You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i>
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-csu13865159052021-08-03T06:21:06Z You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i> Dobbs-Buchanan, Allison M. Literature British and Irish Literature Shakespeare Macbeth James I Post-Colonial Highland Lowland <p>Post-colonial studies reveal a great deal about the treatment of Scotland in <i>Macbeth</i>. Shakespeare's only Scottish play reflects specific English cultural ideologies, which had positioned Scotland as an enemy Other in opposition to England. When James VI of Scotland became James I, the King of England, he manipulated England's xenophobic attitudes: James I redefined the Lowland Scots' cultural identity as English, and he forced Highland Scots into the position of enemy Other by emphasizing Highlanders Gaelic heritage. I argue that these contemporary national attitudes and colonial tensions echo throughout <i>Macbeth</i> because Shakespeare crafted his play to specifically mirror James I's ethnocentric rhetoric: the heroes of the play, Duncan, Malcolm, and McDuff, are consistently characterized as Lowland Anglo-Scots while the villains, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the Weird Sisters, are depicted as Highland Gaelic-Scots. Consequently, I show that <i>Macbeth</i> reflects and reinforces the prevalent colonial discourse that was used to excuse, and even perpetrate, the English desire to assimilate and Anglicize the Scottish by means of colonization.</p> 2013-12-11 English text Cleveland State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1386515905 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1386515905 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Literature British and Irish Literature Shakespeare Macbeth James I Post-Colonial Highland Lowland Dobbs-Buchanan, Allison M. You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i> |
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You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i> |
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You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i> |
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You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i> |
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You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i> |
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You Take The High Road, and I'll Take The Low Road:A Post-Colonial Analysis of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i> |
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you take the high road, and i'll take the low road:a post-colonial analysis of shakespeare's <i>macbeth</i> |
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