Macbeth Character Analysis: Macbeth
Summary
TLDRThis video script offers a deep dive into the character analysis of Macbeth, highlighting the protagonist's initial heroic image and his tragic descent into tyranny. The analysis explores themes of manhood, ambition, and the integration of masculine and feminine traits within Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It delves into their psychological complexities, insecurities, and the consequences of their actions, ultimately examining how these elements contribute to the play's exploration of the human condition and the corrupting influence of power.
Takeaways
- 🎭 The character Macbeth is portrayed as a complex hero with an integrated masculine and feminine personality at the beginning of the play, which later becomes corrupted.
- 🗡️ Macbeth's bravery on the battlefield is contrasted with his psychological weakness and fear of consequences, revealing a deep-seated insecurity and a desire for validation from Lady Macbeth.
- 🧙♀️ Lady Macbeth is depicted as an 'Animus possessed' character, embodying masculine traits and exerting psychological control over Macbeth, pushing him towards tyranny.
- 👑 The theme of ambition in Macbeth is explored through the character's internal struggle between his desire for power and his moral compass, ultimately leading to his downfall.
- 🔮 The witches' prophecies serve as a catalyst for Macbeth's transformation, illustrating the dangers of unchecked ambition and the potential for self-fulfilling prophecies.
- 🤔 The concept of self-knowledge is highlighted as crucial; Macbeth's lack of understanding of his own limitations and strengths leads him down a tragic path.
- 💔 The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is a reflection of the 'Divine marriage' concept, where the union of masculine and feminine principles should bring balance, but in their case, it leads to chaos and destruction.
- 👶 The idea of the 'edible complex' is introduced, suggesting that Macbeth's actions are driven by a need to prove his manhood, possibly stemming from childhood experiences with a disapproving mother figure.
- 🏰 Macbeth's journey from a heroic figure to a tyrant mirrors the archetype of the 'bad father' or tyrant, showing the negative impact of unchecked power and ego on both the individual and the kingdom.
- 🤯 The play emphasizes the importance of heeding one's own psyche and nervous system, as Macbeth's and Lady Macbeth's disregard for their inner warnings leads to their psychological and emotional demise.
- 📜 The script analysis concludes with the notion that Macbeth is a cautionary tale about the consequences of ignoring one's true nature and the importance of balance in one's character.
Q & A
How is Macbeth initially portrayed in the play?
-Macbeth is initially portrayed as a heroic figure, a great warrior who uses his bravery and physical strength to help a good king preserve his kingdom.
What is the thesis of the director Trevor Nunn regarding Macbeth's character?
-Trevor Nunn's thesis is that Macbeth has a well-integrated masculine and feminine personality, which is later corrupted due to his own weaknesses and the influence of his tyrannical wife.
What does the speaker suggest about Macbeth's character in relation to Carl Jung's concept of Animus and Anima?
-The speaker suggests that Macbeth initially embodies a balance of masculine (Animus) and feminine (Anima) traits, which is a sign of a healthy and well-integrated personality according to Carl Jung's theory.
What does Lady Macbeth fear about Macbeth's nature according to the transcript?
-Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth's nature is too full of the milk of human kindness, suggesting he may be too compassionate to seize power through the most direct means.
How does the speaker interpret Macbeth's statement about daring to do all that may become a man?
-The speaker interprets Macbeth's statement as a definition of what a good man should be, suggesting that a man should dare to do all that is suitable for a man to do, but crossing certain bounds turns a man into a brute.
What is the concept of the Divine Marriage in relation to the play?
-The Divine Marriage refers to the union of opposites, such as masculine and feminine principles, which brings harmony and order. In the play, the corruption of this union leads to chaos and destruction.
What does the speaker suggest about Macbeth's psychological state in relation to his ambition?
-The speaker suggests that Macbeth's ambition stems from his insecurities and the desire to prove himself as a man, especially in the eyes of his wife, Lady Macbeth.
How does the speaker describe Macbeth's transformation throughout the play?
