Your essay must deal with TWO of the Jacobean works on the syllabus; you may discuss one at greater length than the other, but must give enough meaningful attention to the second text to merit its inclusion in your argument

Your essay must deal with TWO of the Jacobean works on the syllabus; you may discuss one at greater length than the other, but must give enough meaningful attention to the second text to merit its inclusion in your argument. Roughly, you should aim to write a minimum of 400 words on your second text. You may also bring in other Jacobean works by Shakespeare, either on or off the syllabus, though there is no obligation to do so. You do not have to discuss the plays as Jacobean works, but may do so if you wish i.e. you may write about them in their historical context(s), or simply as texts for generating critical discussion of various kinds. Your essay does not need to be a full account of any given subject; rather, you should select examples that you find particularly interesting or revealing as a way in to your own close analysis and argument. Q. Does Shakespeare’s Jacobean writing demonstrate a particular interest in the supernatural? Need to use primary and secondary sources 1300 words for Macbeth including footnotes in MHRA style. Use Google scholar. Use secondary sources to either argue for or against a point made. Quotation 1: ‘Fair is foul, and foul if fair’ (Act 1 scene 1) Potential source: https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/wpcontent/uploads/Whalen.Witches.pdf Quotation 2: ‘…when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end. But now they rise again With twenty mortal murders on their crowns And push us from our stools.’ (Act 3 scene 4) Quotation 3: ‘The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them. Whither are they vanished?’ (Act 1 scene 3) • • • use the weather as a motif to draw parallel to the supernatural Give some context i.e., King James obsession with witches and the devil (source below) Source - https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/witchcraft-in-shakespearesengland 400 words including footnotes for, The Tempest in MHRA style. Goole scholar Quotation 1: ‘by whose aid, Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimmed The noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds,’ (Act 5 scene 1) OR Quotation 2: My charms I’ll break, their senses I’ll restore, And they shall be themselves. (Act 5 scene 1)