Beginning
5 act character driven play
• Act 3 scene 1 he becomes king
• Scene one meets witches, 2 kills Duncan, 3 becomes king, last 2 scenes are his descent from greatness
• No humor or humanity in play, except for maybe the scene with the porter which can be looked at as black humor
• Play focuses on what Macbeth is thinking or doing, what evil brings to himself
• Macbeth- tragic hero- critical flaw- contributes to his demise
• Starts play in good position, good man/warrior
• Loses everything over its course
• Does it to himself, architect of his own demise
Murder of Duncan
• Ambition (simple)
• Wants to be king
• When Macbeth sees the witches he doesn’t question them
• Witches are a response to his desires
• Desires to be king, but at first doesn’t want to do the wrong thing, sense of right and wrong, political savvy
• Knows he has to violate what he believes
• Tries to frame chamberlains for Duncan’s killing
• Banquo doesn’t believe the witches prophecies as Macbeth does
Lady Macbeth
• evil impulse, tool of destruction to Macbeth
• Has no conscience like Macbeth
• Doesn’t seem like a mother at all
• Pesters and taunts Macbeth to be more evil
• Macbeth decides to kill Duncan himself- hallucinates sees dagger- horrified about what hes about to do
• Dagger sort of pulls him toward the wrong thing to do
• Consumed with regret after killing Duncan
Macbeth as King
• Play gets tragic
• Begins to kill more and more people, slippery slope
• Quality of mind is poor, singularity of focus on maintain power and easing his mind
• Won’t compromise, map any price, make any decision
• Irony- The evil Macbeths commits makes him terrified of himself- Lady Macbeth falls apart
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