MACBETH CONTEXT
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- Created on: 29-10-19 10:20
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- CONTEXT
- JAMES I
- Macbeth written in his reign
- Shakespeare tried to please him by the play's criticism on people who usurp the king
- James was interested in supernatural and visited. many witch trails
- Wrote a book called daemonologiein which witches are 'detestable salves of evil'
- MISOGYNY
- Ingrained prejudice against women
- A misogynist is not a person who hates women, it's a person who would hate women who are not subordinate, women with power and status, women who can stand up for themselves and make their own decisions
- GREAT CHAIN OF BEING
- A religious belief
- God gave every living thing a place in an ordered hierarchy
- To upset the order was a crime against God and Heaven
- Explored through Macbeth being driven mad after his actions
- DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
- Develops the great chain of being
- JAMES I
- Macbeth written in his reign
- Shakespeare tried to please him by the play's criticism on people who usurp the king
- James was interested in supernatural and visited. many witch trails
- Wrote a book called daemonologiein which witches are 'detestable salves of evil'
- Establishes that the idea that the Monarch are chosen by God
- Spiritual consequences are shown through
- GUNPOWER PLOT
- A plot to replace the Monarchy.
- Links to the play as Macbeth replaces the king but ends up dead
- WOMEN
- domestic role
- seen as physically and morally inferior
- power in society only came from their husband
- Lady Macbeth was unusual and surprisingly assertive for the time
- SUPERNATURAL
- witches were believed to be real and dangerous
- supernatural was far more prevalent than it is today
- Hundreds of people were executed for witchcraft
- witches encourage Macbeth to commit the murder
- witches were believed to be real and dangerous
- JAMES I
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