Renaissance and English Poetry
Does Macbeth reflect the Renaissance age and in what way?
Yes, Macbeth and the Renaissance are linked through Macbeths' pursuit of power within in the play. The pursuit of power through vile and bloody means was a big thing in the Renaissance age. If you wanted a title, as in King, to get it you either waited for that person to die or, as is what happened with most, you murdered and littered your way to the throne with bodies.
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1300-1400s: guild plays >cycles of plays which dramatized whole history of human
race (the Creation, fall from grace, etc.)
“Shakespeare’s characters represent such a vast range of human behavior and attitudes that they must be products of his careful observation and fertile imagination rather than extensions of himself. A critic named Desmond McCarthy once said that trying to identify Shakespeare the man in his plays is like looking at a very dim portrait under glass: The more you peer at it, the more you see only yourself” (294). In other words,
Shakespeare does not reveal himself in his plays; rather, he reveals universal truths about
human nature.
- Shakespeare was more interested in psychological truth than historical fact
⋄the struggles of “real” people
http://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/885/another_ppt_for_Macbeth_tells_voc_for_Act_1.pdf
How does the ending of macbeth meet the expectations of shakespeare's renaissance audience-including king james? Q:
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The audience would expect tragedy which was common at the time. This in particular was tragedy of miscalculation. Macbeth whom after taking the witches predictions to heart, along with Lady Macbeth, murders the King of Scotland, Duncan, and then goes on to murder Banquo who may threaten their power. This is a miscalculation because Duncan's son comes back with an army from
Yes, Macbeth and the Renaissance are linked through Macbeths' pursuit of power within in the play. The pursuit of power through vile and bloody means was a big thing in the Renaissance age. If you wanted a title, as in King, to get it you either waited for that person to die or, as is what happened with most, you murdered and littered your way to the throne with bodies.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_Macbeth_reflect_the_Renaissance_age_and_in_what_way
1300-1400s: guild plays >cycles of plays which dramatized whole history of human
race (the Creation, fall from grace, etc.)
“Shakespeare’s characters represent such a vast range of human behavior and attitudes that they must be products of his careful observation and fertile imagination rather than extensions of himself. A critic named Desmond McCarthy once said that trying to identify Shakespeare the man in his plays is like looking at a very dim portrait under glass: The more you peer at it, the more you see only yourself” (294). In other words,
Shakespeare does not reveal himself in his plays; rather, he reveals universal truths about
human nature.
- Shakespeare was more interested in psychological truth than historical fact
⋄the struggles of “real” people
http://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/885/another_ppt_for_Macbeth_tells_voc_for_Act_1.pdf
How does the ending of macbeth meet the expectations of shakespeare's renaissance audience-including king james? Q:
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The audience would expect tragedy which was common at the time. This in particular was tragedy of miscalculation. Macbeth whom after taking the witches predictions to heart, along with Lady Macbeth, murders the King of Scotland, Duncan, and then goes on to murder Banquo who may threaten their power. This is a miscalculation because Duncan's son comes back with an army from