- Macbeth is a consideration of male power.
- A work of destructive despair
- How power corrupts
- Marxism links with power and so Macbeth links with power, therefore Marxism
- Is Macbeth a morality play or a psychological drama?
- Is Macbeth the eponymous hero - linking with Marxism?
- Iambic tetrameter
- Macbeth has a tragic flaw - believing one thing he has been told by the witches.
- Brave Macbeth - disdaining fortune
- The play opens with the captain talking about how Macbeth slaughtered someone.
- Macbeth character is power hungry
- Is Macbeth just effected by stress from the war - post traumatic stress.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Macbeth Act One Reading Journal
Reading notes from act one of Macbeth:
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These points are helpful, but a bit more detail needed. Remember to sum up your views of the act and what the key themes are as well as the gothic elements.
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