Macbeth - Elizabethan times
Elizabethan superstitions
don't walk under a ladder - bad luck
say bless you when someone sneezes - stops the devil from entering the body
don't spill salt - bad luck
black cats - unlucky
touch a condemned man - good luck
Elizabethan Women
male-dominating society
obedient
owned by closest male relative
property
lack of education
lack of a say
can't work
couldn't inherit property/money
marriage
few married for love
people married for power
people married for money
people married for friendships between families
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