Shakespeare's audience believed in a great chain of being that determined the
natural hierarchy of everything from minerals to God.
What types of things happen when the Great Chain of Being is disrupted in
Macbeth?
A) Disruptions in the chain of being cause bizarre natural occurrences with
regard to animals and the weather.
B) The chain was a series of hierarchical links with god at the top.
C) The person who committed the act would go to a special part of purgatory
until they repented.
D) Disruptions in the chain didn't affect nature, but it did affect the peasants.