Macbeth Historical Context

Macbeth Historical Context

1. It was wrote during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.

2. The setting where the play was located was in Scotland.

3. Shakespeare wrote the play in 1606.

4. The time of the story was during the Eleven Century.

   • (1000-1099)
   • The poetic license was used to double the historical information.

5. The setting of the play contains many castles and all this type of elements.

   • The play contains also some contemporary elements such as guns.

6. The play was consider a thriller.

   • It contain a lot of blood, murder and some darkness.

7. Witches had diabolic powers such as bringing on night in the daytime