Great Order of Being

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ENGLISH LITERARY HERITAGE: CONFLICT BTEOTL you will have:BTEOTL you will have:

All will have exploredAll will have exploredhow you will be assessedhow you will be assessed

for this controlledfor this controlled

assessment;assessment;

Most will have consideredthe two texts you will beexploring;

Some may have appliedthe Assessment

objectives to the task.


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SO TO THE QUESTIONu

Explore the ways writerspresent conflict in the texts youhave studied.


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FIRST TEXT MacbethMacbeth

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREContext of the playContext of the play

England in the early1600s

Beliefs (Elizabethanworld order/Great Chain

of Being)Divine right of the King

Superstitions and

witchcraft


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WHO IS IN CHARGE OF GREAT

BRITAIN? This person canThis person can Take our nation to warTake our nation to war

Propose new laws (that are passed by Parliament)Propose new laws (that are passed by Parliament)

Build or break our nations relationship with otherBuild or break our nations relationship with othercountriescountries

Is the regime we live under today theIs the regime we live under today the

same as it was in the time thatsame as it was in the time thatShakespeare wrote Macbeth?Shakespeare wrote Macbeth? Pairs: 3 minutesPairs: 3 minutes What do you knowWhat do you knowabout life in the sixteenth centuryabout life in the sixteenth century(especially who was in charge of England!)?(especially who was in charge of England!)?


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WATCH CAREFULLYuWATCH CAREFULLYu Were going to watch an clip from The Other Boleyn Girl.Were going to watch an clip from The Other Boleyn Girl.

The social context for this story is similar toThe social context for this story is similar tothat of Shakespearean Englandthat of Shakespearean England

and also the Scotland in which Macbeth isand also the Scotland in which Macbeth is

set.set.

Your question:Your question: Why does everyone panic whenWhy does everyone panic when

King Henry VIII falls off his horse?King Henry VIII falls off his horse?


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CONCLUSIONS?CONCLUSIONS?

Shakespeare lived in a society governed by anabsolute monarch


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T IN AN ABSOLUTE MONARCHY IT WAS

BELIEVED THAT THE KING (OR QUEEN!) WAS

APPOINTED BY GOD TO RULE PART OF THEWORLD HE HAD CREATED.

T THIS WAS KNOWN AS|THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS}


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SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE KING DIES?SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE KING DIES? If he has a son (or daughter), Gods chosenIf he has a son (or daughter), Gods chosen

ruler is that person.ruler is that person.

If they die without an heir (as Henry VIII wouldIf they die without an heir (as Henry VIII wouldhave done if the fall had been fatal)?have done if the fall had been fatal)?

The greatest crime in Shakespeares time wasThe greatest crime in Shakespeares time wasREGICIDEREGICIDE

Regicide is murder of the monarch: rebellionRegicide is murder of the monarch: rebellion

against Gods chosen ruler was seen as a rebellionagainst Gods chosen ruler was seen as a rebellionagainst God.against God.


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In Shakespeares time,In Shakespeares time,society was viewed insociety was viewed interms of the bodyterms of the body

At the head wasAt the head was

Thearms wereThearms were

The torso wasThe torso was

Thelegs wereThelegs were Just like the body, ifJust like the body, if

any of these sections ofany of these sections ofsociety wasnt workingsociety wasnt workingproperly, it was fearedproperly, it was fearedthat disruption andthat disruption anddisaster would followdisaster would follow


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THEGREATCHAINOF BEINGTHEGREATCHAINOF BEING

ORTHEELIZABETHANWORLDORTHEELIZABETHANWORLD

ORDERORDER

YOU

ARE

HERE(HOPEFULLY!)


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SIMPLY PUTu Its a Ladder or Stairway of Nature

It has a hierarchical structure of all matter andlife, believed to have been decreed by God.

God, and beneath him, the angels, both existingwholly in spirit form, sit at the top of the chain.

Earthly flesh is fallible (likely to fail) and ever-changing: mutable (capable of change). Spirit,however, is unchanging and permanent.

This sense of permanence is crucial tounderstanding this conception of reality.

It is generally impossible to change the positionof an object in the hierarchy.

Each link in the chain might be divided furtherinto its component parts. In medieval secularsociety, for example, the king is at the top (TheDivine Right of Kings)


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The Absolute Monarch

Nobility and Bishops (higher clergy)

Landowners

Middle classes (merchants, shopkeepers etc)

Peasants (agricultural workers,

tenant farmers, labourers etc.)


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HO IS PO ER ANDHO IS PO ER AND

INFLUENCE ORGANISED ININFLUENCE ORGANISED IN

TODAYS SOCIETY?TODAYS SOCIETY? Partners: 5Partners: 5 minsmins

Create a diagram, usingCreate a diagram, usingthe same structure asthe same structure as

this, to represent todaysthis, to represent todayssocietysociety

The person / group inThe person / group incharge should be at thecharge should be at the

toptop How many different levelsHow many different levels

can you identify andcan you identify and

label?label?


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A LITTLE SOCIAL HISTORICALA LITTLE SOCIAL HISTORICAL

CONTEXT TO GET THE BRAINCONTEXT TO GET THE BRAIN

BUBBLINGBUBBLING

You have 3 minutes to read the contextsheet you have been given in your pair

Scan and Skim through and write downthree things on your card that you feel arethe key points being made

Try and be detailed as you will be teachingthis to others in the class who have not seenyour source material.


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A LITTLE SOCIAL HISTORICALA LITTLE SOCIAL HISTORICAL

CONTEXTCONTEXT

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGEKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE Off you trot with your key knowledge cards

On the back try and collect at least ONE key point

from each of the other Context Headings:1. Gunpowder Plot Time line

2. King James I

3. The Globe Theatre

4. Historical Context of Macbeth

5. Witch Craft

Homework Time!

Due Wednesday 26th January

To research the social historical

context of Macbethand Renaissance England.

Use these subheading to help you.

Y

ou should present yournotes as a Mind Map!


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AN EXAMPLE OF MIND MAPPINGAN EXAMPLE OF MIND MAPPING

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