In Shakespeare’s time people believed in witches. They were people who had made a pact with the Devil in exchange for supernatural powers. If your cow was ill, it was easy to decide it had been cursed. If there was plague in your village, it was because of a witch. If the beans didn’t grow, it was because of a witch. Witches might have a familiar – a pet, or a toad, or a bird – which was supposed to be a demon advisor. People accused of being witches tended to be old, poor, single women. It is at this time that the idea of witches riding around on broomsticks (a common household implement in Elizabethan England) becomes popular.
There are lots of ways to test for a witch. A common way was to use a ducking stool, or just to tie them up, and duck the accused under water in a pond or river. If she floated, she was a witch. If she didn’t, she was innocent. She probably drowned. Anyone who floated was then burnt at the stake. It was legal to kill witches because of the Witchcraft Act passed in 1563, which set out steps to take against witches who used spirits to kill people.
King James I became king in 1603. He was particularly superstitious about witches and even wrote a book on the subject. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth especially to appeal to James – it has witches and is set in Scotland, where he was already king. The three witches in Macbeth manipulate the characters into disaster, and cast spells to destroy lives. Other magic beings, the fairies, appear in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elizabethans thought fairies played tricks on innocent people – just as they do in the play.
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The Treaty of Versailles could have been improved in many ways. First, more countries could have helped pay for the damage, The treaty gave some German territories to neighboring countries and placed other German territories. It would have been a more settled argument if they used the 14 points which were general and not bias.
(How would change it to make it better)
First, more countries could have helped pay for the damage because all of the countries took part in this war. This also could have been improved because the treaty of Versailles only blamed one country.
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Author Joshua J. Marine has a famous quote on this: “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” ... But any way you look at it, it ensures that life is interesting and fulfilling.
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P, R, and T have green cars. Q and S have black shoes. So in conclusion, nobody has both a green car and black shoes.
