Monday, April 2, 2012

Macbeth Notes



Macbeth: brutal, cynical


*NOT FOR FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT


Background: 


  • Shakespeare's most intense play
  • Written in 1605-1606
  • Globe Theater, Blackfriars Theater
*Shakespeares fav: Holinshed's Chronicles of the History of England & Scotland



Scotorum Historiae- 1527 by Hector Buece


Discovery of Witchcraft- Reginald Scot


Deamonologie- 1599 - King James 1. 


Important notes
Macbeth is an openly political play


Shakespeare changed history in Macbeth to add suspense


Understanding the background and history helps us understand the characters


"Macbeth was a man of penetrating genius, a high spirit, unbounded ambition. 


Intelligent and ambitious.

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