IB Language and Literature

Life is but a Netflix queue Netflix recommendations for Lady Macbeth... All of the following programs are based off of a significant theme/plot point in Macbeth... murder.  The suggestions I've chosen all include murder done by a female character, done in the smartest, classiest way possible.   1. Heathers Heathers is one of my all-time favorite movies because of its twist on the traditional high school movie.  The character Veronica (played by Winona Ryder) goes from being a nobody to being popular, by joining the "Heathers" yet hates her new found status.  She meets JD (played by Christian Slater), who helps her confront the Heathers through, um, "unconventional" methods... these methods being murder.  JD and Veronica sucessfully perform and frame numerous murders, without being caught.   This movie is the ultimate Lady Macbeth recomendation because it mirrors many themes from the play.  Both include well thought out murders, so well...

Witch-Slapped: Macbeth's fall from grace 1. Why do people who are not "evil" take the first step into evil? What, for instance, is involved in taking that first step "down the primrose path to the everlasting bonfire" (Macbeth, 2.3)? What are the consequences of the individual choosing evil (particularly the internal consequences)? Use examples from the text to support your opinion. The character Macbeth goes through a drastic arch of development in the play, Macbeth , in which he goes from being a noble, respectable protagonist to the evil being who experiences a dramatic downfall.  This development did not come out of nowhere... it can be credited to a few key characters and events in Shakespeare's plot.  Although I believe no single person is born "evil", people tend to take actions towards evil due to external forces.  Evil actions are done to acheive a goal, similarly to all other actions.  The external forces come into play with in...