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Impossible grief: motivation and intention in Macbeth

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dc.contributor.advisorBuchli, Ines
dc.creatorWells, Ker
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-24T17:31:13Z
dc.date.available2016-11-24T17:31:13Z
dc.date.copyright2013-09
dc.degree.disciplineTheatre
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers the issues of identification and motivation in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Proceeding from the proposal that the play allows for a remarkable level of audience identification for the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, considering their heinous acts, reasons for this level of identification are explored. Two events referred to in the text of Macbeth, but preceding the time of the play, are identified as potentially significant motivating factors in the couple's actions: Macbeth's recent experience of intense battle, and the couple's apparent past loss of a child. Supporting textual evidence is presented in addition to third party research into the effects of close combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the psychological effects on parents of losing a child. Various staging and design implications, opportunities, and ideas that result from these proposals are explored with direct reference to the author's production of Macbeth in Toronto's High Park.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32644
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subject.keywordsMacbeth
dc.subject.keywordsaudience identification
dc.subject.keywordsmotivation
dc.subject.keywordsplays
dc.subject.keywordspost-traumatic stress disorder
dc.subject.keywordsparents
dc.subject.keywordsloss of a child
dc.titleImpossible grief: motivation and intention in Macbeth
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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