Context: Great Chain Of Being Flashcards
What did this belief stem from ?
The Ancient Greek Philosophers Aristotle and Plato
What was the concept ?
It was a concept of the universe in which everything, plant, animal or materials had a fixed place according to it’s important and spiritual nature
What did the hierarchy start with ?
God then the king
What does the great chain of being explain ?
Why the sun of regicide and the resulting punishment was perceived as such a serious sin
When Lord and Lady Macbeth conspire and kill Duncan what do they commit ?
A carnal sin and a sin shading the state, but also a sin against the order of the universe
According to the great chain of being what should the king do ?
Rule commoners who should accept their place
Macbeth’s actions distort the natural order of the universe which results in chaos and death
