Thursday, April 16, 2015

Macbeth Notes

-Great chain of being (Aristotle)
-God, king/ruler, down through social classes, servants, animals
-Gave us social structure where there often wasn't one
-"Fair is foul and foul is fair"= most memorable quote from the witches (contrast, paradox)
-Witches were agents of Satan, evil servants; witchcraft became a capital offense two years before play was published
-King was interested in witchcraft
-The devil was real during this time period; taken very seriously
-"Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day"

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