Context
1. Shortly after gunpowder plot of 1605 to kill James where a pr
was hanged for lying about his knowledge of it pleading he did i
“here’s an equivocator… w
God’s sake’ porter:
committed treason enough for God’s s
2. At the time of writing – many believed in witches, so they wo
seemed believable and frightening to the audience
3. Play appeals to the King James: echoes his fascination of
supernatural – compliments James by making his ancestor
Banquo a hero in the play
4. Kings had the divine right to rule – violating this situation was
“A falco
against God’s will unnatural afects of killing Duncan:
towering in her pride of place… by a mousing ow
hawked at, and killed”- Inferior bird kills royal bird
1. Shortly after gunpowder plot of 1605 to kill James where a pr
was hanged for lying about his knowledge of it pleading he did i
“here’s an equivocator… w
God’s sake’ porter:
committed treason enough for God’s s
2. At the time of writing – many believed in witches, so they wo
seemed believable and frightening to the audience
3. Play appeals to the King James: echoes his fascination of
supernatural – compliments James by making his ancestor
Banquo a hero in the play
4. Kings had the divine right to rule – violating this situation was
“A falco
against God’s will unnatural afects of killing Duncan:
towering in her pride of place… by a mousing ow
hawked at, and killed”- Inferior bird kills royal bird