-The speaker describes Macbeth's transformation as a shift from an integrated personality with balanced masculine and feminine traits to a corrupted state where he becomes all masculine, turning into a murderous tyrant.
What is the significance of the porter scene in relation to Macbeth's character?
-The porter scene, with its jokes about male impotence, serves as a reflection on Macbeth's insecurities, suggesting that his bravado on the battlefield may be a compensation for his emotional and sexual insecurities.
How does the speaker connect Macbeth's actions to the theme of manhood in the play?
-The speaker connects Macbeth's actions to the theme of manhood by suggesting that Macbeth's quest for power and his violent acts are driven by his need to assert his masculinity and overcome his feelings of inadequacy.
What does the speaker suggest about the role of self-knowledge in Macbeth's downfall?
-The speaker suggests that Macbeth's lack of self-knowledge and understanding of his own limitations and strengths contribute to his tragic downfall, as he pursues a path that is contrary to his true nature.
Outlines
🎭 Macbeth's Heroic and Complex Personality
The script begins with an introduction to the character analysis of Macbeth, emphasizing the complexity of the lead character. Macbeth is portrayed as a heroic figure, a brave and strong warrior who uses his abilities to support the king and preserve the kingdom. The video encourages viewers to like, subscribe, and donate for PDFs. The original director's interpretation is highlighted, suggesting that Macbeth initially has a balanced masculine and feminine personality, which is later corrupted due to his own weaknesses and Lady Macbeth's influence. The theme of manhood and the integration of masculine aggression with feminine compassion are discussed, illustrating Macbeth's initial harmony of these traits.
🔮 The Corruption of Macbeth's Integrated Personality
This paragraph delves into the concept of the Animus and anima as described by Carl Jung, and how Macbeth's personality becomes corrupted. Initially, Macbeth is seen as having an integrated masculine and feminine side, but as the play progresses, he loses this balance. Lady Macbeth's influence is significant, as she is described as an 'edible mom' to Macbeth's 'edible boy,' suggesting a complex psychological relationship that drives Macbeth's actions. The paragraph also touches on the idea of the 'Divine marriage' and the union of opposites, which, when corrupted, leads to chaos and the breakdown of order.
🤬 Lady Macbeth's Dominance and Macbeth's Insecurities
The script discusses Lady Macbeth's initial dominance and Macbeth's insecurities, which are linked to his desire to prove his manhood. Lady Macbeth is portrayed as an 'animus possessed' character, displaying masculine traits that overshadow her feminine side. Macbeth's fear of his wife and his need for her approval are highlighted, suggesting a psychological complex stemming from his childhood. The paragraph also explores Macbeth's cowardice, both in his reluctance to kill Duncan and his fear of consequences, reflecting his inner turmoil and the struggle between his masculine and feminine sides.
🏰 Macbeth's Transformation into a Tyrant
This section examines Macbeth's transformation from a heroic figure into a tyrant, driven by his ambition and insecurities. His journey is marked by a shift from a balanced personality to one dominated by masculine aggression, leading to his tyrannical rule. The script suggests that Macbeth's ambition is a mask for his deeper insecurities, and his actions are a result of his psychological makeup. The theme of the 'wrong man for the job' is introduced, indicating that Macbeth's true nature is misaligned with his actions, leading to his tragic downfall.
👥 The Macbeths' Moral Awareness and Tragic Flaws
The script explores the Macbeths' moral awareness and their tragic flaws, which stem from a lack of self-knowledge. Both characters are described as good people who are in the wrong roles, attempting to do things that are against their nature. Their inability to recognize their limitations and appreciate their strengths leads to their tragic end. The paragraph also discusses the concept of the 'Tyrant father archetype' and Macbeth's passive-aggressive behavior, which is a form of cowardice as he desires outcomes but is unwilling to take action.
