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Macbeth

The Classical Mind

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The Politics of Macbeth

There's something about ambition, the role of ambition in Macbeth. There are reflections on what a good king is. And then also the way that treachery and conspiracy and evil have this kind of creeping effect where they can't be contained. Even today, the king and queen of England are the heads of both the Church of England, but also the Church of Scotland.

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