Daily Journal · Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Mac Bethad mac Findláich (the real Macbeth) killed King Duncan I in August of 1040 at a battle near Elgin Morayshire (BBC). Mac Bethad mac Findláich went on to rule Scotland for fourteen years.
Today's Work · Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Macbeth Written Exam TOMORROW!
Week 6 & 7 texts:
Dillon, Janette. “Chapter 9: Macbeth.” The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare’s Tragedies, Cambridge University Press, 2007. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=189312&site=ehost-live
Lemon, Rebecca. “Sovereignty and Treason in Macbeth" Macbeth: New Critical Essays, edited by Nick Moschovakis, Routledge, 2008, pp. 73-87 EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=219576&site=ehost-live.
Calhoun, Howell V. “James I And The Witch Scenes In ‘Macbeth.’” The Shakespeare Association Bulletin, vol. 17, no. 4, 1942, pp. 184–189. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23675195. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021.
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Crawford, A. W. “The Apparitions in Macbeth.” Modern Language Notes, vol. 39, no. 6, 1924, pp. 345–350. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2914653. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021.
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Fox, Michael David. “Like a Poor Player" Macbeth: New Critical Essays, edited by Nick Moschovakis, Routledge, 2008, pp. 208-223, EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=219576&site=ehost-live.
Gleason, Marian. “As We Three Meet Again.” The English Journal, vol. 56, no. 7, 1967, pp. 1005–1006. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/812642. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021.
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Nosworthy, James M. "Macbeth, Doctor Faustus, and the Juggling Fiends." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 128, Gale, 2010. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420097074/GLS?u=cclc_cerroccc&sid=GLS&xid=b26cd063. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021. Originally published in Mirror up to Shakespeare: Essays in Honour of G. R. Hibbard, edited by J. C. Gray, University of Toronto Press, 1984, pp. 208-222.
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Thomas, Catherine E. "(Un)sexing Lady Macbeth: gender, power, and visual rhetoric in her graphic afterlives." The Upstart Crow, vol. 31, 2012, p. 81+. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A323037688/GLS?u=cclc_cerroccc&sid=GLS&xid=c33637aa. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021.
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Lemon, Rebecca. “Sovereignty and Treason in Macbeth" Macbeth: New Critical Essays, edited by Nick Moschovakis, Routledge, 2008, pp. 224-223, EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=219576&site=ehost-live.
Quote of the Day · Wednesday, February 18, 2026
It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible.