Context Of Macbeth

Context Of Macbeth

1. Shakespeare

   • Famous playwright
   • 1564 - 1616
   • Wrote during the renaissance (periods between 14th & 17th centuries
   • Macbeth written in 1606

2. Witchcraft

   • James I had a great intrest in supernatral and witchcraft
   • James I wrote a book called Daemonologie and published it in 1603
     • After published, witch casses skyrocketed by 53%
   • James I bleieved that witccraft was an act of satan
     • Beleived that women would make a deal with the devil to get supernatural power

3. Divine right of kings

   • James beleivees he was chosen by god to be king of england and righteous judge of england
   • He believed in witch trials and hunts not just out of moral conviction but becayse he was ordained by god
   • The role of the king to enact the will of god
   • Launched a wich hunt with 70 suspects and touchered unto using magic then burned

4. Witchcraft in Macbeth

   • Provides basis for events of the play.
   • expedidion which james took is incorporated into the playt
   • the witches in the play serve as a warning against witchcraft evil and bloodshed
   • Some argued that ladymacbeth is the fourth which in the play dues to passion for power and ambition

5. Religion

   • there was a lot of conflict between catholcism and protestantism (both denominations of christianity)
   • it was customary to have the state's religion dicatted by the rulling monarch
   • when James I became king many catholics believed james would treat them better since his mother was catholic
   • There are religious allusions throughout macbeth