Macbeth by Ke Kka https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth en-us 2018-10-17 20:25:15 UTC 2023-01-20 10:31:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Style francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/294092419 The standard poetic form used by Shakespeare is the blank verse, also adopted by Christopher Marlowe; it is composed by five-accents iambic system (iambic pentameter). 
This meant that his verses, usually made up of ten syllables, with the accent on every second syllable, were not in rhyme.

After Hamlet, Shakespeare modified his poetic style, particularly in the more emotional passages of the tragedies, also emphasizing the illusion of the theater. This style was more concentrated, fast, varied.
In the last phase of his career, Shakespeare adopted many literary techniques: among these are enjambement, irregular pauses and considerable variations in the length of the verses. The works of maturity, are instead characterized by long and short sentences in sequence, from the inversion between object and subject and the omission of words, thus creating greater spontaneity.

In all the works there is the wit, a sort of literary game based on lexical subtleties. Shakespeare succeeds in making expressive tools the play of words, the oxymorons, the rhetorical figures, which are inserted to create contrasts between the elegance of the literary convention and the authentic feelings of the characters.
]]> 2018-10-17 20:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/294092419 Macbeth in popular culture francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/294093568 The figure of Macbeth  has appeared in many examples of popular culture.
There have been numerous literary adaptations and spin-offs from Macbeth.
Russian Novelist Nikolay Leskov told a variation of the story from Lady Macbeth's point of view.
Comics and graphic novels have utilised the play, or have dramatised the circumstances of its inception: Superman himself wrote the play for Shakespeare in the course of one night, in the 1947 Shakespeare's Ghost Writer. A cyberpunk version of MacBeth titled Mac appears in the collection Sound & Fury: Shakespeare Goes Punk.
I managed to find an allusion from Macbeth in a episode of Star Trek called "Catspaw." Three men are walking around and it looks like they're lost and it is foggy. All of a sudden, they here noises and these three witches appear. The witches said, "Winds shall rise/ and fog descend/ So leave here all/ or meet your end." What the three witches said was a direct quote from Macbeth and it was also said by the three witches in the play too. So, the allusion or reference to Macbeth is seen in this episode with the three witches and the quote they said.

An allusion from Macbeth that I found, was in the TV Show called Breaking Bad. Throughout all five seasons of Breaking Bad, there have been references to Macbeth. As a comic artist suggested, he believes that, "Walter White’s cancer stood in for the three witches that spurred him to embark on a life of crime." There is a ton of other references to Macbeth in Breaking Bad.


In the song " The King Must Die" by Elton John there is an allusion towards the play Macbeth. The reason why it is an allusion it's because in the play Macbeth, Macbeth had a prophecy for him to be king from the witches. The witches prophecy can true when Macbeth became Thane of Cawdor. After that, Macbeth said to him self that he has to become king and the only way to do so is to kill King Duncan.

The extant version of Macbeth, in the First Folio, contains dancing and music.
Macbeth is, with The Tempest, one of the two most performed Shakespeare plays on BBC Radio,
The play has inspired numerous works of art. In 1750 and 1760 respectively, the painters John Wootton and Francesco Zuccarelli portrayed Macbeth and Banquo meeting the Three Witches in a scenic landscape:

]]> 2018-10-17 20:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/294093568 A tale told by an idiot francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295058722 [Dunsinane. Within the castle.]

MACBETH:

[…] What is that noise?
[A cry of women within.]
SEYTON:
It is the cry of women, my good lord.
[Exit.]

MACBETH:

I have almost forgot the taste of fears.
The time has been, my senses would have cool’d
to hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hair
would at a dismal treatise rouse, and stir,
as life were in’t. I have supp’d full with horrors:
direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts,
cannot once start me.

[Re-enter SEYTON.]

Wherefore was that cry?

SEYTON:
The Queen, my Lord, is dead.

MACBETH:

She should have died hereafter:
there would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
to the last syllable of recorded time;
and all our yesterdays have lighted fools
the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player,
that struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
and then is heard no more: it is a tale
told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing.


