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[[Shakespeare]]'s ''Tragedy of [[Macbeth]]'' was finished in 1606, shortly after the dismantling of the plot. It is widely believed that Shakespeare wrote it in an effort to appease King James, who could trace his family back through the Scottish Kings to [[Banquo]]'s line. Shakespeare’s name may have possibly been drawn as one of the conspirators, similar to the way [[Cicero]] was depicted in the Bard's own play ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''. In 1606, his daughter Susannah was listed as one of the residents of Stratford refusing to take Holy Communion, suggesting that the family had some Catholic sympathies. However, it is likely that Shakespeare wrote this play as an overture of loyalty in the suspicious climate following the plot. Many of the themes of the play are connected with the plot. The Catholic and Jesuitical [[doctrine of equivocation]] is referenced in the play and the demonic ideas portrayed by the three witches and Hecate plays into the idea prevalent at the time that the Devil had a hand in earthly things like treason and plot.
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