Macbeth critical study of theme, character, or development of the play

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Write and submit a paper of 3,000-4,500 words about the play for which the Annotated Bibliography was completed (MACBETH) The paper will be a critical study of a theme, character, or development of the play, and will include a discussion of the play's textual background and source material.

Textual Background: Using Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition and other sources (if necessary), summarize in your own words where we got the modern text of the play you are writing about. Pay special attention to any differences between different original versions from which we get our modern text. Be sure to cite whatever sources you summarize.

Sources: Shakespeare got parts of most of his plays from other people's writings. What are the main outside sources he used to write this play? (Start from the information in the Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition, and examine the sources yourself, if you can). Summarize the information about where the play came from, unless you have a chance to examine some of the sources in detail. If you examine a source in detail, talk about your own conclusions.

Analysis: Develop an argument you will present about a particular interpretation of the play by analyzing a theme, a character, a plot development, etc. Make certain that your analysis is focused on one aspect of the play, craft an argument that you will then prove with your writing by drawing on primary and secondary texts, and avoid unnecessary summary.

Works Cited: Works cited should be annotated, but should not be included in the final word count. The final works cited should include at least 10 secondary sources that deal with aspects of the play.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the MLA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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Kathryn Wisniewski ENG-450 Amy Green 19 March 2017 Macbeth Annotated Bibliography Batson, Beatrice, ed. Shakespeare’s Christianity: The Protestant and Catholic Poetics of Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Waco: Baylor UP, 2006. Print. This text discusses the influences of religion, Catholicism and Protestantism, in three of Shakespeare's tragedies: Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet. The text does not discuss Shakespeare's personal religious beliefs, but instead focuses on the influences left by Catholic and Protestant traditions. Bloom, Harold. William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Facts on File, Inc, 1996. Bloom's Notes. EBSCOhost, lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true &db=nlebk&AN=38637&site=ehost-live&scope=site. This text gives a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas in Macbeth. Gamboa, Brett. "Understanding Shakespeare." New Criterion, vol. 34, no. 8, Apr. 2016, pp. 27-31. EBSCOhost, lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true &db=lfh&AN=114322320&site=eds-live&scope=site This text discusses a controversy over a plan announced by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to translate works by Shakespeare into contemporary English vernacular. Topics include the views of scholars John McWhorter and James Shapiro on the project, the importance of clarity in performances of Shakespeare's plays, and the importance of syntax in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth. Heydt, Bruce. "Fair and Foul Macbeth." British Heritage, vol. 21, no. 4,Jun/Jul2000, p. 55. EBSCOhost, lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true &db=ulh&AN=3095611&site=eds-live&scope=site. Profiles the Scottish king Macbeth of the Shakespearean play. William Shakespeare's use of Raphael Holinshed's `Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland' as principal source for his shortest tragedy; Manipulation of details to suit his literary purposes; Consequences of King Malcolm II's attempt to put an end to an old system of accession. Markidou, Vassiliki. "William Shakespeare's Macbeth as a Spatial Palimpsest." Critical Survey, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring2016, pp. 51-66. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3167/cs.2016.280106. This article analyses William Shakespeare's Macbeth in relation to its main spaces - the heath, Macbeth's three castles, Macduff's fortress, and the battleground where Macbeth perishes - in order to shed light on the play's use of spatial politics by outlining the function and significance of the concept of the palimpsest, while concurrently reading the play within a context that conflates Michel de Certeau's and Henri Lefebvre's theories of space. MACDONALD, JULIA. "Demonic Time in Macbeth." Ben Jonson Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, May 2010, pp. 76-96. EBSCOhost, lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true &db=lfh&AN=50330235&site=eds-live&scope=site. The article examines the theme of time in William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth." The author argues that Shakespeare used figurative and plot language in order to modulate the prominence of linear existential time, cyclical time and providential time in relation to one another. She also believes that Shakespeare used this strategy to map the temporal pattern of the tragedy, to represent the demonic moment experienced by the lead character and to render the so-called tempestive moment central to Shakespearean time ROYCHOUDHURY, SUPARNA. "Melancholy, Ecstasy, Phantasma: The Pathologies of Macbeth." Modern Philology, vol. 111, no. 2, Nov. 2013, pp. 205-230. EBSCOhost, lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true &db=lfh&AN=92686195&site=eds-live&scope=site. A literary criticism of the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is presented. It outlines the characters and explores the pathologies exhibited by these characters, especially melancholy, phantasms, and ecstasy. It examines the relationship between imagination, mental illness, and hallucination in reference to events such as the moving forest. An examination of how the perception of time may be altered by mental illness is also included. Shamas, Laura Annawyn. “We Three”: The Mythology of Shakespeare’s Weird Sisters. New York: Peter Lang, 2007. Print. The Weird Sisters, from William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, are arguably the most famous trio of witches in English literature. Shakespeare’s Weird Sisters are a complex trinitarian mythological construction – a unique amalgamation of classical, folkloric, and socio-political elements. This book is an archetypal exploration of the Weird Sisters; by examining this feminine trio through the lens of mythology, new insights about their significance may be understood. The ramifications extend from classical comprehension to twenty-first century pop culture observations related to female trios. Williamson, Kevin D. "Give Sorrow Words." New Criterion, vol. 34, no. 8, Apr. 2016, pp. 9-12. EBSCOhost, lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true &db=lfh&AN=114322317&site=eds-live&scope=site. A literary criticism is presented of the play "Macbeth," by William Shakespeare, noting the significance of performances of the play. Topics include the roles of order and politics in the play, sexual aspects of the characters Weird Sisters in the play, and the interpretation of the play in relation to U.S. politics since 2000 as a succession drama Wills, Garry. Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare’s Macbeth. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. Print. Witches and Jesuits, based on his Oxford/New York Public Library lectures, Wills again focuses on a single document to open up a window on an entire society. He begins with a simple question: If Macbeth is such a great tragedy, why do performances of it so often fail? The stage history of Macbeth is so riddled with disasters that it has created a legendary curse on the drama
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Macbeath, A Critical Analysis - Outline
1. Textual background
A. The Nothern Shakespeare edition that contains any information relating to
Macbeth was written in 1990 with the main writer, in this case, being Nicholas
Brooke
i. This version contained information that was present in the other sources of
information that had been present in the other sections of the play Macbeth
though in this case there was the introduction of some new characters who
were not presently in the initial book.
ii. The use of different charactes was at play
B. Fair and Foul Macbeth profiles the Scotland King as Macbeth in most of the
Shakespearean play.
i. This book bases on information written by other scholars especially
sources that were previously utilized by Shakespeare
ii. Information present in this text was manipulated to suit the literary work.
C. "William Shakespeare's Macbeth as a Spatial Palimpsest” investigates William
Shakespeare Macbeth about three major aspects.
i. These aspects include the Macduff fortress, Macbeth three castles and the
battleground where Macbeth is finally defeated
2. Sources
A. Shakespeare utilized The Chronicles written by Holinshed. This is the main
source of the story of Macbeth.

