Macbeth Context

Question 1

King James the 1

Answer 1

He was a patron (funded) for shakespeare’s plays therefore he made Shakespeare write against killing the king (regicide).

Question 2

Divine right of kings

Answer 2

God chooses the king .Disruspting this was seen as an assault on God himself.Macbeth violates this by committing regicide.

Question 3

Daemonologie.

Answer 3

Book written by James 1 which describes the supernatural and how to punish witchcraft.

Witches supernatural matches the exact descriptions of the supernatural in Daemonologie another way for Shakespeare to appease James .

Question 4

Seven deadly sins and religion

Answer 4

Seven deadly sins were to be avoided within christianity to abstain from being influenced by the devil.Some are GREED (want for for) ,WRATH (anger),PRIDE (ego) and ENVY (jealousy)

Question 5

The patriarchy

Answer 5

-Male dominated society where women were inferior to men.

Lady Macbeth constantly subverts patriarchal expectations of women as she manipulates and emascualtes (makes him feel lesser of a man)

Question 6

Whats the great chain of being

Answer 6

God created the world with a hierarchical structure-rich above poor,men above women.

Macbeth’s bloodthirsty rampage violates the great chain of being.

Lady Macbeth tries to alter her position by being more powerful than Macbeth.