A feast is set according to rank - close to the king = higher status
Far away, low status.
The group around him is the very group he NEEDS to impress.
Macbeth is NOT entirely responsible for his actions because he is suffering from emotion and mental problems.
Lady Macbeth is the key part of Macbeth’s problem. She is the manipulator, she is the planner, she is the decider that leads her husband into his crimes. And, once they’re committed, she keeps him in line to keep going. The way she’s doing all this is by breaking the natural order and attacking the very things that make Macbeth strong.
Macbeth is being manipulated by external forces that are supernatural in nature.
- the witches misleading prophecies
- IF LM is indeed supernatural, then you could include her (but that would have to proven FIRST)
- demons, ghosts and vision
- being WITHOUT the guiding hand of God! (and yet, he is to be the Instrument of God, as the king)
Maybe, there’s an essay that could discuss how the inversion of the Natural Order has led to a complete chaos and destruction of everything, starting the king and going down from there. (how could you do this without just making a list? what would the “so what?” be?) Maybe this play is about keeping the Status Quo. Maintaining the Order. This play is kind of a warning.
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