Hell Is Murky!

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HOST (George):
In Macbeth, evil rarely arrives waving a pitchfork; it arrives wearing a suit and offering a reasonable argument that elections are no longer necessary.
That’s how it works in public life—and it’s how it works in this play.

And Lady Macbeth is the clearest example.

Here’s the main idea of this episode.

Lady Melania - I mean lady macbeth -doesn’t begin as a monster. She begins as a person who treats conscience like a problem to solve.

Let me say that again, because this is the entire episode:

She doesn’t argue that murder is good—she argues that hesitation is weak.

Macbeth has brakes. Lady Macbeth calls the brakes “cowardice.”

And I’ll say it again—because repetition is the way understanding sticks:

This episode is about how people talk themselves into the unthinkable by making it sound practical.

We’ll follow Lady Macbeth through five key stops:

Act 1 Scene 5: she reads Macbeth’s letter and decides to push.

Act 1 Scene 7: she persuades Macbeth when he tries to back out.

Act 2 Scene 2: the murder happens, and we see who can function in the moment.

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