Context in Macbeth
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- Created on: 01-12-17 12:24
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- Context in Macbeth
- Belief in witchcraft
- Witch trials
- Macbeth's unquestioning belief
- Banquo's distrust
- The opening scene- Shakespeare starts the play with the witches.
- James I wrote a book called "Demonology"
- Religious element
- Witch trials
- The Divine Right of Kings
- The King was chosen by God
- Duncan is a bountiful King
- Nature goes wrong when Duncan is killed.
- Macbeth cannot sleep after the murder
- Killing a King was blasphemous, a sin and a direct act against God
- An act against a King was an act against God.
- The King was chosen by God
- James I was the first King of Scotland and England
- The gunpowder plot- treachery and treason
- Consequences of murdering a king = Death and suffering.
- Settling the difference
- Malcolm is supported by England
- James I believed he was related to Banquo
- The row of Kings in Macbeth's vision
- The gunpowder plot- treachery and treason
- Patriarchal society
- Women were supposed to be subservient ( do as they are told).
- Equal to her husband
- No children
- Untitled
- Not allowed to have jobs
- Not supposed to have property
- Lady Macbeth breaks all the expectations
- Strong and powerful
- Owns property
- Lady Macduff- Elizebethan Ideal
- Protects her children and home.
- Gives her life for her husband
- Women were supposed to be subservient ( do as they are told).
- Belief in witchcraft
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