death, violence and reconciliation
- Deception and misunderstanding
- Dramatic Irony
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