Macbeth (1606), ACT V, SCENE V
]]> 2018-10-20 09:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295058722 Analysis francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295059083 This extract can be divided into two parts: Macbeth's change since the beginning of the play (lines 1-7) and Macbeth's reaction to his wife's death (lines 8-23).
We have some alliteration (the repetition of the "f" - line 3 - , "h" - line 5 - , "p" - line 15 - ). The terms blood, horror, slaughterous are the most frequently used words in the play, repeated more than a hundred times.  Darkness characterises the whole play, the sun shines only twice and the darkness of the night is interrupted only by the flashes which light up horrible scenes painted in red the colour of blood.  There is another important theme: that of "time" (lines 14-16). Time progresses in a way that is pre-ordained, then whatever action we perform with the intention of changing the future can only be one of the necessary steps in arriving exactly at the future. This theme is associated with some images concerned with "growth": babies, seeds, plants, trees. 
In this extract, Macbeth is addressing to the audience but also to himself. The technique used in the first part is the soliloquy (the character is alone on the stage); in the second part we have the most famous monologue of the whole play ( the character makes a speech in the presence of Seyton). 
Macbeth's tone is indifferent, cynical and resigned. When you read it, it almost sounds like a brutal tone.
 His response segues quickly into a speech of such pessimism and despair and the audience realizes how completely his wife’s passing and the ruin of his power have undone Macbeth. His speech insists that there is no meaning or purpose in life. Rather, life “is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.” One can easily understand how, with his wife dead and armies marching against him, Macbeth succumbs to such pessimism. Yet, there is also a defensive and self-justifying quality to his words. If everything is meaningless, then Macbeth’s awful crimes are somehow made less awful, because, like everything else, they too “signify nothing.” 
In the last part, Macbeth compares life to an ineffectual actor. This metaphor is important because it exemplifies his fatalistic tendencies as well as his apathy for his wife's death.
In other words, life is meaningless. It is lasts for a brief time and Is full of “sound and fury”, but in the end, nothing lasts. Life, a “walking shadow”, something inconsequential, really doesn’t amount to anything. Macbeth is realizing that all his machinations to become king and to keep the throne have come to nothing. He “made a lot of noise” and created quite a story, fought quite a battle, but in the end, nothing is to come of it.

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]]> 2018-10-21 12:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295173810 A tale told by an idiot francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295173955 2018-10-21 12:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295173955 Iambic pentameter? francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295174263 2018-10-21 12:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295174263 francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295174469 2018-10-21 12:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295174469 francesca_muliere https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295176227 2018-10-21 13:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295176227 Macbeth characters analysis https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295176391 Macbeth - Macbeth is a Scottish general  who is led to wicked thoughts by the predictions of the three witches, especially after their prediction that he will be made thane of Cawdor comes true. Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not a virtuous one. He is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne, and once he commits his first crime and is crowned King of Scotland, he makes further atrocities with increasing ease. Macbeth proves himself better suited to the battlefield, because he lacks the skills necessary to rule without being a tyrant. His response to every problem is violence and murder. Macbeth is never comfortable in his role as a criminal and he is unable to bear the psychological consequences of his atrocities.

Lady Macbeth -  Macbeth’s wife, a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. Early in the play she seems to be the stronger and more ruthless of the two, as she urges her husband to kill Duncan and take the crown. After the bloodshed begins, however, Lady Macbeth falls victim to guilt and madness to an even greater degree than her husband. Her conscience affects her so much that she commits suicide. She and Macbeth are presented as being deeply in love, their alienation from the world, occasioned by their partnership in crime, seems to strengthen the attachment that they feel to each another.

The Three Witches -  Three whitches who plot against Macbeth using charms and spells. Their predictions push him to murder Duncan, to order the deaths of Banquo and his son, and to blindly believe in his own immortality. We know little about their place in the cosmos. In some ways they resemble the mythological Fates, who impersonally weave the wires of human destiny. They clearly take a perverse pleasure in using their knowledge of the future to destroy human beings.

Banquo - The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prediction, will inherit the Scottish throne. Like Macbeth, Banquo thinks ambitious thoughts, but he does not translate those thoughts into action.

King Duncan - The good King of Scotland whom Macbeth murders. Duncan is the model of a virtuous, benevolent ruler. His death symbolizes the destruction of an order in Scotland that can be restored only when Duncan’s line, in the person of Malcolm, once more occupies the throne.

Macduff - A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start. He eventually becomes a leader of the crusade to unseat Macbeth. The crusade’s mission is to place the rightful king, Malcolm, on the throne, but Macduff also desires revenge for the murder of his wife and young son.

Malcolm - The son of Duncan, whose restoration to the throne signals Scotland’s return to order following Macbeth’s reign of terror. ]]> 2018-10-21 13:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295176391 https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295179110 2018-10-21 13:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295179110 Let's get closer: Lady Macbeth https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295182305 Women in literature are repeatedly boxed into roles describing them as weak and without power. In the case of Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the character is wrought with intelligence, ambition, and fortitude, which are qualities that are typically ascribed to male characters. Lady Macbeth is a woman who is not afraid to take control of a crowded dinner party full of powerful statesmen. She exhibits a compelling drive that moves her forward as a character and moves her husband’s actions in order to achieve greatness at whatever costs. Lady Macbeth actively embodies the ideals and characteristics ascribed to other male characters throughout the play. It is evident that Macbeth is aware of the power that Lady Macbeth wields and her influence over him because he doesn’t hesitate to ask her for advices, she is not only a lover but the instigator behind Macbeth’s actions.]]> 2018-10-21 14:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295182305 https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295184178 “Lady Macbeth” is based not on the iconic Shakespearean character but on Nikolai Leskov’s Russian novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk,” which tackled the ways in which the female spirit could be suffocated in the 19th century, particularly in rural communities.

At just 17, Katherine is being forced into a marriage with a man more than twice her age whose wealthy father has purchased Katherine along with a plot of land. Katherine’s sole purpose is to provide an heir, but it’s clear from the couple’s cold, sexless wedding night that’s going to be a challenge. Refusing to be broken in spirit, she retreats first into dreary sleepiness, then drinking, then taking an interest in Sebastian, the young estate worker. ]]> 2018-10-21 14:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295184178 Plot alessia_mulas https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295184235 Macbeth is a famous tragedy of William Shakespeare, focused on the figure of Macbeth. In the tragedy, Shakespeare develops the themes of the human ambition and the thirst for power and the consequences of human actions.

