Macbeth - Setting + Context

ELEVENTH-CENTURY SCOTLAND

• Macbeth is set in eleventh-centruy Scotland. It is based, very loosely, on historical events
• Scotland had a clear social hierachy
• The country's region was Christianity
• There were always battles, either against other countries or to gain control of the country
• Women were seen as being inferior

JAMES I AND RENAISSANCE ENGLAND

• James I was the King but was a controversial choice
• To link to this, the play explores challenges to the throne and the consequencs of their actions
• Shakespeare probably included references to the…