social and political reflection of elizabethan time in Macbeth
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In William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", the world is dark, violent and brutal enveloped by a blanket of supernatural. It has the social and political reflections of the Elizabethan time in a peculiar and specific way. Although the role of women in a social and political hierarchy was somewhat debated and criticised, Shakespeare managed to pull off Lady Macbeth's character to be the most stubborn, unique and devilishly feminine. She is like a defence to the female patronizing male society. She also takes part in political conspiracy with her husband in a very controlled manner.
The King was the representative of God in Elizabethan times and so in Macbeth's time. That is why killing him was a greater sin than killing any other man.
Shakespeare also showed the neglected, bitter and poor life of the lower middle class by portraying the porter to be a drunkard whose needs are mostly neglected. This is how the playwright has reflected the social and political drama in his written tragedy.
In Shakespeare writing, he showed that Macbeth was stressed about the ambition and wished to have a power which was very unnatural for a woman. But Queen Elizabeth broke all the barriers and proved that women could also do better than men. During that time women had no freedom, they had to depend on the men for everything. But Queen Elizabeth showed that women could also lead a country and could make a better position in society.