👣 Macbeth's Passive Aggression and Desire for Power
The final paragraph focuses on Macbeth's passive-aggressive nature and his desire for power without action. Despite his initial reluctance to pursue kingship, he manipulates Lady Macbeth into pushing him towards his ambitions. The script uses the metaphor of the 'poor cat in the adage' to illustrate Macbeth's cowardice, wanting the crown but not wanting to risk getting his feet wet. The paragraph concludes with a call to action for viewers to like, subscribe, and consider obtaining PDFs for further analysis.
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Keywords
💡Animus and Anima
💡Yin and Yang
💡Peripatia
💡Hubris
💡Divine Marriage
💡Edible Complex
💡Masculine and Feminine
💡Nemesis
💡Self-Knowledge
💡Passive Aggressiveness
💡Tyranny
Highlights
Macbeth begins the play as a heroic figure, a great warrior with physical strength and bravery.
Shakespeare's portrayal of Macbeth as having an integrated masculine and feminine personality.
The theme of manhood and the integration of masculine and feminine traits in characters.
Lady Macbeth's description of Macbeth as having a nurturing, compassionate side.
Macbeth's psychological complexity, including his insecurities and the influence of his wife.
The concept of the 'Divine marriage' and the union of opposites in psychology and society.
Lady Macbeth's initial masculine position and her role in pushing Macbeth towards tyranny.
Macbeth's transformation from a balanced character to a corrupted, tyrannical figure.
The idea that Macbeth's ambition is a result of his emotional and sexual insecurities.
The motif of manhood and its significance in Macbeth's character development.
Macbeth's moral awareness and his struggle with the decision to kill Duncan.
Lady Macbeth's psychological corruption due to her animus possession.
The concept of the 'wrong man for the job' and its tragic implications for Macbeth.
Macbeth's nervous system's rebellion against his actions, leading to panic attacks and psychosis.
The passive-aggressive nature of Macbeth and his desire for power without action.
Lady Macbeth's role as a catalyst in Macbeth's journey towards tyranny.
The conclusion of the character analysis, emphasizing the complexity and depth of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Transcripts
hi everyone welcome to Shakespeare
walkthrough Macbeth character analysis
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description for details not surprising
for a Shakespeare play the lead
character characters are incredibly
complex and there's a lot to say about
them look at all this is what we're
going to say about MacBeth then we get
into Lady Macbeth but as I mentioned
Macbeth Begins the play uh as a hero
he's a heroic figure he's a great
warrior he's announced early on as a
great warrior he's Brave and he's
physically strong and more importantly
he puts that physical power and bravery
to good use to help a good King preserve
his kingdom so the sergeant announces
for brave Macbeth well he deserves that
name disdaining Fortune with his
brandished steel which smoked with
bloody execution like values minion
carved out his passage until he faced
the enemy do you see so there he is we
all love him yay Brave Macbeth
everybody's praising him DC uh I my my
thesis and I think it's the thesis of of
the directors Trevor Nunn was the was
the original director of the version of
that that I think is the best version of
Macbeth it's the 1979 version and that's
these are all the pictures are from that
version I strongly recommend you watch
it and and I think that that we see
Shakespeare's portrait early on here of
a man that's that's got a well
integrated rated masculine and feminine
personality now if you go back and watch
my theme videos okay manhood I believe
is the dominant theme of of the whole
play there's a lot of themes there's 20
of them but this is certainly one of the
most important ones the question of what
makes a good man especially back in
feudal times when wars were were not
uncommon so how do you integrate that
masculine aggressive energy with the
more with the feminine side the
compassionate side well at the beginning
we see that Macbeth does have this
integrated personality it's initially
later on he loses it because of his own
weaknesses and his and his tyrannical
wife but we'll get we'll get there he's
going to unify he's a unified total man
there's a Harmony of masculine and
feminine so we just saw the masculine
down here
uh strength versus compassion the yin
and the Yang the Animus and the anima
now I'm going to talk a little bit about
this in this in this uh in these videos
uh the the Carl Jung identified that the
masculine principle in everybody as the
