English Literature / Unit 7 ENL 0616 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Macbeth
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The idea
Three witches prophesy that the Scottish general Macbeth will be king; urged by Lady Macbeth, he murders King Duncan and rules by further killing. Lady Macbeth sleepwalks, "Out, damn'd spot," and Macbeth reflects that life is "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow." It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy.
In practice
Prophecy, murder, guilt, despair.
Where people slip
Ambition, not fate alone, is the subject.
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