In Part 1, you’ll be guided through a detailed account of the story with commentary by Emma Smith, professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford. In this course, you’ll learn Macbeth’s story, explore the complex morality and psychology of Macbeth and his accomplice, Lady Macbeth, and hear the play’s key speeches performed and analyzed by world-class Shakespearean actors and literary scholars. Macbeth is a warrior lord living in medieval Scotland who starts the play by saving his king - only to then murder the king himself. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most concentrated and thrilling tragedies. “ Macbeth: A Modern Perspective.” Folger Shakespeare Library. New York: Random House Publishing Group, 2009. Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus and Gordon McMullan. Edited by Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Suzanne Gossett, Jean E. “Introduction,” Macbeth, in Shakespeare, William. The particular way Macbeth uses language to explore evil, conscience, and guiltĮpisode 1 - Macbeth: The Story and the HistoryĮpisode 2 - Macbeth: The Characters and the Questions The strategies Shakespeare uses to create villainous characters who still retain humanity and sympathy The story of Macbeth and the play’s structure and historical context
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