Animus and The Feminine principle in
everybody as the anima and I think
that's a cool way to think of it uh in
in the Far East it was the yin and the
Yang there's the yin and the Yang you've
got the feminine principle the masculine
principle but within the feminine you've
got the masculine and within the
masculine you've got the feminine and
that makes the total person DC and that
makes so much sense to me that those are
the best people if you're 100 masculine
you're brute if you're 100 feminine
you're just a squishy soft useless mess
do you see what I'm saying and I think
Shakespeare's saying the same thing okay
so this this and okay here's where the
here's where I get that Harmony Lady
Macbeth Macbeth sends the the letter to
Lady Macbeth saying hey hey I heard I
met these witches and they said I'm
going to be king Isn't that cool and
Lady Macbeth says yes it is very very
cool but I do Fear Thy nature it is too
full of the milk of human kindness to
catch the nearest way so what do we make
of this we've just seen this guy can rip
the heads off of enemies do you see and
yet we see his wife who knows him
intimately as wives tend to know their
husbands
describing him in these very feminine
terms milk is a universal symbol of the
feminine nurturing element DC compassion
and nurturing so he's got both he starts
off in a with with this integrated
personality it's really really
interesting how it gets corrupted is
what's interesting to see this does get
corrupted by his insecurities he's a
very very weak man as we're going to
discuss now uh his need now this is even
more interesting perhaps his need to
please his wife mother to prove himself
a real man now I'm going to argue here
that uh that that Lady Macbeth is an
edible mom and I I'm convinced that
that's the case uh and and Macbeth uh is
is an edible boy he probably had if we
could go back into his childhood he
probably had a disproving cold uh
removed neglectful mother and so
psychologically he's
for the rest of his life he's trying to
to to gain the approval of that
disapproving mother uh very very
interesting stuff
now here's another example I just love
this quote here's another example of
that of the integrated personality he
says uh when late when he he cowered in
a cowardly way he talks himself out of
killing Duncan but it's a it's a it's a
wise way too but but it's founded in
cowardice we'll talk about that and and
he and he says to his he says to Lady
Macbeth he says no no I'm not going to
kill Duncan I dared the wall that may
become a man who dares do more is none
now that's a that's a wonderful
statement of what a good man is and I
talk about it in the other theme video
as well I dare do all that is suitable
for a man to do which means this
save a kingdom from it from a from a
from a rebel who's who who's who's bent
on making it a wasteland that's a that's
the manly thing to do but who dares step
over those bounds uh becomes a brute and
is not a man at all so I think that's a
lovely lovely uh um uh description of
what a man should be uh it's it's a it's
also as I mentioned in the Far East we
have this notion as well Carl Young
talked about it in in terms of the
Animus and anima uh it's an old old
notion uh the the Divine marriage in
Romeo and Juliet it's it's the the union
of opposites heals the Wasteland the
cosmos can be divided into the male
principles and the masculine principles
and the union of those two principles
harmoniously is what makes your
psychology grounded okay and ordered and
and and and and harmonized uh and and by
extension it makes the whole world
better do you see what I mean so this is
an old old theme you can just you can
look it up the Divine marriage the the
Wasteland theme uh when when the divine
marriage gets corrupted when the mail
when there's too much male or too much
female it gets corrupted but when it's
working in harmony as I said the the
cosmos is working as it should be the
union of opposites dispels chaos
restores order to the Wasteland that's a
cosmic social and psychological Harmony
that's how comedies end the end in a
marriage for a very good reason it's all
these layers from from the from the the
individual psychology to the Social and
then to the cosmic that's how the world
operated that's how we saw the world
operating back in these days the
Macbeth's however are a corrupt version
of this that the same character in its
male a female corrupted components do
you see
okay so so yeah that's cool he starts
off as this good guy integrated guy
too much
I if you look at this I again go back to
my theme video I talk about this the
peripataya the parapatia is the reversal
Lady Macbeth at the beginning of the
play definitely starts off uh in the
masculine position she she is the one
