Context

Question 1

Who was the king + era name when Macbeth was written?

Answer 1

King James I, Jacobean era

Question 2

Why did Shakespeare set Macbeth in Scotland?

Answer 2

James I had been King of Scotland since 1567

Question 3

Why is there many references to treason throughout the play?

Answer 3

because of plots like The Gunpowder Plot of 1605

Question 4

What was the belief that all kings and queens were chosen by God?

Answer 4

Divine Right of Kings

Question 5

why was witchcraft heavily involved in the play?

Answer 5

James I had a fascination with them and wrote a book called Daemonologie

Question 6

Gender roles?

Answer 6

women were expected to be submissive, nurturing and dutiful and men were meant to be dominant superior and noble - Patriarchal society

Question 7

God?

Answer 7

Jacobean audiences were heavily Christian and regicide is a mortal sin and calling upon evil spirits is blasphemous

Question 8

Great Chain Of Being?

Answer 8

belief that there is a strict order of things in the universe any attempt to break the chain would bring disorder to the world

Question 9

King James I and supernatural?

Answer 9

King James I believed the supernatural were sinister and had destructive capabilities. He believed this so much he wrote a book called “Daemonologie,”