ENGL 339 Study Guide - Final Guide: Michael Almereyda, Gregory Doran, Kenneth Branagh
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Unnatural vs. natural: lady macbeth asks to be unsexed, macbeth follows the direction of witches, trees are used as protection. Banquol is who macbeth could have been. Macbeth was a good person: he had a reversal of fate. Banquol and macbeth are given the same temptation: foil each other. Lady macbeth is a catalyst for her husband. The husband and wife begin equal: macbeth attempts to save her by removing her from decisions. Q1 and q2 and different signi cant scenes: q2 is used for reproduction. Hamlet is 30 but acts like a child. Hamlet is not able at making a decision. Rosemary for remembrance, pansies for thoughts, fennel for attery, rue for regret, daisies for lying, violet for faithfulness. The 1948 theatrical release directed by and starring laurence olivier as hamlet. Medieval setting: hamlet is cruel to ophelia to protect her, olivier doesn"t want us to condemn hamlet for unnecessary cruelness, removes most of ophelia"s songs.
