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Discuss the role of witches in Act 1 of
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Discuss the role of witches in Act 1 of "Macbeth" The people of England endured a lot during its vindictive and powerful history. Reformation both in politics, economy and especially in religion had created a more independent England. Henry VIII had broken away from the disintegrating yet more prevailing and orthodox Catholic Church, for his desire to gain a divorce from his current wife. It was customary in the Catholic Church that only the Pope could grant a divorce, and so the Pope refused to bestow one. The breakaway created an independent Church of England with a new state religion adopted called "Protestant", in which the king was the head of the Church. There were significant amendments in types of worship, but both Catholics and Protestants worshipped the same God and utilised the Bible as its prayer book. One factor that created unity between the two Churches was the Christian belief...
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