who is calling the shots as I talked
about in my theme video Macbeth is
asking the questions well what if we
fail that's a weak position to be in
because you don't know what to do so
you're looking to somebody else like a
child looking to the father or the
mother for what to do what if we fail
and then she slaps back like a
disapproving cold mother or father but
screw your courage to the stick in place
we won't fail you wimp do you see how
cruel that is so she starts off
definitely in in this in this uh masking
position so is he as integrated as I
would like to argue
um not quite because he's got too much
of the feminine he is what Carl Jung
called anima possessed which means he's
got the the if you're male perhaps 70 30
masculine feminine if you're female then
70 30 in the opposite direction perhaps
whatever the percentage of the
percentages are I don't know and I don't
really care uh but if you've got if
you're a man you've got too much of the
feminine in you it's it it becomes it
becomes distorted so you're not living
your your true balanced self maybe it
should be 50 50. I really don't know uh
but again it doesn't matter anyway he he
is he is anima possessed he begins to
play in the feminine subordinate
position and ends in the masculine
dominant position so what happens though
is because he's got the too much of the
feminine in him as as he's working this
out throughout the play he becomes all
masculine instead of too much or all
feminine do you see and he and he
becomes corrupted in in and and he
becomes this this murderous Tyrant so
too much of one too much of the other is
not good instead of the integrated
creature we saw up here which is the
which is closer to the ideal man do you
see
uh related to the to the famine in the
week I mean classically traditionally
feminine DC uh he he is also cowardly
he's physically brave but very very
psychologically weak he's afraid of
punishment and he's afraid of public
opinion and he's afraid of his wife he's
terrified of his wife okay and so in his
great Soliloquy in uh act 1 scene Seven
uh when he's talking himself out of uh
of killing Duncan he says if only this
blow with the knife would be the be-all
and end-all here so if only I could just
kill him and then I wouldn't get any
consequences DC that's a cowardly way to
think that's why we love video games
because we can do horrible things in
video games without
without consequences cowardly right I
love video games by the way um and in
that sense I guess I'm a coward too
so here he is he's afraid of punishment
so that's a cowardly thing to be afraid
of and later Macbeth when she when she
reverses when she uh when her peripataya
moment happens she ends up fearful in
the same way but also
any perhaps even more importantly
uh he's afraid of public opinion which
is perhaps even more cowardly DC and he
says and pity like a like a newborn babe
will blow the horrible deed of my uh
killing Duncan into every eye so Duncan
was such a good guy that that my murder
will blow that horrible act into every
eye and everyone's gonna judge me DC so
he starts off in this in this I I would
like to be an integrated position but as
we see it's probably too much of the
feminine and here we see him uh being
quite cowardly okay so let's keep going
as I've already suggested he is very
very insecure I think because of his
edible complex uh emotionally insecure
physically so brave as we've discussed
but emotionally and sexually insecure
and and I I said I I argue this because
of the dominant theme of manhood as
we've discussed it's a motif a motif is
a pattern that's repeated throughout a
work of art and and if you if you go if
you if you do a control F and you find
how many times the word man is repeated
in this play it's it's it's a pattern
it's a pattern as as like those flowers
are just man man man throughout the
whole thing and so that suggests that
that all of the questions about what
constitutes a good man or a bad man are
are open and on the table and being
discussed by Shakespeare absolutely and
one component of being a man is their
sexuality like the same thing for a
woman
so when we get to the porter scene the
Porter is a is the comic relief after a
really really tense uh uh scene and he
he's he's drunk and he's joking about uh
human foibles and and and the corruption
of society and things like that and it's
it's really really funny hilariously
funny and one of the jokes that he makes
is about male impotence he says let your
research so that's lustfulness
lecturiser alcohol provoke so alcohol
provokes lechery and it unprovokes it
provokes the desire for sexual
engagement but it takes away the
performance now that's that's a
reference to male impotence and how
