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Part 1 - Comparison Essay - Devising I am comparing the two plays 'Wake Up' and 'Macbeth'. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606, but it was set in around 1040. 'Wake Up', our devised piece, was written in 2005, where the play is also set. Macbeth is a Shakespearian tragedy, set loosely around the time of 1040. There are clear themes of suspicion, plotting, deception, blood and murder within the play. One of the reasons Shakespeare wrote the Macbeth was to please the king at the time, James I of England. The story of Macbeth is generally based around Raphael Holinshed's historical writing, Chronicles of England Scotland and Ireland, which depicts story of a Scottish king who murdered his way to the throne in 1040 as Macbeth does in the play. This tribute to James I's Scottish ancestry, and the fact that Banquo is a noble man is not mere coincidence;...

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