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.
A story presented as a play. Actually it's a story, but it can also adapt into a play.
Answer:
- Nelson Mandela
- They achieved the political emancipation of the country.
- "pledge"
- The commitment is in the struggle for liberation from continuous slavery from poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
- The special moments were: the perseverance in Africa's prosperity and freedom and the guarantee that no land would prosper with the exploitation of Africa.
Explanation:
The above passage is part of Nelson Mandela's speech, when he was elected president of South Africa, after being a strong activist for the African cause. Mandela fought hard for the rights of Africans, the fight against racism and mainly for the political, social and civil freedom of the African peoples. He came to be arrested for his struggle, becoming a symbol of his people in perseverance and the pursuit of goals.
In his speech he celebrates the political freedom that Africa has achieved and establishes a commitment to make the African people prosper and get rid of any factor that impedes their growth.
Myth definition: Myths are traditional stories that are created within cultures in order to offer explanations for phenomena.
few common features that myths typically share:
- Myths are often told as if they were factual. These stories were meant to offer reasonable explanations; therefore, the audience believed these stories to be true.
- Myths include gods and/or goddesses, and these figures often have supernatural powers.
- Myths include an explanation for how something came to be in the world. Such stories have ancient origins; therefore, they did not have the scientific explanations that we do today for such phenomena as weather.
- Myths often teach morals to their audience. Within many myths, there is a lesson to be learned.
Just tell them you dont feel the same, but be considered to their feelings.
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