Pre-murder
Macbeth simple play, rise and fall of a great man
Act 3 he is already king
Act4-5 is fall of Macbeth
Macbeth doesn’t let us get in his mind
Porter is only comedy in play
Interested in the character Macbeth
Tragic hero- flaw is ambition
Has a ton of potential
At end of the play, wife is dead, friends have left him, hopes dashed and he is
completely alone
Macbeth is never deceived or used
More he tries to make situation better the worse it gets
Nature of the challenge creates a sort of prolonged suicide
Kills King and is still not happy with position
Wants to become king- obvious
Part of a plan he isn’t aware of
Both Banquo and Macbeth skeptical of witches, but Macbeth already had ideas about
killing the king
Desire for kingship conflicts with morals
Macbeth tackles issues head on and has mental strength to continue goals
Lady Macbeth keeps dream of kingship alive-she is pure evil, desire
Cognitive dissonance with loving mother
Animos- masc.
Anima- fem.
How can Macbeth murder, puts himself in situation and then forced to carry our killing
Macbeth freely embraces evil, crazy imagination drives him
As King
On a slippery slope, kill one kill them all
Villain plus conscience equals tragic hero
He is an addict to ambition because of loss of self control
Macbeth has outward courage but no inner courage
Lady Macbeth’s inner world folds on her and subconscious kills hers because she can’t
Issues of inner world
She feels out of control and then kills herself
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