The Context Of Macbeth

All text always effectively reflects the events surrounding its time, as they certainly exemplify the current issues, values and morals of the era in which they are composed. During the 1600s, a hierarchical society governed by an absolutist was important, with all power residing on the Crown, with James VI being the King of Scotland, at that time Shakespeare was a famous play writer, wrote a play, Macbeth which was written with James as the reign which effectively reflected the Elizabethan context in which it was composed, it demonstrated powerful ideas of Ambition, Chaos and Disorder and and Revenge. Definitely mirroring the majoring issues during this period in history, taking us right into the heart of the Elizabethan.
Ambition is a
This is the tragic flaw of Macbeth; he allows his passion for ‘vaulting ambition’ to override his single state of mind which. When Duncan is murdered, Macbeth strikes the treasonous blow which he unleashes in Scotland, and his own nature and has succumbed to the forces of anarchy and evil. When Macduff finds Duncan murdered, he exclaims with great passion “o horror, horror, horror!” “Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee.” Expressing his utter shock and disgust of this monstrous act, when the monarch is killed, the whole country comes down in chaos. This reaction displays the terrible result of Macbeth’s selfish act and the amount of people suffering because of his crime. This action evidently displays the belief in the Divine Right of Kings during that time, and murdering God’s anointed vessel has a tremendous ramifications, this single act ultimately destroys Macbeth and reflects the Elizabethan belief in fate, where those who flagrantly disregard the moral and social order are destined to suffering. The repetition of ‘horror’ combined with the strident tone of the words reinforces the meaning to have a disrupted and sacrilegiously destroyed the divine moral order. ‘Macbeth’ definitely shows the surrounding times it is