Monday, November 21, 2011

Macbeth and Scotland PA

Due November 28...approx. 200 words on one of the following:

1. Support the following assertion: when compared with Macbeth's crime, it is far less clear that Joe Mcbeth had the intent to cause his victim's death or that he was the direct cause of it?

2. Do the three hippies perform the same function and operate in the same manner as the witches in Macbeth?

3. Joe Mcbeth is obviously the corresponding character to Macbeth, but what is one important way in which their psychologies differ from one another? Is he more or less of a villain?

4. Pat Mcbeth is obviously the corresponding character to Lady Macbeth, but what is one important way in which their psychologies differ from one another? Is she more or less of a villain?

5. Have changes in gender roles caused the Joe/Pat relationship to function differently from the Macbeth/Lady Macbeth relationship, or is the dynamic between the couples essentially unchanged?

6. In what way(s) does Scotland, PA transmit a different moral message or view of the world than does Macbeth?

7. What is one of the less obvious parallel moments between Macbeth and Scotland PA?