“by the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes ”
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“By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes ”. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Some of the QUESTIONS …. Can one selfish act affect our entire lives? Why are people obsessed with power ? Who in today’s society is obsessed with power? Is it bad to be too ambitious ? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Can one selfish act affect our entire lives?
Why are people obsessed with power? Who in today’s society is obsessed with power?
Is it bad to be too ambitious? What is evil? Where does it come
from? Why does it exist?
Ruled Scotland in 1040 Defeated King Duncan
(young, weak, and arrogant) in battle
Enraged many lords and princes by violating Scottish law and naming his young child, Malcolm, to rule after him
Wife not really in the picture
Ruled for 17 years A capable and wise
monarch
Ruled for a very short time
King Duncan is old and wise
Duncan is murdered in his sleep
Lady Macbeth is his partner in crime
Macbeth is evil and ambitious—an unwise monarch
Actors have died—1st night, actor playing Macbeth became ill and later died.
Actors have been seriously hurt Actors have gone insane—Lady Macbeth in 1700’s
suffered a seizure and never was the same again 1672 performance in Amsterdam, real dagger
accidentally used killing the actor playing Duncan 1937 Laurence Olivier’s sword broke and flew into the
audience hitting a man who promptly died of a heart attack
An actress playing Lady Macbeth fell 20 ft in sleepwalking scene
Sir John Gielgud’s 1942 presentation marred by FOUR deaths: actor playing Duncan, two actors playing witches, and the suicide of the production’s designer
Charlton Heston, 1953 suffered severe burns when his robe caught fire
Theatres have caught fire