Context

Question 1

How to remember it?

Answer 1

King Duncan’s Grim Death Sparks Paranoia

Question 2

What is the K in King stand for and what context can we use?

Answer 2

K - King James 1
- He was a patron for Shakespeare’s plays so Shakespeare wanted to appease him.
- He wrote against regicide

Question 3

What does the D in Duncan stand for and what context can we use?

Answer 3

D - Divine Right of Kings

• God chooses the King. Disrupting this order was seen as an assault on God himself
• Macbeth violate Divine Right of Kings by commuting regicide

Question 4

What does the G in Grim stand for and what context can we use?

Answer 4

G - Great Chain of Being

• God created the world with a hierarchical order - rich above poor, men over women (links to divine right of kings)
• Macbeth’s bloodthirsty rampage violates the Great Chain of Being
• Lady Macbeth tried to alter her position by emasculating and manipulating Macbeth

Question 5

What does the D in Death stand for and what context can we use?

Answer 5

D - Daemonologie

• Book written by James 1 which describes supernatural and how to punish witchcraft
• Witches supernatural description matches exact descriptions of the supernatural in Daemonologie - done to appease James 1

Question 6

What does the S in Sparks stand for and what context can we use?

Answer 6

S - Seven Deadly Sin and Religion

• 7 deadly sin were to be avoided within Christianity to abstain from being influenced by the Devil.
• Macbeth + Lady Macbeth embody : Greed, wrath, pride and envy
• Macbeth is driven by his PRIDE and is GREEDY for more power - he is ENVIOUS of the power of Duncan. This results in his violent WRATH as he commits regicide.

Question 7

What does the P in Paranoia stand for and what context can we use?

Answer 7

P - Patriarchy

• Male dominated society where women were inferior to men.
• LM consistently subverts patriarchal expectations of women as she manipulates and emasculates Macbeth