This is a re-working of earlier posts Introducing Form before reading Macbeth and Macbeth: a few points before we begin. It has added material about the dating of Macbeth and the versions of the play. I have also reviewed my comments on …
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Macbeth guide: link
I have long valued the Connell Guides series. This is a link the Connel eGuide to Macbeth. I have no idea of its provenance but thought it worth sharing with my students. http://lib.nobles.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Connell-eGuide-to-Macbeth.pdf Read More "Macbeth guide: link"
Surely we are all Arthur Birling? A discussion piece
OK, so maybe not, if only on gender terms, but my point is this: for Priestley's play to succeed in its aim of persuading the electorate to ditch the Conservative party which had led the war coalition, he needed to …
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Drop into Macbeth 5.7-5.9
The final talk in the series sees Macbeth discover the truth of the witches equivocation and Malcolm rightfully restored to his throne. I have written on the Dead Butcher and the Fiend Like Queen before: Macbeth the “dead butcher” The Fiend-Like …
Drop into Macbeth 5.2 – 5.6
An extended introduction to the scenes which act as prelude to war and cover the death of LM. https://www.loom.com/share/b2eec9d8ad494d468e0c6bdb37eb36e3 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 5.2 – 5.6"
Drop into Macbeth 5.1
The sleepwalking scene - an extended introduction. Articles about LM: Finding the “fiend-like queen”. The Fiend-Like Queen and her descendants Discussing the ‘fiend like Queen’ -Voice and ppt https://www.loom.com/share/57df3a52965a492fb9b3db6bbc1983f8 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 5.1"
Drop into Macbeth 4.3
The long dialogue between Malcom and Macduff is unexpected and this whole scene rather slows the progress of the play. A teaching slide-deck can be found here: Act 4.3 A scene of Mirrors. Macbeth. https://www.loom.com/share/1c22f822d44f4134a442f0a65f06e036 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 4.3"
Drop into Macbeth 4.2
The MacDuff scene in all its cruelty. https://www.loom.com/share/362eb6dd655e401d86e2061c76a3fbbf Read More "Drop into Macbeth 4.2"
Drop into Macbeth 4.1
The witches are not my favourite characters. I see these scenes as titillation for an audience wanting an illicit thrill and although the actual apparitions and their messages are interesting, there is little here beyond stock descriptors of evil characters …
Drop into Macbeth 3.4-3.6
Through the banquet to the end of the act. Linked posts: Shakespeare and the Apocalypse: initial thoughts. https://www.loom.com/share/b7636a9029a0478d9c3333f3fed19f6f Read More "Drop into Macbeth 3.4-3.6"
