🗡️ Macbeth - Movie and Play discussion!

## 🗡️ Macbeth - ambition, prophecy, and the PR of guilt

Modern English available (side-by-side with original). Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFDhus02YnachOz86u7nNkT2t6jZ6NlC/view?usp=sharing

Short summary
Macbeth is what happens when a craving becomes a plan.
A prophecy lands. A couple starts talking like a boardroom. And ambition takes over logic.

This play is not “old literature.” It’s career obsession, status addiction, moral collapse, and the way guilt leaks out through your sleep, your relationships, and your paranoia.
To sharpen the conversation, I’ll also bring a short essay called “On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth” (Thomas De Quincey) - one of the best pieces ever written on why this play feels like horror.

The link to Thomas De Quincey Writing:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1flZQK8Z8klTVoe_NjR6vpx-gAAHowPxvIsJ2yh7ZT8M/edit?usp=sharing

What we’ll explore

• Prophecy as a self-fulfilling KPI - when “destiny” becomes an excuse
• Couple psychology - how two people can accelerate each other into disaster
• Guilt as a system - why it doesn’t fade, it mutates
• Reputation management - what Macbeth tries to control, and what he can’t

How we’ll do it

• 8-minute primer (clean plot skeleton + why it still hits)
• A few key moments (modern English) + De Quincey’s “knocking” insight
• Open floor discussion, guided so it stays sharp

When and where
🗓️ Sun, Jan 4, 2026 - 4 PM to 6 PM
📍 Central Library - Meeting Rooms - L4 North (492)
Cap 12-15 + waitlist