Macbeth context

Subdecks (4)

Cards (88)

  • king James the first 

    Shakespeare wanted to appease the king as he was a patron for the Shakespeare's company
  • divine right of kings
    the divine right of kings mean that the king was chosen by god and if you go against them you are doing against god and want he wants
  • great chain of being
    this meant that everyone had a place in society and that they cant move around because this would be going against god's will
  • daemonologie
    this is the book which king James wrote and Shakespeare uses part of his book like the witches power and spell to impress and reinforce the king belief.
  • religion and the seven deadly sins
    lady Macbeth and Macbeth committing most of these sin which to the Jacobean audience would have meant they would go to hell.
  • the patriarchy
    lady Macbeth goes against the view of women at the time and that the society was male dominated