English 4 H Macbeth Quiz notes (without important quotes)

who wrote Macbeth and when

Shakespeare in 1606

which royal did shakespeare make this for

King James

what were the 5 choices in Macbeth made to please the king

setting of Scotland (birthplace of King James), the shortest play because the King hated sitting through long plays, connects to the gunpowder plot: Nov 5 1605 an assassination attempt on king James through blowing up parliment was stopped and the day was called "Guy Fawkes Day", role of the witches because King James wrote Daemonology after another assassination attempt, Banquo's character: King James claimed he wasa a direct decendent of him and he represented goodness and moral conscience

Guy Fawkes Day

Assassination attempt on King James through blowing up parliment, he was caught before it blew up, occured Nov 5 1605

Shakespeare's source for Macbeth

Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Holinshed

first theme

fate and free will, witches set the fate vs the characters free will

when was the play set, where, and what time was the intended audience

set in Scotland in 1040, written for 1606 audience

second theme

appearences can be decieving, good v bad

third theme

great chain of being (part of tragedies)(first god, then king, then commoners and since macbeth tried to alter his place in society, he becomes apart of the tragedy)

imagery (3)

darkness, sleep, blood (bloodest of all plays)

when did King James become king

1603