1 Equivocation in The Norton Shakespeare Introduction to Macbeth is described as the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself. Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth was heavily influenced by the gunpowder plot of 1605. Father Henry Garnet, who was the head of the clandestine Jesuit mission in England was hunted down and brought to trial for the Gunpowder trial. He was the author of, A Treatise of Equivocation, this was a book about giving misleading information or ambiguous answers under oath.
2 An example of equivocal language in Macbeth, “equivocator, that could swear in both the scales against either scale” (2.3.8-9). This passage is often related to Henry Garnet, as described above. The intent was to help Catholics
2 An example of equivocal language in Macbeth, “equivocator, that could swear in both the scales against either scale” (2.3.8-9). This passage is often related to Henry Garnet, as described above. The intent was to help Catholics