B1+discussion

Prompt - 2/14/08
Please post a response to ONE of the following prompts by start of class, Tuesday 2/19. You **need to use at least one instance of textual support in your response**.

You must also post at least one response to another student's posting by this same deadline. It is therefore a good idea to post soon to give others time to respond to your postings. Try to respond to postings which haven't yet been responded to, and feel free to respond to more than one student's posting.

Post your responses and reactions on the 'discussion' tab, above.


 * Is Macbeth motivated more by fate, his own ambition, or external forces? Explain your response.
 * Select a passage from the play and comment thoroughly & specifically on Shakespeare's use of language and how it ties into the play as a whole.
 * Can Macbeth suppress his tormented thoughts? How or how not? How will Macbeth's regime be different from/similar to Duncan's?
 * Discuss the presence of concepts presented in the "Great Chain of Being" in this play. Focus on the notion of a world out of order, of the cosmic consequences of Macbeth's actions.