3 ecocritical ideas in Macbeth | Top grade Shakespeare analysis

What does Macbeth have anything to do with climate change, extreme weather and deforestation? Was Shakespeare a closet tree hugger? In this video, I demonstrate how we can read Macbeth from the lends of environmental literary criticism, and hopefully bring a refreshing take on a play that’s so commonly studied and read.
TIMESTAMPS:
01:27 - What is ecocriticism?
03:27 - Key idea 1: The Witches as a symbol of air pollution
05:48 - Key idea 2: Extreme weather as a foreshadowing of disaster
07:20 - Key idea 3: Deforestation as an analogy of destruction and regrowth
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