Macbeth's Strengths And Weaknesses

Part Two: Macbeth Oral Presentations

On Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday the 11th we saw Shakespeare being charged with glorifying violence in his play Macbeth, this case was heard in the education Tribunal court. The context of the case being that the play begins and ends with violent battles and violent deeds run throughout the play. Both “good” and “bad” characters using violence to achieve their goals. The prosecution lead the charge with many good points such as murder is present throughout the play with the first battle and the killing of king Duncan, although the team has good points some of the witnesses seemed to have no relevance to the case. The defence fought the case well with good rebuttal and questioning skills, also good points the prove Shakespeare to be bringing readers attention to violence and the negative aspects of it. Both teams had many strengths and weaknesses within the …show more content…
The defence had a good opening argument outlining the points they were addressing and the future witnesses. The three witnesses they called to the stand has high relevance to the case and gave answers to back up the defences’ case. The witness Macbeth proved that he was glorified in the play not violence, strong questions, use of evidence and clear answers were given and strongly backed up the points that the defence were trying to prove. Although the defence has many strengths they also had weaknesses. The defence failed to answer a couple of hard questions from the prosecution and asked some irrelevant questions. The defence case surrounded the point of Shakespeare does not glorify violence, but rather brings to the readers attention how violence has a negative impact on those who use it, and how using violence results in numerous consequences to the individual. This point was very much supported in the evidence used and the witnesses brought