The Great Chain Of Being In Macbeth

The Great Chain Of Being In Macbeth

In this video we'll cover one of the key context points for Macbeth in preparation for your English Literature GCSE. The Great Chain of Being is a context point that pops up throughout Shakespeare's Macbeth. Here, we'll look at what it is, where it can be seen, the key quotes that link to it, the impact on Jacobean audiences and how you can use it to boost your essays.

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0:00 Introduction
0:12 What is the great chain of being?
1:00 Humanity in the great chain of being
1:25 The divine right of kings
2:05 Superstition in the Jacobean era
2:45 The great chain of being in Macbeth
3:07 Key quotations
4:49 Holinshed's Chronicles
5:26 Shakespeare's message
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