Macbeth lecture

-macbeth is closest to Hamlet
-rise and fall of a great man
scene from porter
Macbeth
-tragic character=flaw
-by end of play he is completely alone w/ no place in society
-everything that made him a great man is destroyed
-he does it all tohimself=nothing was forced upon him
*the more he agravates
-Shakespeare is powerful author because he draws us in.Reminding us of someone in life.
AMBITION- bad/sin morality play-Macbeth is ambitious about becoming king
-Macbeth's reaction to witches:
1.doesn't question witches
2. Lady Macbeth and him have discussed desire for Macbeth to become king
*tension of seeing himself as king and morality of wats right and wrong
-Tries to get rid of crime blaming Lady Macbeth
-Knows he has to pay for crime
-Macbeth knows he is mirror to community
BANQUO:
-tempted by witches
-question them
doesn't obsses over phrophicies
LADY MACBETH:
-keeps fire going inside Macbeth
-pure evil/tool of destruction
-encourages Macbeth and supports bad action
*Goes against fundamental role of mother and talks Macbeth to be more manly
ANIMA-female physcology
ANIMOUS-male physcology
*can't blame Lady Macbeth for Macbeth's actions
-Macbeth halucinates a dagger before murder