comparing Macbeth to how many miles to babylon.

Naikon

Sorry if this question is a bit anal but, I have had no English teacher for the last three weeks and I am really finding it difficult comparing Macbeth to babylon and My left foot.

I understand them quite well its just I find linking Macbeth to the other two is not working particularly well for me, and to make matters worse I am covering the single text on my own as my teacher is totally incompetent and hasent covered the single text in a satisfactory manner.

I got a C1 in the mocks which I wasnt expecting, but I would like to at least maintain that mark with the comparative.

Anybody care to enlighten me?:D

Nehpets

Hmm.. well it all depends on what angle you want to compare them from?

Actually honestly I can't remember either of these texts!

Naikon

Did you change your texts?, I did and I am probably going to pay the price.:o
I was thinking mainly the general vision and viewpoint and cultural context which is easy with the other two but a bit tricky with Macbeth.

brianthebard

The themes you identify don't have to be identical in the three texts, identify one theme in a book and say if it is present in the other two, or not and if not why not? That sort of thing. Say in Macbeth, there is a bloodthirsty desire to succeed. In mlf this sort of emotion manifests as a desire to beat the odds of christy's condition. Arguably Christy succeeds because he picked the right way to do it, unlike Macbeth who fails. Something like that.

Naikon

Thanks for the advice brian:)

Nehpets

Naikon wrote:

Did you change your texts?, I did and I am probably going to pay the price.:o
I was thinking mainly the general vision and viewpoint and cultural context which is easy with the other two but a bit tricky with Macbeth.

No I've just neglected my comparatives! I'm ok on a theme/issue (I can remember from what I did in the mocks. Got a C1 too) but for viewpoint and cultural context I'm not up to scratch

brianthebard

Naikon wrote:

Thanks for the advice brian:)

No probs, afraid I've never read babylon so I don't know what to say about that, but its the same basic idea.

I was abandoned by my English teacher in LC too, the bint!

JBoyle4eva

OK, Im doing Macbeth for the single text but bsabylon as part of my comparative.

Anyway, you could mention that the relationships between Macbeth & Lady Macbeht ANd Alec & Jerry both fail.

You could also mention how both socities are corrput with violence and family life is very damaging.

Naikon

Thanks again for the help so far:)

cson

Are you sure Macbeth is one of your three comparatives?

Afaik, Macbeth is the stand alone text and you don't contrast it with any of MLF and Babylon

tolosenc

There are like 5 or 6 stand alones. Macbeth can also be used in the Comparative if it is not used as the stan alone.

MacB & MLF: Christy's mum encourages him & works for him to better himself (Dr. Cole & Wheelchair) and one could also argue that Lady Macbeth pushed Macbeth into doing what he did.

genericgoon

I suppose you could compare and contrast them all in relation to the wife-husband dynamic. All of them put a fair bit of focus on marriages and theyre all fairly interesting.Between Christy's mother and father, Frederick and Alicia and Macbeth and Lady macbeth theres a lot to compare there