Macbeth's conscience

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To the reader Macbeth is more than simply a mass murderer and a tyrant. We have seen the inner workings of his conscience: his fears, anxiety, and even his suffering. This makes him, if not likeable, at least someone with whom we can relate. It’s much harder to dismiss him as a freakish aberration: he’s scary because we can imagine circumstances of temptation which could also lead us to a similar self-degradation.

Why do we have such fascination with murderers and tyrants, anyway? Don't we want to see something in them that helps us to understand their behavior? How can we explain our collective desire to understand appalling behavior?

Macbeth structure quiz

This is a reminder that on Wednesday of this week, you will take a quiz on the structure of Macbeth. Know the basic events of each act and each scene. Knowledge of the structure should assist you with regard to placing extracts from Macbeth in precise context when you take the Oral Commentary Assessment in March. The test will employ a matching format, and I promise I won't put anything too obscure on it.

Introducing Mr. Brandt's IB English Blog

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