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Question 1

Divine Right of Kings

Answer 1

The Jacobean belief that God supports and ultimately deciphers who is King. anyone who goes against this is repudiating God’s wishes

Question 2

Great Chain of Beings

Answer 2

Jacobean belief that God set out an arraged order to life, and anyone who disrupts is to be punished. God, angels, king, humans, animals, innanimate objects.

Question 3

feudal system

Answer 3

God, King, nobles, soldiers, peasants

Question 4

Gunpowder plot

Answer 4

1605 November 5th Guy Fawkes
an attempt to blow up the Houses of parliament and kill James I.-linked to tyranny

Question 5

witchcraft

Answer 5

James I wrote a book called Daemonology, attempting to reveal the existance of witches and set out punishments for different forms or sourcery and magic.

Question 6

status of women

Answer 6

patriachal society. Jacobean women were expected to be gentle, obidient, kind gentle and caring, as well as raise children.

Question 7

Reasoning behind the making of this book

Answer 7

Mabeth’s wages were payed by the king (James I) and during the time the King was recieving threats from a catholic group involving Guy fawkes. In hopes of helping the King Macbeth wrote the play to encourage the Jacobean audieance to no commit regicide due to the punishments they would face