Macbeth critics Flashcards
“The w_______ have a ________________ effect on us, giving the im__________ of mighty and in__________ forces behind human _____”
witches, supernatural, impression, inscrutable forces, life
Harold Goddard
“Macbeth defines a ___________ kind of ____ - the _____ that results from a _____ of power.”
particular, evil, evil, lust
LC Knights
“Macbeth is a ‘__________ play’, written in terms of a ________ _________. Its hero is worked upon by forces of _____ ……. and is brought to ____________ by his _______.”
Morality, Jacobean tragedy, evil, retribution, death
William Farnham
“Macbeth’s destiny comes from his c__________, his tr_______ _____”
character, tragic flaw
A C Bradley
[the play] puts us inside ______‘_ ____
Macbeth’s head
Michael Goldman
the audience is never alienated from Macbeth, they are encouraged to be complicit with him as he feels very deeply
[Macbeths as] two _________ parts of a ______ psychical ___________
disunited, single, individuality
Freud
Idea supporting the transference between husband and wife when she ‘dwindles’ into the helpless wife with sleeplessness, madness etc like Macbeth had; but he has become more authoritative - choosing not to reveal the details of Banquo’s murder
[final acts of the play] are shaped by _______ and ______.
nemesis, destiny
Moulton
inescapable
