... kill Duncan and unrightfully seize the crown. About the prophecy Macbeth said "If chance would have me king, chance would crown me king without my stir."" (II, iii) If Macbeth had allowed fate to run its course, the crown may have come to him rightfully. Instead, he actuated the prophecy and eventually met ... could cause him harm. Rather, he only attempted to mend it after it had begun. After Susan passed away, Henchard decided that he would tell Elizabeth-Jane that he was her true father and her name was really Henchard. This over-ambition led Henchard to look in the old documents of S...

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... right. He believed that the king should be master of church as well as state. James" feelings toward women were forged mostly by events regarding his mother and aunt, Queen Elizabeth of England. James joined against his mother and with England. He did so on the agreement that his mother would not be killed. Later word that Mary would be executed ... reached James. He threatened to end the league with Elizabeth and her England if his mother was murdered. Mary was killed any way for being a supposed member of a conspiracy to kill Elizabeth. James did nothing in retaliation. In 1589, he ma...

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