WitchCraft in Shakespearean Times

Witchcraft in Shakespearean times and the key theme of the consequences of killing a king

Witchcraft in Shakespearean times

In Shakespeare's time, witches were a huge talking point among people,it was also punishable by death. Some of the punishments enforced on accused witches included: being burnt alive, hung, and being drowned. The most common of being accused of a witch was females who worked as midwives, herbalists, healers and potion makers.

Consequences of killing a king in 1605

In 1605, there was a plot to kill a king, most commonly known as the gunpowder plot. This is were a man named Guy Fawkes and his accomplices tried to kill king James I and the government by blowing up the houses of parliament. So basically attempting and or succeeding in killing most certainly means CERTAIN death. In Macbeth, Shakespeare shows what would happen if a king did happen to be murdered and it shows Macbeth becoming king and then he eventually dies not because he is found out but because he is a cruel king.

Spoken Language terminology.

1) Accent

How different cultures say words differently, for example:

Some people say book (B-ook) and some people say book (Boo-k)

2) Dialect

Dialect is someone's accent coming through when talking in a speech/interview or just talking normal like George W Bush in the Irish Interview he uses y'know 

3) Adjacency Pairs 

These are simple polite conversation starters, for example:

"Hey, how are you?"

4) Back Channel features

These are simple responses like "yeah okay" 

5) Diexis 

This is mentioning something without using words like, for example: 

That and it

6) Elision

These are two words that are put together by using the speakers accent:

Want + To = Wanna 

7) Ellipses 

This is where the speaker misses out words but the listener can still understand what the speaker is trying to say due to the context of the conversation. It still makes sense to the listener but it is a more casual way of speaking.

8) False starts 

This is where the speaker starts his or her sentence but then changes his or her mind, for example:

I like it... I love it

9) Fillers 

This is where a speaker fills their sentence when they don't know what to say. Examples of fillers are: Erm, Um and Er

10) Fluency 

This is where you can speak clearly and straight forward without using fillers, false starts and ellipses'.

George W. Bush mini biography

George W. Bush was born on the 6th of July 1946 in Connecticut. Bush is the 43rd president of the united states. He was in office from January 20th 2001 till January 20th 2009. He won reelection in 2004 narrowly. After the 9/11 bombings he declared the war on terror. In 2008, Barack Obama took over from George W. Bush. Bush is one of the only presidents to be a son of a former president to have two terms in session.