Context

Question 1

How where women viewed in the 1600

Answer 1

• had the most basic education
  -had few legal rights and could not work
  -viewed as inferior to men and not given as much respect.
  -viewed to be unable to control their emotions, silence seen as female virtue.

Question 2

How does how women where viewed in 1600 influenced Shakespear’s Macbeth

Answer 2

-Breaks the usual view on women.
Plots to kill Kimg Duncan, seen as ruthless, ambitious and malipulative.

Question 3

When was the play wrote, what does it signify

Answer 3

Renausance, more freedom to express and less restrictions

Question 4

What is the greek term for a character with a dramatic flaw

Answer 4

Hamartia

Question 5

How did King James influence the play

Answer 5

Jacobean era, James Supported Shakespear, play shows Divine Right of Kings and what happens if you go against the King

Question 6

when a character recognises their looming downfall

Answer 6

anagnorisis