![]() It doesn’t matter whether it’s a true prophesy or just a con, they find a way to point Macbeth at something and say “this is what you want. He’s aimless without an heir to pass anything onto. The thing is, he’s not fighting out of some patriotism or desire to be a warrior, he just needs something to do. So this skilled warrior, possessed with an inner fury few men could contest with, mows a bloody path through the battlefield. Think like Barry on HBO, he doesn’t love killing people, but he is quite gifted at it. On the other hand, he’s Macbeth, and apparently just really fucking good at killing people. I don’t think he was trying to die, per se, but I think he was also putting himself in a very dangerous position. The first thing said about Macbeth is how he charged into battle with “no regard to fortune” meaning he was being reckless. Macbeth doesn’t know what to do, and vents his shit in battle. They both feel terrible, that they are responsible for the heartbreak of their partner, and that they need to give something to the other to begin to make amends. They see a couple who have not been able to have a child, other than the one that died, and clearly neither of them are exactly healthy processors of emotions. That’s what the witches and Hecate see for themselves in that. However, there is no child of theirs in the show, which leads me to believe the child died young probably right before Macbeth left for war. Why are the witches and Hecate so concerned with Macbeth and Lady M anyways? Well if you listen to the couple talking early in the show, Lady M mentions having “given suck” meaning she has nursed her infant. It’s also after this that Lady M begins sleepwalking. That’s when he gets the additional prophesies about how no man of woman born could kill him and birnamwood marching on Dunsinane. It’s only after Hecate directly intervenes that things really go south for Macbeth. She says that the witches behaved foolishly, because Macbeth is king out of love for his wife, not the witches. One of the most frequently cut sections of Macbeth is a scene where the witches are visited by Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, the night, and necromancy, to scold them for intervening with Macbeth without consulting her whatsoever. So if Macbeth is too nice to consider murder, and his wife has to beg the darkest of sorcery to block her from any remorse, then why on earth are they even trying to do this? What’s the point? This is why I like to look at the story of Macbeth from the perspective of the witches. She knows that he’s so kindhearted, the only way he’ll do it, is if she is an unflinching wall of assurance that the murder must happen. When Lady M gets the letter from her husband, her only concern is that Mac is “too kind” to seize his own destiny. They focus on the “unseaming from the nave to the chops” and assume he must be this crazy macho, aggressive, natural force of violence and death. I’ve seen Macbeth on film, filmed on stage, onstage professionally, and non professionally, and every single time, Macbeth is this sullen, grave, bloodthirsty war monger from the very beginning. My problem, genuinely, is how Macbeth as a character is portrayed. I think, if done really well, Macbeth seems like an oddly medieval and truncated play of Breaking Bad, as we watch Mac increasingly accelerate his downward spiral. I think Macbeth, as a play, is fucking phenomenal. This is not that place.Īlright, I haven’t had anywhere to vent this until now so here goes. There are a number of other subs that discuss the various theories that someone other than the man from Stratford wrote the works attributed to William Shakespeare. Shakespeare may have been a master at murdering people with words, but as the late, great Chadwick Boseman said, "We don't do that here." Keep it civil, please. Homework questions that fail to meet these requirements will be removed. Don't just drop the question and come back later looking for the answer. We appreciate when you stick around and get involved in the discussion, also. Please bring your own work to the party, showing us what effort you've already made to answer the question, rather than just copying the question straight from your assignment. If you're here looking for homework help, please flair your question as such. Please read and respect the rules surrounding homework questions! The Rules ![]() From academic takes on iambic pentameter to picking out the dirty jokes, there's always space for you here. Welcome to reddit's premier Shakespearean subreddit! Here we can discuss the Bard, his greatness, his works and his life! A community for Shakespeare enthusiasts the world over, no matter your age, language, or experience level.
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