 This play tells about Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, who was coming back from an important battle with his friend Banquo against the Thane of Cawdor, and met three witches who predicted him that he would become Thane of Cawdor and then King. 
First he didn’t believe the witches but when on his return King Duncan made him Thane of Cawdor he made up his mind. 
So he invited Duncan to have dinner at his home, and that same night he killed him, with the help of his wife, blaming the King’s guardians for the murder. 
Malcolm and Donalbain, the two sons of Duncan ran away from Scotland fearing for their lives. 
Then Macbeth became King but life wasn’t easy for him because Duncan’s sons, helped by Mac Duff, Thane of Scotland, and other English noblemen declared war on Macbeth for the control of the Scotland. 
The witches had foretold this event to Macbeth saying: «When the wood will move against you, then you’ll be over and you’ll be killed by a man not born from a woman». That man was MacDuff whose wife and son were killed in behalf of Macbeth because he was born by a Caesarean birth. 
The moving wood was MacDuff’s army whose men had taken branches from the trees to disguise themselves. 
In the end Lady Macbeth went mad and committed suicide. 
MacDuff killed Macbeth and Malcolm became King of Scotland. 




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SECOND ACT: Duncan is murdered and the blame is put on the King's drunk severants who slept outside the room. The King's sons leave Macbeth's castle, fearing for their lives. Macbeth is now on the thron, but Macduff and Banquo suspect him.

THIRD ACT: Macbeth does not feel safe because the prophecy is for the throne to fall to heirs of Banquo. He decides to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance; but Fleance escapes and Banquo's ghost haunts Macbeth.

FOURTH ACT: The three witches warn Macbeth to beware of Macduff: this will lead to the murder of Macduff's wife and children. The witches also predict thet Macbeth will be safe as long as Birnam Wood does not move towards him.

FIFTH ACT: This act opens with the sight of Lady Macbeth's madness: she walks in her sleep try to wash away Duncan's blood from her hands. Meanwhile Malcolm, Duncan's son, is marching into Scotland with an army. His soldiers cut branches from the trees of Birnam Wood to advance on the castle hidden behind the leaves. Macbeth is alone because all the Lords have allied with Malcolm, who represents order and stability. Macduff kills Macbeth. The play ends with Macduff carrying Macbeth's head and proclaiming Malcolm king of Scotland.]]> 2018-10-21 15:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295190349 Biography https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295195881  
William Shakespeare was born at Stratfort on Avon in April 1564. 
His father was a yeoman, a successful tradesman until he met financial difficulties. 
William was the eldest son and he attended the local grammar school which gave him a good base in the use of language. 
He married Anne Hathaway at only eighteen, the girl was twenty-six and pregnant with their daughter.

In 1584 he went to London, where he first experienced the playhouse, and his admirable wit soon distinguished him as an excellent writer. When the theatres closed because of the plague, Shakespeare got support from a young nobleman, to whom he dedicated his poems. When the theatres reopened he became the playwright of the most successful company of actors in London. 
His company built the Globe Theatre, where most of his plays were performed. Between 1590/96 he wrote  historycal dramas, and he put onto the stage ten comedies.
The great tragedies were written between 1595/1605.
He died when he was 52 years old and was buried in the local church, and after his death some of his friends published an edition of thirty-six of the plays in one volume: First Folio.
 
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William was not the only Shakespeare working in the playhouses of London.
At some point, William’s younger brother Edmund followed him down to London. Edmund is one of those intriguing characters in history whose name appears in one or two documents and then disappears from view. We have therefore only the barest details of his short life.

One of his children died.
 After the birth of Susanna, Hathaway gave birth to twins – Judith and Hamnet – in 1585. Hamnet sadly died aged 11 in August 1596. 
 

Shakespeare was turned to sonnets because of one plague.
 He only stopped writing plays and turned to sonnets because of the plague that caused a shutdown of all play houses. Finally, something beneficial to come from the plague. 

 

Shakespeare was not an Elizabethan playwright.
Calling Shakespeare an Elizabethan playwright is actually incorrect. The majority of his plays were written after Queen Elizabeth’s death making him a Jacobean writer. 



]]> 2018-10-21 16:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295197252 Some curiosities about Macbeth. https://padlet.com/francesca_muliere/Macbeth/wish/295201672 The Scottish drama.
Actors think that this tragedy is unmentionable and often they call it “The Scottish drama”.
The word Macbeth it’s a big taboo in modern theatres, because through the years during Macbeth performances, many accidents happened. Also for Lady Macbeth’s figure.
Play Lady Macbeth’s role it’s like to end own career because lots of actor after their interpretation died.

15th August 1057
Macbeth died on August 15, 1057, 17 years to the day since becoming King after being fatally wounded at the battle at Lumphanan.

The real names 
 Lady Macbeth’s real name was Gruoch and Macbeth’s was Mac Bethad mac Findlaích.


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