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Macbeth Background
Shakespeare's Life
Family
Married to Ann Hathowey
Daughter
Twins
Writing and Acting Carreer
by 1597 wrote 15 plays
Rome and Juliet
The Comedy of Errors
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Build an open air theater
Types of plays
Comedy
Histories
Tragedies
Tragic Comedies
Middle Period
Mid-summers Night Dream
Macbeth
12th Night
Much to do about nothing
154 sonnets
Early Life
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
April 23, 1564
King's School in Stratford
Didn't go to university
Death
1616
His birthday
The Historical Background to the Play
English Renaissance
Monarchy
Split from Catholic Church
King Henry the 8th took the thrown
Father of Queen Elizabeth the 1st
Elizabeth's cousin James took over when she died
Involved in witch craft
Protestant
Scottish
Translated the bible, know as King James bible
Another outbreak of the plague during his rein
Beliefs
Hierarchy of beings
Humans in the middle
Over animals
Below Angles
Macbeth
Set 400 years earlier
In Scottland
Macbeth is a lord married to Lady Macbeth
The Theater in Shakespeare'sTime
The Globe
Represents: everyone in the world is an actor
Puts on plays mainly by Shakespeare and pretty authentic
Play standards
None of the actors were women
During the day because they could not afford candles
Churches were critical of actors
Everyone is involved
Important to hear the play
Stage elements
Top
Painted blue
Zodiac signs
Represents heaven or the sky
Stage itself
Represents the Earth
Underneath the stage
Trap door to get down there
Represents hell
The Plot
Beginning
War is won
Macbeth is a general returning to his kingdom
Stopped by three witches
They said Macbeth will be king
Wife convinces Macbeth she must kill King Duncan and steal the throne
Macbeth sneaks into his cambers and stabs him
Middle
Macduff finds the king
Duncan's sons flee the country
Macbeth is crowned king unopposed
Haunted by the murder and kills anyone who threatens him
Banco is killed but his son escapes
End
Macbeth sees the witches and they say he can't be harmed
Macduff and Malcom raise an army against Macbeth
Macbeth kills Macduffs family
Lady Macbeth commited suicide
Macduff's army is disguised as trees
Malcom is crowned king