i. This plays contains different characters though the major themes in the
play remain the same.
ii. The main actors in this play are King Lear and Cymbeline.
B. The second major source of information is The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare
Macbeth.
i. Shakespeare dramatized the works that had been illustrated by Holinshed.
ii. Some similarities from Holinshed were incorporated in future books of
Macbeth.
iii. Holinshed described three witches as creatures as the Alderwood nymph
of fairies.
iv.

Shakespeare utilizes this three witches to predict the future of Macbeth.

C. Reginald 1 The Discovery of Witchcraft provided illustrative elements of what
was ideally associated with witchcraft.
i. This provided Shakespeare with relevant information on witchcrafts and
how it affects the society especially people who are in power.
D. Daemonologie written by King James provided views on why with craft activities
should be allowed in the community
3. Theme- Free will and Fate
A. Macbeath believes in the teachings of the witches and theefore believes in fate
B. Macbeth attempts to control fate by intiating events associated with specific
prophecies
C. Lady Macbeath convinces Macbeth to kill King Duncan through seduction

D. Macbeth has to balance between the values asociated with being a soldeir and
internal goals in life
E. Lady Macbeth is under the control of the withches and therefore resigns her free
will to the witches.

Macbeath, A Critical Analysis - Outline
1. Textual background
A. The Nothern Shakespeare edition that contains any information relating to
Macbeth was written in 1990 with the main writer, in this case, being Nicholas
Brooke
i. This version contained information that was present in the other sources of
information that had been present in the other sections of the play Macbeth
though in this case there was the introduction of some new characters who
were not presently in the initial book.
ii. The use of different charactes was at play
B. Fair and Foul Macbeth profiles the Scotland King as Macbeth in most of the
Shakespearean play.
i. This book bases on information written by other scholars especially
sources that were previously utilized by Shakespeare
ii. Information present in this text was manipulated to suit the literary work.
C. "William Shakespeare's Macbeth as a Spatial Palimpsest” investigates William
Shakespeare Macbeth about three major aspects.
i. These aspects include the Macduff fortress, Macbeth three castles and the
battleground where Macbeth is finally defeated
2. Sources
A. Shakespeare utilized The Chronicles written by Holinshed. This is the main
source of the story of Macbeth.

i. This plays contains different characters though the major themes in the
play remain the same.
ii. The main actors in this play are King Lear and Cymbeline.
B. The second major source of information is The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare
Macbeth.
i. Shakespeare dramatized the works that had been illustrated by Holinshed.
ii. Some similarities from Holinshed were incorporated in future books of
Macbeth.
iii. Holinshed described three witches as creatures as the Alderwood nymph
of fairies.
iv.

Shakespeare utilizes this three witches to predict the future of Macbeth.

C. Reginald 1 The Discovery of Witchcraft provided illustrative elements of what
was ideally associated with witchcraft.
i. This provided Shakespeare with relevant information on witchcrafts and
how it affects the society especially people who are in power.
D. Daemonologie written by King James provided views on why with craft activities
should be allowed in the community
3. Theme- Free will and Fate
A. Macbeath believes in the teachings of the witches and theefore believes in fate
B. Macbeth attempts to control fate b...