Tyranny

Tyranny

1. Tyranny leads to the country being terrible

   • "Each new morn, new widows howl, new orphans cry"
   • Shakespeare is warning King James not to be like Macbeth

2. Gunpowder Plot

   • The gunpowder plot happened in 1605
   • King James began investing who was responsible for it
   • "There is not one of them, but in his house I keep a servant fee'd"
   • Shakespeare is warning king James not to investigate his nobles like Macbeth did, or they will turn against him and eventually the whole country will

3. Shakespeare's Warning to King James

   • "And that which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends"
     • Macbeth wanted to be a loved king, who lived till old age.
   • Shakespeare warning King James that if he acts like Macbeth he won't live long, and will not be a loved king.
     • Shakespeare may have been Catholic or against persecution against Catholics. He may be warning King James to stop the persecution of Catholics,

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