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️ English Colloquium Summary - Shakespeare, Brexit, Global Warming, Genetic Engineering
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Historical background Life work & plays• Macbeth
• 1775-1783 War of Independence
• in Scotland Middle Ages
• 1791 2nd Amendment (gives US-citizens the right
• Act 1: three witches, he will be king and not // he write to his wife, he
to bear arms withouth any government)
will be king, but later Fleance, son of Banqo, will be king, he met the
• 1861 - 1865 American Civil War
witches
• 1871 Foundation of the NRA (National Rifle
• Act 2: king come to Macbeths castle, wife tell Macbeth to murder
Association)
king; McDuff show up and Macbeth & wife accuse the kings guards //
• under Obama movement for more weapon
sons of king flee
regulation
• Act 3: Macbeth is king, but feel guilty, order to murder Banquo but his
• under Trump presidency more weapon violence
son Fleance escape, Macbeth see ghost of Banquo
• Act 4: Macbeth return to three witches, say that he could not be
beaten by a born being, but Fleance will be king // Macbeth order to
American gun kill all family
• Act 5: Lady Macbeth commited suicid; Macbeth fight against McDuff,
Abschnitt 11/2
„culture“ •
but he was defeated, because McDuff was born by Caesarean section
Romeo & Juliet // A Midsummer Night’s Dream // Othello
Are American obsessed of guns? The world of William Shakespeare
• 300 million guns in USA, 35% of all weapons world great chain of being / society
• in the country side: Americans pro weapons, in the
cities with shootings against weapons
• GB as trading centre and colonial power of world
• tradition of serving his country and his home & self
• macrocosmos & microcosmos
justice; slavery revolts, inpendence war
• chain of being = hierarchy of god, angels, humans, plants, minerals
thre
Development today Role of women in the plays Eva
• central role, catalysts of drama and moving the plot forward
• shootings in the US in everyday life (Buffalo • b
• e.g. Lady Macbeth for Macbeths role and decisions
shooting, rassist shooting) • h
• society: no education in politics & economics, only languages and
• 42% have a gun at home, on the same niveau as in m
art; no emancipated right to make decisions
1959 with 50% // 89 weapons per 100 inhabitants • J
• stations bringing his weapons away
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