Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature #410
This week on Crash Course Literature, John Green is continuing to talk about Shakespeare's dark, bloody, Scottish play, Macbeth. This time around, we're looking at the play's characters operate,...
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Hi I’m John Green. This is Crash Course Literature and today we’ll be doubling, bubbling, toiling and troubling as we continue our discussion of Macbeth. Today we’ll be looking more closely at the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as well as discussing the play’s treatment of gender roles and its downer ending. INTRO One of the most remarkable things about Macbeth is that it presents us with a hero who is also a villain. As we discussed last time, when we first meet Macbeth he’s helped win a major battle for Scotland. The first time he’s mentioned, a sergeant introduces him as “brave Macbeth.” Being brave and winning battles were two of the major signs of Great Mandom at the time. And okay, maybe this Macbeth is a little violent;...
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Hi I’m John Green. This is Crash Course Literature and today we’ll be doubling, bubbling, toiling and troubling as we continue our discussion of Macbeth. Today we’ll be looking more closely at the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as well as discussing the play’s treatment of gender roles and its downer ending. INTRO One of the most remarkable things about Macbeth is that it presents us with a hero who is also a villain. As we discussed last time, when we first meet Macbeth he’s helped win a major battle for Scotland. The first time he’s mentioned, a sergeant introduces him as “brave Macbeth.” Being brave and winning battles were two of the major signs of Great Mandom at the time. And okay, maybe this Macbeth is a little violent;...
