ENGL 2148 Lecture : Macbeth Notes
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Idea that scotland is man"s country: rough country, rough terrain. If you wanted to talk about things like manhood, this is the place to do it. Macbeth is a manly man, manliest man of them all: a civil war before the play starts, war with norwegians who side with scottish rebels, external foe, and a foe from within, macbeth wins the war. His fortunes rise and fall with the tide. Act 1. 2: macbeth is given title of thane of cawdor, meets three witches, ugly, got beards, sexually ambiguous, bad witches, untethered power but, but they"ve been killing pigs and sinking boats, but masters of psychology. Low-level witches: tell macbeth he will be a double thane, but banquo wants something too, banquo says if it happens, it happens , because the witches have a 50% batting average. Macbeth is an ambitious man: has incredible power, strength, and courage, not very humble. Lady macbeth is the man in this relationship.
