Macbeth Cultural Assumptions

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Hey Everybody,
I am doing a speech on Macbeth and one of the criteria states "Question, challenge and evaluate cultural assumptions in the texts and their effects on meaning." It would be great if someone could explaing what cultural assumptions exactly mean and in addition some examples of this in Macbeth would be greatly appreciated.

[Charles Darnay]

Cultural assumptions are the predominant beliefs that people of a certain culture had and how that influenced their attitude toward others. What is not clear here, I think, is whether you are being asked about cultural assumptions of the people within the text (Macbeth) or cultural assumptions of the readers/viewers.