alcohol can can make us attracted to
women but it can take away our
performance uh sexually now again it's a
throwaway joke and fair enough if if if
if if somebody you know if a guy was
sitting in a Tavern and just joking
about these things you wouldn't connect
any specific meaning to it necessarily
but as I've mentioned because of the
motif of manhood and the repetition of
this it becomes significant and so it
reflects on Macbeth DC and so I do think
that he is incredibly insecure
emotionally and and sexually and so what
do men do in that case
they tend to behave like Monsters to
compensate DC and so maybe that's where
he that's where he that's what he does
with his sword DC he goes out on the
battlefield and he's so good in in that
regard and that compensates somewhat for
his his insecurities in other domains do
you see it's really interesting that the
male male psychology female psychology
to the females don't get away with
anything either okay we're all a mess so
don't sort of so don't think I'm ragging
on men uh edible complex I think as I
mentioned I do think he has an edible
complex he craves the validation from
his wife mother and he's too eager to
prove himself a man DC he's enthralled
to the to the to the Animus power to the
Animus possessed Lady Macbeth
he says after she slaps him down and
says man up man up and we're going to do
this and we're going to become king
he says he says he says wow lady bring
forth men children only for thy
undaunted medal should compose nothing
but males well your metal your character
is masculine is what he just said here
Carl Jung had it right she is animus
possessed she's got too much of the
masculine and that's corrupted her
psyche and and we're going to talk about
that when we talk about Lady Macbeth too
and that makes her a monster she's the
monster in the feminine form the the
feminine generally traditionally they
didn't use their physical strength to
become a monster they used their
psychological powers to become a monster
and and and monsters they can become
indeed DC it's a it's such an insightful
play uh Macbeth is one of my favorite
plays
um he is ambitious uh and and that and
that and it's great to be ambitious
everybody should be ambitious go go go
go go of course but uh dare do all that
may become a man or woman who dares do
more is none that's where you you go too
far in ibika and you you you you cross
the line into hubris and hubris is this
overweaning pride and overweaning
confidence and hubris always calls for
us and calls forth Nemesis to take you
down a peg DC uh and so so his his over
ambition his hubristic ambition is the
result of his insecurity I will argue
weak frightened men commit horrible
crimes D.C uh uh Street crimes too you
know humiliation go back and watch my
theme video I talk about the Shakespeare
talks about the origins of evil and one
of the origins of evil is humiliation
weak people not just men but people uh
commit Horrors and Men commit more
violent physical Horrors than women
uh so here's his here's his ambition
here gloms I've got that title Thane of
cador the witches called me that and
then I got it wow that's all happening
the witches also called me king and so
the greatest is coming up after the
Thane of Guam so there's his ambition it
does this this is this is where he hears
this picture here that's where he hears
uh uh the witch's prophecies then you
could be king dude and look at him he's
like a child he's like a little boy
mommy's Gonna Love Me Oh My Goodness
look at those eyes that's Ian McKellen
he's a great actor mommy's gonna love me
if I become king this is going to be
great
sad sad sad okay so what do we got next
more oh yeah this is a great page
morally aware lacking self-knowledge and
the wrong man for the job everything I
say here on this page is true of both
the Macbeth's Lady Macbeth and Macbeth
they're mirror characters by the way
they're they're almost they're the male
female
components of the same character and
they both have the aaronic the ironic
tragic flaw of being good people
doesn't that sound weird it really is
I've argued before uh in other places
that that that
he if you want to kill someone you got
to be a psychopath
because then you can then then you don't
feel it so you don't suffer you just
kill someone you walk away and say yeah
they deserve desire because I deserve to
kill you because I'm me do you see what
I mean that's what a psychopath is they
feel no remorse whatsoever now they they
both Macbeth's feel terrible terrible
remorse the tragedy of the Macbeth's is
the the tragedy of all tragedies I think
is a lack of self-knowledge being the
wrong person in the wrong job in the
wrong life trying to do the wrong things
