I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition, which over leaps itself and falls on the other. -Macbeth
Click play to listen. Recorded on November 8, 2008.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragedy of ambition, a quality valued in today’s society. Indeed, the play’s universality hinges on the ease with which we are able to identify with the “noble” Macbeth and his wife, whose shared determination eventually fuels their intent to murder the king to seize his crown.
A person’s desire for something does not necessarily translate into action. This lecture focuses on peoples’ varied and conflicted psychological motives. Macbeth’s main characters are psychologically analyzed, while finding parallels and comparisons to maintain a current context.
