Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Poor Old Lady Macbeth

It seems to me we love to project our thoughts of evil onto her and her alone .What about Macbeth himself - weakness he was. her strength we admire . In typical PC correct reactionary style a>professor Cheng at Princetown thinks he can redeem her somewhat - missing the whole point of placing yourself in the 16Th century -
The people of the day rejoiced in recognising themseleves in "the happy couple." Other outhouses at Princetown ( eg pysch) TODAY might also rejoice that someone (Shakesp) was not so religious as to stiffle our enjoyment of seeing others in the same predicament and with the same tempatations as us ( albeit less dramatic)too overcome
Chengs literal myopia carries absolutely no weight ( like most dramatic art of the moment) against Shakespeares pointed paradox - that evil is within us all ( eg Macbeths false admiration for something he doesn't have , but might have - mettle). She is no worse or better than her husband, just ambitiuos - ambition like mettle, has no internal moral value. Mistaken value systems are the depression pills of the modern west