Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Macbeth Lecture Notes

RISE AND FALL OF A GREAT MAN

outline:
Act I-prophecy
Act II murder of Duncan
Act III Becomes King
Act IV Humanity deteriorates
Act V Replaced as king

Murder of Duncan
-Flaw: ambition
• Macbeth is ambitious
-Thinks of surface impression. Not of why
-Macbeth does not blow it off
• Many say because that’s what him and Lady Macbeth wanted
• Macbeth is not a hypocrite: he knows there will be a price to what he wants
• “But in these cases we don’t have judgements..”

Lady Macbeth
• Pure evil
• She tempted  and taunted Macbeth to be King
• She’s animus
• She taunts Macbeth to keep the dream alive
• Anima: Connection with other people , war-like heroe
• Animus: maternal quality

What makes Macbeth heroic?
  • politically savvy,
  • never evades conversation,
  • has a sense or right and wrong
  • no hypocrasy in him

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