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GCSE English Literature · key term
Violation or disrespect of something regarded as sacred.
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Paper 1
The violation or disrespect of something considered sacred.
Revise: Act 2Regicide is therefore presented as sacrilege as well as political treason: violence against the king violates a divinely sanctioned order.
Paper 1
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An offence against something regarded as sacred.
Revise: ContextFrom this perspective, killing a rightful king was not merely a political crime. It was sacrilege, an attack on something sacred.
Disrespect for, or violation of, something considered sacred.
Paper 2
The violation or disrespect of something regarded as sacred.
Revise: Act 2Calling him God's "anointed" king connects regicide with sacrilege: the murder violates religious as well as political order. Macduff's language demonstrates the belief that monarchy has divine authority.
The violation or mistreatment of something considered sacred.
Component 1
An act that violates something regarded as sacred.
Disrespect or violation of something regarded as holy.
