Post-Colonialism

Post-ColonialismSinead Macauley

+Post-Colonialism in LiteratureTypically refers to the struggle for ethnic, cultural and political autonomyHybridityAwareness of imposed cultural or social inferiority on a colonised Subaltern classes: lower or colonised classes with little access to their own means of expression.

+Literal Battles in Macbeth:Act 1 -> Norway attacks (Thane of Cawdor)Act 1 -> Ireland attacks (Macdonwald)Act 5 -> Macbeth vs. Macduff and the English army and Malcolms benevolence and influence over the conquered Malcolm and Donalbain go to England, presumably assimilate into English culture to remain hidden

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+The Shakespearean DiscourseShakespeare and hybridityHow a subservient culture functions - Power and Revolution - InfluenceShakespeares practicality vs. the impulsive characters as the imposing and imposed http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-no-longer-unusual-read-shakespeare-through-372040

+The Shakespearean DiscourseArchetypal elements leading to expectations regarding themes and key ideas - Typical elements of his narrativeLady Macbeths double-mindedness

+Metaphoric ColonialismA metaphor for generic oppressionSub-cultures are imposed on by the majority or the figure(s) of authorityMacbeth and Macduff are dependent on the witches prophecy as they have great respect for themThe Jacobean society submits to kings out of the belief of divine appointmentAmbivalence: the way in which coloniser and colonised regard one another

+Metaphoric ColonialismLady Macbeth persuades Macbeth that he needs to be a manWhat beast was t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; and to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man. Act 1 Scene 7

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