Macbeth 1

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  • Macbeth context
    • lady Macbeth
      • she was manipulating Macbeth into being king
        • she was calling Macbeth a coward and that he was too kind to be king.
      • she was  power-hungry and evil
      • lady Macbeth  wasn't an ordinary Jacobean women.
      • normal Jacobean women were to subservient their husbands and to be looking after their children and husbands
    • the witches told Macbeth that he would be thane of Cawdor and thane of glamis and also king.
    • divine act of kings- The divine right of kings states that the king was picked by God and acts through God while he has control of the the throne on Earth.
    • The Five Predictions of the 'Macbeth'
      • 1.Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor
      • 2.Banquo’s children will become kings
      • 3.They advise Macbeth to “beware Macduff
      • 4.Macbeth cannot be harmed by anyone “of woman born.”
      • 5.Macbeth cannot be beaten until “Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane shall come.”
    • Macbeth kills banquo and tries to kill his son because of prophecies.
    • witchcraft
      • witchcraft in the Jacobean era was seen as the devils work.
      • witches was thought to be women who didn't have shadows and women who didn't get married after being widowed.

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