which it all comes back to the lack of
self-knowledge if they had just stopped
for a moment and said you know what when
I look at Duncan I see a good guy
don't kill him because you because you
know he's a good guy and you know that
you're going against your own nature
when you do violate uh uh that that un
that instinctive understanding of
goodness DC so he's not a sociopath
which is too bad for him it's it's his
tragic flaw that he's not the sociopath
that he should be Iago from Othello
total sociopath
everybody dies his wife he kills his
wife doesn't matter
he'll go through life through the rest
of his life you know on without feeling
it no panic attacks no schizophrenic
crack up no nervous breakdown because
why would he he's got no nervous system
that's what a serve that's what a
sociopath is uh he does both Macbeth
have a strong sense of of what is right
and what is wrong and here he says here
uh besides this Duncan hath borne his
faculty so Meek hath been so clear in
his great office now this is again when
he's he's he's he's coward in a cowardly
way he's talking himself out of killing
Duncan so it is based on cowardice I
have to say but
even though it's based on cowardice
there is a recognition here that he is a
Meek guy he's killing a Christ figure
he's killing the benevolent God figure
he's killing Dumbledore DC if you kill
Dumbledore that means you're Voldemort
do you see and and and fine Voldemort is
literally depicted as a sociopath a
psychopath zero compassion all arrogance
all narcissism DC but if if you if you
can recognize that goodness do you see
uh uh and you do have a nervous
breakdown when you when you destroy that
goodness then you're not a sociopath so
definitely lacking yourself knowledge
they don't understand both of them they
don't understand their limitations and
they don't appreciate their own
strengths he's the hero for goodness
sake and he's just been rewarded with
new domains and new titles he's he's the
hero of Scotland everybody loves them
everybody in Scotland love Banquo and
Macbeth but that's not enough for him he
he doesn't he doesn't uh know his
limitations so the wrong man for the job
again JK Rowling uh I love all of her
her metaphor scores and personifications
and the Hagrid is a great one uh it's
it's the it's the calling Hagrid comes
terrifyingly knocking down Harry
Potter's door and saying come on you're
a wizard here's your path in life here's
who you are follow it now I've been
using this as a metaphor my whole life
about
um as a teacher
uh for for uh for a warning against
following the wrong Hagrid if you follow
someone else's Hagrid and not your true
Hager then you're going to end up
miserable when you're 45 years old and
or you're going to end up dead because
you've killed the king uh so the wrong
man for the job the wrong woman for the
job doesn't matter if you follow the
wrong Hagrid you're going to end up uh
tragically DC acting against the
dictates of your own psychic causes your
nervous system to Rebel your your body
knows now again if you go back to uh my
one of my theme videos I talk about
um the the psyche I can't remember where
I did this we talked about the psyche
the the tip of the iceberg is your
rational self
your body your nervous system is is your
true self and it tries to warn us with
with anxiety and panic attacks and
things so go back and watch that is
actually quite interesting or do the
research yourself so acting against the
dictates of his own psyche causes him
panic attacks and then the nervous
breakdown and and it goes into psychosis
that's how bad the nervous breakdown is
the nervous system knows so pay
attention to your nervous system pay
attention to your dreams too likely to
Macbeth should have okay so here he is
at the beginning he just heard that he
just heard the witches tell him that
he's going to be a king and with the
three you know this was true prophecy
one was true prophecy two was true and
so that convinces him that prophecy 3
will be true and so yeah you should be
happy right but he's not his nervous
system is rebelling here listen my
thought so whose murder is yet but
Fantastical shake so my single state of
man that function is smothered and
surmise he's having a panic attack here
and he's wondering it's like good grief
if this is actually good news why am I
reacting in this way well you're
reacting in this way because your
nervous system is trying to tell you
that you're going against your name
nature you're doing something that you
know is wrong and you're going to pay
the consequences for it Lady Macbeth the
same thing happens to her but it happens
to her much much too late okay so two
more things to say about MacBeth the
Tyrant father archetype and his passive
