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macbeth
Shakespeare
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Shakespeare married an older, pregnant lady at 18
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Shakespeare was an actor, as well as a writer.
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The Great Chain of Being
Shakespeare's audience believed in a great chain of being that determined the natural order of events.
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each level of the chain had its own hierarchy, with the kings at the top of the human level
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The Theatre
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It was communal and even, at times, raucous, depending on the subject matter of a given performance
a multi-sided structure with a central, uncovered "yard" surrounded by three tiers of covered seating and a bare, raised stage at one end of the yard.
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The Gunpowder Plot
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The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt to blow up England's King James I and the Parliament on November 5, 1605.
The plot was organized by Robert Catesby in an effort to end the persecution of Roman Catholics by the English government.
The House of Lords at midnight and in the early hours of 5 November Fawkes was discovered in the cellars, with a fuse, a small lamp, a box of matches and 36 poorly-hidden barrels of gunpowder.
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James I
born June 19, 1566, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
died March 27, 1625, Theobalds, Hertfordshire, England), king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625, who styled himself “king of Great Britain.”
How did James rise to power?
On 24 March 1603 James achieved his lifelong ambition when Queen Elizabeth I died and he inherited the throne of England.
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Witchcraft
In Shakespeare's time most people believed in witches, the devil, evil spirits and magic
James VI became utterly convinced about the reality of witchcraft and its great danger to him, leading to trials that began in 1591.
they had little knowledge of sceince so if anything unatural happened they would say it was the ghosts, supernatural