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A colourful mindmap summary of context for Macbeth for English literature paper 1. Made for Edexcel however should work for most exam boards.
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atholics thought James I would be differentC
rotestantism didn't exist until the 16th
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because his mother was a Catholic, however
century and Macbeth is set in the 1100s.
he was not.
J ames I was a protestant so England was a
protestant country. People adhering to other
religions was treated cruelly in what modern
times would call discrimination.
Religion
he Jacobean era was a time of high
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religious tension between Catholics and
Protestants.
failed attempt to blow up the houses of
A
parliament with King James in it by a group
of Catholics, who were unhappy with how
they were being treated. Trying to kill the
king was a sin against God and the
punishment was eternal damnation. The gunpowder plot Macbeth: Con
J ames I believed the gunpowder plot was the
result of witchcraft.
J ames I believed in the divine right of kings -
the belief all monarchs are chosen by God.
He believed he had a duty from God to
persecuted witches.
Divine right of kings
he great chain of being - kings were the
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next closest thing to God so he could enact
God's will. This explains why regicide was
such a heinous crime and sin.
Supernatural
cotland at the time was very superstitious.
S ing James I wrote a book called
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And had extensive laws against witchcraft. Daemonologie. He believed witchc
from the devil and enacted a law th
it punishable by death.
His beliefs in the supernatural chan
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