CONTENTS:

1. Life and background
     Life
     The political bakcground and the doctrine of order
     Witchcraft and demonology
2. Summary and critical commentary
3. Themes and issues
     Retribution
     Evil
4. Dramatic techniques
     Shakespeare’s use of his source
     Structure
     Secondary characters
     Imagery and irony
     Verse and prose
5. Specimen critical analysis
6. Critical approaches