Macbeth Context - Women and Witches
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- Macbeth Context - Women and Witches
- Women belonged to their men, they could not own property of their own.
- Women were meant to be seen not heard. They had no say.
- Women were uneducated and were meant to be in a prim and proper fashion.
- In Shakespeare's time women were allowed to marry at the age of 12. Only women from wealthy families really married that young.
- Women were not allowed on the stage. All female parts played by men.
- Arranged marriages were common and marrying for love was rare.
- Some punishment tools for women in Elizabethan times were Charivari and cucking or ducking stool, which was a torture device used to determine if women were witches.
- James 1 wrote a book about witchcraft called Daemonologie
- James 1 was very interested in Witchcraft and took part in The North Berwick Witch Trials in Scotland.
- James 1 had heard there were Witches in North Berwick who were plotting to kill him, through a Witchcraft curse.
- Up until the 1700's most people in England believed in witches and witchcraft.
- People thought witches tended to be unmarried and middle aged.
- When identifying a witch, people looked for birthmarks and any marks on their skin from the 'devil'
- It was often richer people who accused women of being witches.
- Ordeal by water, Ordeal by fire
- The witches could symbolize the darkness that resides in Macbeth's heart. They are the only women in the play apart from Lady Macbeth.
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