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Borrow'd Robes: Honour & Reputation in Macbeth
Throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare presents ideas about honour and reputation that greatly contribute to Macbeth’s struggle with good and...
Miss Sofo
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Hungry Horses: A Guide to Surviving Tyranny
The One Where Ross Keeps his Paws Dry Ambition is not simply the purview of the scheming Macbeths in Shakespeare’s play. Everybody’s at...
Miss Sofo
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Witchfinder: A Brief History of James I's Accession
When Shakespeare first presented Macbeth, a mere year after the foiling of The Gunpowder Plot, he took a gamble. Ever the businessman...
Miss Sofo
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Eve Was Framed: The Conflict of Gender Expectation in Macbeth
Was Shakespeare a feminist? In the modern sense - absolutely not. Even though he wrote iconic parts for women and there is no evidence...
Miss Sofo
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Pulling Strings: The Ambiguous Matter of Manipulation in Macbeth (Part 1)
Part One: Queens and Other Weird Sisters When considering the balance of power between the characters in Macbeth, it could be assumed...
Miss Sofo
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Baby James: The Toddler King of Scotland
So we all know Shakespeare wrote ‘Macbeth’ for King James I. We all probably know that James wrote a book about witchcraft called...
Sam Reynolds
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Macbeth’s 3 Weird Sisters and their 3 Wonderful Pets
When we think of a witch and her pet, I’m guessing most of us go straight to a black cat. This stereotype comes from a way more...
Sam Reynolds
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