Context: Religion Flashcards
1
Q
What was Jacobean England ?
A
Protestant due to James I being Protestant
2
Q
What are some religious allusions ?
A
Similarities between Adam and Eve and lord and Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is the one to persuade her husband to sin just as Eve persuaded Adam
This holds great allegorical significance
3
Q
How is predestination vs free will conveyed in Macbeth ?
A
Predestination: belief that god already decided if we go to heaven or Hell and you cannot change that
Free will: we have choices in everything we do therefore determining our afterlife
- this theological debate plays out in Macbeth as Macbeth is a victim of the predestination from the Whitches or is it his free will