aggressiveness so as we've seen in human
Affairs we see the universe in terms of
of the the family Dynamic there's the
mother there's the father and there's
the child okay so the universe is is
constructed in in those terms very very
much so and so we've built into our
mythologies and our stories we all love
Harry Potter Harry Potter is not a
religion but we've got the we've got the
dominant we've got the Dumbledore father
figure that's the great father in
religious terms and mythological terms
it's the great father of the universe
which is a projection of our Joseph
Campbell said that that that myth is the
projection of the human psyche onto the
stars and that my human psychic is
comprised of what I encountered as a
child from the earliest age I've got my
my mother in her negative and positive
aspect and I've got my father in the
negative been positive aspect and then I
project that into my myths and my
stories and we see that in Lord of the
Rings we see that in Harry Potter the
good father the bad father well here's
the bad father there's a tyrannical
father so
uh the type so Macbeth obviously becomes
this Sauron
negative aspect of the great father he
he becomes the great father the king
that's what the king is it's the great
father in his negative aspect he's a
narcissist and he destroys his own
kingdom to support his fragile Eagle
that ego that's the definition of of a
tyrant and they exist in the real world
ladies and gentlemen they exist to look
politically look look look it's very
very sad uh and so here's a quote from
Macbeth he says from from so now he's
he's now he's stepped into it all the
way he's gone he's got he's gone Whole
Hog into into his Tyrant mode uh no more
you know the Beloved hero of Scotland he
is the Tyrant and he says for my known
good all causes shall give way that's
the voice of Sauron DC that's that's
that's a Mythic representation a
fictionalized Mythic representation of
what actually does happen you can have a
tyrant father in a family you can have a
tyrant father of a state do you see and
and and none of that is good
uh yeah so so in a weird kind of way
he's passive aggressive maybe I should
have put this up here with the with the
feminine with the feminine because the
the the the feminine
uh the feminine men traditionally could
be more simply aggressive uh but because
uh women traditionally haven't had the
physical strength to overpower men
they've they've become smarter they use
their they use their their their their
their manipulative intelligence DC
psychological intelligence to to to to
dominate if a woman wants to be a a
brute they'll be a brute intelligently
by by using words and and psychological
manipulations uh the Mean Girls thing do
you see uh so in in Macbeth again he
he's he's he starts off in in a in a in
a feminine position and and that passive
aggressiveness he wants things but he
doesn't want to move he doesn't want to
do anything so there's that's a form of
cowardice he wants things to happen but
he doesn't want to act and this is this
is very very it's very very obvious here
look at this he says he says well after
he has this panic attack he says wow it
can be king
but now he gets all afraid and he backs
away and he says well okay never mind
I'm not going to think about it anymore
if chance will have me King why why
chance may Crown me without my stir so I
don't have to do anything I but but then
he writes his letter to Lady Macbeth who
he knows will slap him around and say
come on man we're going to be king so
that's a passive aggressive way to
become king DC it's really really
insightful for Shakespeare Now Lady
Macbeth knows Macbeth very very well and
she says this I and again I talk about
this this quote in my theme video as
well Lady Macbeth says uh when when
Macbeth says no one we shall proceed no
further with this business
she does what he wants her to do he
wants her to force him to become king to
force him to do what he's afraid to do
himself DC so she says which thou have
that which thou esteem is the ornament
of Life the crown
and live a coward in thine own esteem
letting I dare not wait upon I would
like the poor cat in the adage
so we I know you want the crown but
you're going to let your fears override
your desire to take it so that's also
connected to the thought versus action
theme so go back and watch my theme
video again and she says like the poor
cat and the adage and that's very simple
understand that's the cat that wants to
get the fish but the cat doesn't want to
get its feet wet do you see what I'm
saying so that's a passive aggressive
kind of cowardice DC so very very
complex characters uh of both of them
and and now let's look at Lady Macbeth
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