Jennevieve Culver’s Reviews > Lady Macbeth > Status Update

Two characteristic choices I wholeheartedly disagree with: Macbeth being a physically abusive, aggressive husband and Duncan being a man so old he’s on the verge of death

Don’t even get me started on how wrong it is to be leaning into the idea that Lady Macbeth is a witch because hey the concept of witches is so steeped in misogyny it’s beyond AND THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE TIME OF JAMES I AKA WITCH HATER WHY ON EARTH ARE WE SUPPORTING STEREOTYPES THIS ISNT EMPOWERMENT

THE PRESENT TENSE IS SO MUCH WORSE IN AUDIO

Back to reading this again for Abigail’s nonsense and it’s so bad the NYPL got rid of all of its print copies. So I’m relegated to audiobook in the present tense

and finally:
THE WHOLE POINT OF SHAKESPEARE WRITING MACBETH WAS TO CAPTURE THE JACOBEAN FEAR OF HOW UNCONTROLLABLE THE WITCHES ARE IF THEY CAN BE DEMANDED TO GIVE COUNSEL WHENEVER IT IS POINTLESS
This book just pmo it’s so stupid

Thank you for listening.

continued: (2) why don’t the witches deliver the thou shalt be king line. HELLO WHY ELSE WOULD HE BE COMMITTING CRIMES.
I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE RAGE I HAVE AT THIS BANQUO HATING FLEANCE PLOT LINE ITS SO COMPLETELY WRONGGGG

She keeps saying she must undo what she’s done but we know if her doing NOTHING so hey context would help.

continued:
IM SORRY LIKE WEAK ASS BITCH BABY MACBETH COULD KEEP THE WITCHES PRISONER?!?! (1) Lady M learns of the witches in a letter why are we erasing her ability to deliver the most iconic piece of gender bending literature aka her cunt unsex me here speech

Was forced to read this on a plane and of course had to document my thoughts so here they are from my notes app:

You mean to tell me I’m supposed to believe Macbeth keeps the witches locked up in a cave in his castle. 😐 The OG independent bad bitches. Don’t sully their name like this.
Feels like she was inspired by Rold Dahl’s The Witches while writing this and that’s off.

WHY IS BANQUO DISOWNING FLEANCE ITS LITERALLY SO ESTABLISHED HE LOVES HIS SON SO MUCH THATS THE WHOLE CONCEIT AND ISSUE THAT MACBETH HAS NO SON WHILE BANQUO LOVES HIS THATS WHT BANQUO MUST DIE “THOU SHALT GET KINGS THOUGH THOU BE NONE”
Why are they invading cawdor cawdor is supposed to be traitors in the war against Ireland and they rebel all on their own 😐

It is almost impossible to relate how unnerving and ridiculous it is that this is narrated in the present tense I just must request you all read an excerpt to understand.
Why are we spelling Banquo Banquho.
WHY IS FLEANCE HER LIKE MANSERVANT HES APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS OLD IN THE PLAY.
No handmaidens in Scottish nobility? Now we’re just lying.
Why does she not know how to take off a dress?