Anyone studied Macbeth?

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Can anyone say what points I should be focusing on in this question:

Discuss what we know about Macbeth’s character, particularly with reference to the closing scenes of the play.

Many thanks.

Ah, of course, GCacademic, the dancing trees clearly symbolic of Macbeth's impotence and therefore his inability to father an heir. All that erect wood... It's an inversion of his own inability to get it up. Not to mention the punning of "Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane".

This should go in Classics 😂

Thank you so much, I really do appreciate your input. I was suffering from analysis paralysis and could not see the wood for the trees - no pun intended!

Could I point out that Dunkeld, which is reasonably near to Birnam Wood, has a really good chip shop. Can't remember which act Macbeth and whatsername go to it in but I'd suggest op does her own bloody work and finds out?

He reconciled with his father in the last, very moving scene on the station platform. ‘Daddy, my Daddy’, suggesting he is ending his attachment issues in a concrete way.

the dancing trees clearly symbolic of Macbeth's impotence and therefore his inability to father an heir. All that erect wood... It's an inversion of his own inability to get it up. Not to mention the punning of "Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane".

On this point, it’s worth noting that Macbeth is one of the plays where Shakespeare’s sole authorship of the text has been questioned. Some scholars at the Shakespeare Institute have suggested that he may have collaborated with Sigmund Freud.

marvellous

This has absolutely cheered me up

Choking on my tea here 🤣

^ Out damned Spot^^

How they treat that poor little dog is a key indicator of Macbeth’s character imo.^

Compare and contrast with the positivity of 'lead on, McDuff!'

I thought spot was Data's cat in Star Trek next Generation? (digs in ancient memory of doing Macbeth for School Cert in another country … some what confused by sex scenes with Macduff - mind if you go to the Young Vic or cinema there could always be new updated adaptions!)

I like the bit where Macbeth talks about cheese burgers before shooting everyone in the head.

I think you should consider whether he has been neglecting to listen to Gardener’s Question Time. His slapdash nature, that is signalled in the first scene where he says he will reward one of his men but then forgets his name, is now his downfall. He should have double checked the nature of ambulant deciduous woodland with the panel instead of just taking the advice of dodgy women on the heath.

He could have paid more attention to One Born Every Minute and learned just how
common a CS is had he not busied himself murdering everyone else ‘s children

I disagree with the PP that this is a comedy: a man who meets his death as a result of his character flaw in thinking he knows it all is the classic structure of a Shakespearean tragedy.

If only he had bought s copy of the Radio Times.

I believe the rest of the quote you're looking for Ragwort is ...

"When shall we three meet again?

Well I can't make next Wednesday"

Although that might have been Terry Pratchett's marvellous character Nanny Ogg in "Wyrd Sisters". The two works of literature are very similar .

hang on a minute - what about Lady Macbeth = as usual wives doing wife work & being blamed …

I like the bit where Macbeth talks about cheese burgers before shooting everyone in the head.

Yes. It's interesting he changed the title of the play at the last minute from McBeth, the traditional Scottish spelling, to the Anglicised Macbeth.

Yes. It's interesting he changed the title of the play at the last minute from McBeth, the traditional Scottish spelling, to the Anglicised Macbeth.

Yes. It was going to be called 'Big Mac Beth' but apparently the extra three letters on the cover would have put the list price over budget.

“I like the bit where Macbeth talks about cheese burgers before shooting everyone in the head.”

Yes. It's interesting he changed the title of the play at the last minute from McBeth, the traditional Scottish spelling, to the Anglicised Macbeth”

“Yes. It was going to be called 'Big Mac Beth' but apparently the extra three letters on the cover would have put the price list over budget”

But then after he was crowned King of England sales shot up and they introduced the Royale With Cheese.

But then after he was crowned King of England sales shot up and they introduced the Royale With Cheese.

It was the marketing campaign that did it. Recommending them as an ideal funeral snack was inspired.

It’s hard to be the Bard.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hnI7yhIWGY

It was the marketing campaign that did it. Recommending them as an ideal funeral snack was inspired

It has define the genre of violent x rated drama ever since

m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYSt8K8VP6k

OP, I think we are all overthinking this and misleading you a bit.

When we examine the text closely it is clear that with his head on a pike in the closing scenes, any analysis of Macbeth’s character at this point can be summed up as ‘non existent due to death ‘, and your essay can be nice and short.

‘In my opinion, the Norwegian leather industry has no future,’