Macbeth: power, conscience and theatrical form

What this note covers

1. Prophecy becomes an interpretive trap
2. Soliloquy stages conscience as argument
3. Lady Macbeth attempts to govern signs and gender
4. Blood, sleep and clothing transform
5. Public scenes expose private tyranny
6. Construct an argument about theatrical knowledge

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