Jaime: Hello, I’m Jamie Woodland, [leaning back in a chair comfortably, his fingers laced together on his lap]and today on Alice in Fandomland we’ll be spiralling down the rabbit hole and interviewing one of the greatest actresses of historic film of all time. With a PHD in history and just plain red-hot talent, today we’ll be interviewing Ivory Turner on her role as Lady Macbeth in Joss Whedon’s traditional adaption of Macbeth. Ivory: [Smiles] Thanks for having me Jaime. Jaime:
Ivory: Ivory [flicks head dramatically at her, then smooths out’s his hair as if he’s Danny Zuko] So you’re quite the Shakespeare nerd yourself growing up with both your parents meeting and performing in the Royal Shakespeare Company, in your experience what …show more content…
Rather, the society, which she was portrayed too was a strictly hierarchal one where women were meant to be submissive and obedient beings, raised to believe that they were inferior to men. Keeping in mind that only men acted in theatres at the time and thus, that Lady Macbeth would have been portrayed and played by a man, we can only guess how well her character went down in that society. She’s this smart, determined and independent woman and ultimately a complete contradiction of societal norms and this becomes very clear in the juxtaposition between Lady Macbeth and Lady Mcduff. While they never meet in the play, they are clear opposites. Lady Mcduff is introduced in Act __ scene __ in the original play as this pious, nurturing woman who loves her son and is overall comfortable with societies expectations and her position with them. On the other hand, you’ve got Lady Macbeth who not only convinces her husband to commit the worse crime there is at the time in the regicide of King Ducan where a king was the equivalent of a God, , but is also the one who devised the idea on how to do it in the first
Ivory: Ivory [flicks head dramatically at her, then smooths out’s his hair as if he’s Danny Zuko] So you’re quite the Shakespeare nerd yourself growing up with both your parents meeting and performing in the Royal Shakespeare Company, in your experience what …show more content…
Rather, the society, which she was portrayed too was a strictly hierarchal one where women were meant to be submissive and obedient beings, raised to believe that they were inferior to men. Keeping in mind that only men acted in theatres at the time and thus, that Lady Macbeth would have been portrayed and played by a man, we can only guess how well her character went down in that society. She’s this smart, determined and independent woman and ultimately a complete contradiction of societal norms and this becomes very clear in the juxtaposition between Lady Macbeth and Lady Mcduff. While they never meet in the play, they are clear opposites. Lady Mcduff is introduced in Act __ scene __ in the original play as this pious, nurturing woman who loves her son and is overall comfortable with societies expectations and her position with them. On the other hand, you’ve got Lady Macbeth who not only convinces her husband to commit the worse crime there is at the time in the regicide of King Ducan where a king was the equivalent of a God, , but is also the one who devised the idea on how to do it in the first