Macbeth & Evil.. (1 Viewer)

[Jensta]

Prepare a response to Q...

"Macbeth" explores the nature of evil. Is this an adequete summation of the concerns of the play?

asking us to consider

• A definition of evil - what is the nature of evil?
• The different levels of evil depicted in the play ( individual, social and political, supernatural)
• Is evil, in fact, the over riding concern of the play - do you think there are other themes/ issues more important/relevant?
• Does the interpretation/critical perspective affect the concerns and their emphasis?

any ideas,help, suggestions would be a great help..Thanks ALOT!

 

[Persephone87]

Why would you be doing macbeth? is it a Critical study of Texts module?

 

[my sharona]

For evils, i'm sure there are plently... Macbeth himself, the witches + Hecate, the war-ridden society filled with unrest...

Wouldn't the main theme be ambition..? All the ruthlessly ambitious characters in the play meet their timely demise...

 

[Jensta]

Yeah its a MODULE B: CRITICAL STUDY OF TEXT
its a pain in the bum but i gotta do it and its the holidays! :'( any more ideas duddeees...

 

[Jensta]

hey white rabbit..well .. wouldnt it be evil.. the drives the ambition? I would say that evil was the main theme..what do you other guys rekcon?

 

[Huratio]

Yeah its a MODULE B: CRITICAL STUDY OF TEXT
its a pain in the bum but i gotta do it and its the holidays! :'( any more ideas duddeees...

mmh, interesting, seeing that I'm doing macbeth in module a, and 'the crucible' in module b, ...

on the essay:
you could relate evil to the Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, and constitute what is evil, and what is not.. but this is a response I did on my essay..

 

[silvermoon]

well, we did macbeth in yr 10 and when we did the conept of evil in the play we referred as much 2 lady macbeth as we did 2 macbeth himself - although his major character flaw is ambition, he is a weaker character then her, she is MORE evil, but her sleepwalking and suicide shows she's not truly evil surely? also, with the supernatural: some say the witches are evil and of course the double double speech is the best example, however, i seem 2 remember there being plenty of evidence throughout the play 2 say that the witches are meant 2 represent fate rather than evil - more a world which is cyclic and cruel & indiffernt in nature, rather than outright evil (after all, Macbeth still had free choice...just made the wrong ones!)