Shakespeare - Macbeth

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Literature

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Macbeth - The scottish play
"The Scottish Play"

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Themes
• History of the scottish kings
• Play "fit for a king" (James I was JAmes VI of Scots, Banquo and Fléance as ancestors)
• Psychology of ambition
• Crime doesn't pay
• Fate or not?
• Poetic language

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Things to keep track of during reading
• Themes (previous slide)
• The role of Lady Macbeth

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