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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Notes on introduction to Macbeth

- anitheros : kinda selfish, to do there own thing and not really be bothered.
- post-modernism: hero that is a hero but ...
-king has a halo.. Has if holy
- Macbeth: a dark play, sinester, wicked, literally/symbolically,
-wicked witches serve as greek toruses.
- steamin, rotting shitting and twisted..
-1606: written
James the I : fascinated by witchcraft
- factual elements: inherent by Banquo/ flaunce
-Murder ocurred...
-Macbeth 1040-1057
-Macbeth killed Dunken the I then Macbeth killed by Dunken's son Malcolm.
- England vs Scotland
- King James uniting England and Scotland in there interity
- Macbeth murders the king and cant live with his actions
-Macbeth is like an animal. A creature of his own ambition. Doesnt have much of a heart and feelings like a normal human
- Witches / withcraft : "fair is foul and fould is fair" - paradox
-paradox: self contadictory
- Witches associated with dark and death
-satanic missions at night, gather by graves to conduct y
Their potions and evil crafts
- Young Gooman Brown (short story)
- Need for witch craft???
-Create an alienated character to break the social norms..
- 1604- witchcraft became a big deal at this time..
A book of Mormon...
-Evil spirits, condem them by hanging
- Devil was very real and believed he was trapping them into his evil.
- Witches were capable to perform what was presented in Macbeth.. Commit evil twisted doings..
- shadenfroid: getting pleasure of someones failures..
- self deception: makes a hero a fallen hero
- message of the play.. Devil feeds us temptation

- The Thane Of Cawdor !
-Theme in play :