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In the text Macbeth Shakespeare shows what happens to someone when they take advantage of the people that trust you. However the implicit meaning of the play is what happens to you when you treason against the King, Shakespeare had written this play a year later after Guy Fawkes had tried to blow up Houses of Parliament and the King. In this essay I will be exploring the history, the meaning of the play and the language in futher detail.

The history of this play was written to warn people waht happens to you when you treason against the King. The story behind this play starts in 1605 when Guy Fawkes and his Catholic group plot to blow up Houses of Parliament. They rented a basement underneath Houses of Parliament where they stored gunpowder to ‘blow’ up Houses of Parliament

 

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  1. I’m really pleased that you have begun your essay with the immediate inclusion of relevant context and explored how this might affect meanings in the play.

    Where is the rest of your essay?

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