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Macbeth - Coggle Diagram
Macbeth
Witchcraft
In today's society we rely on scientific statistics and research to conclude any suspicious or unusual activity in the world. However, during the Elizabethan Era Science wasn't as big of a conclusive device as it is today and wasn't as developed like in today's world. As a result of this, Elizabethan's conclusive decision to suspicious or rare evolutions was witchcraft
Because of people's fear and superstitions, many women were put on trial and 'tested' in public. Women would be stoned to death or ducked as a form of torture- which was most likely to end in death
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Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire. In 1582 he was married to the daughter of a farmer in which they had twins with in 1585. Ironically, he died on his birthday, 23rd April.
He probably wrote 38 plays during the course of his life and 154 sonnets. Several of his plays are almost universally regarded as among the greatest literary works in the English language industry.
His plays were often performed at the Globe theatre, which is also where many musicals and theatre productions and plays like Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth etc.
Renaissance Audience
In Elizabethan theatres, where you sat, or stood in most cases, would depend on your class ranking.
The seating arrangement consisted of: if you were of the poor class (which was very common in this era) you would be insisted to stand in the pit, if you were of the middle class you would get standard seats in the middle of the theatre and if you were higher class you would be at the very top looking down on everyone in chairs set alongside the stage
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It was essential that a women of the middle/higher class would attend wearing masks to hide their identity
Male roles were played by a man but female roles were often played by a male actor or more specifically a young boy
Gunpowder plot
The Gunpowder plot is famously executed by Guy Forks who is commonly elaborated on bonfire night at the top of a burning fire
The plot was made to assasinate the houses of Parliament using explosive, hot devices in result of blowing it and destroying the prestigious building, however the plan failed and was not executed at all, but Guy Forks was as he was burnt at the steak for his wrong-doings
The Great Chain of Being
Because of the strong religious beliefs in the Elizabethan Era, people believed that God set out and order for everything. In this case they believed the importance of a King was straight after God and all his creations.
This resulted in the belief that going against the monarchy was pretty much the worst sin you could 'commit'. This had it's perks as it kept everyone in their place. However, if the public believed the monarchy was in the wrong hands, it would lead to utter catastrophe and chaos.
James I
He was the King of England at the time in which Macbeth was written. The story of the North Berwick Witches really frightened the King so, as a result of this, he wrote the book entitled Deamonologie
The book was a 'warning' that if you were to commit or execute any witchcraft or spiritual activity, you will be tortured to death or trialled to death
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Theatre
The first ‘modern’ theatre as we know it was built at Shoreditch in 1576. Before this time, plays were performed in the courtyard of inns, or sometimes, in the houses of wealthy families. However, hosts had to be careful about which plays they allowed to be performed as anything that was controversial or political was likely to get them into trouble with the authorities.