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History is made up of many time periods, many of these
periods had a certain norm, and a way of thinking that was
accepted and adopted by the majority of the people. In the
Elizabethan/Jacobean time period the notion accepted and in
place at the time was that of a great chain of being. This
notion in which God is at the top, then comes the planets,
the angels, human kind and finally the animal kingdom. In
fact, it was based on psalm 8 and placed God, the
all-powerful being, on the uppermost link of the chain and
gave him all the power. In order for any other being or thing
to possess power he/it could do so only with the permission
of God or in accordance to the will of God. In The Tragedy
of Macbeth, Shakespeare, pushes the concept of
primogeniture and also the fact that the king is put into
power by the will of God and anyone opposing the king
would not only cause a great disturbance in the great chain
of being but would likewise be going against the will of God.......

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