Classnotes 12.11.09

12-11-09
English Notes: Justice and Injustice in Macbeth

Justice:
- Killing of MacDuff's wife and Macbeth's wife. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. Hammurabi's code.
- Everyone thought that justice was being served by killing Macbeth but really, just another life is being lost. (both just and injust)
- Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had killed many and so it is just because they got what they gave to others.

Injustice:
- Macbeth had to deal with such a tough life simply because he was a pushover. He had to pay a large price for what was a fairly small fault.
- Gets himself, his friends, and his family killed as consequence to one murder committed.
- Everyone thought that justice was being served by killing Macbeth but really, just another life is being lost. (both just and unjust)
- The human mind is easily manipulated and so, when Macbeth gets told by witches who claim to know all that he could be more powerful, it manipulates him to do as his wife suggests and kills Duncan.