Daddy & Duncan

Word of the Day: Foist (not the ever-reviled word "moist").

In order to start our psychoanalysis, we read "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath. As I hoped, you brought up the ideas of projection through her father and husband doppelganger relationships, fears of intimacy causing anxiety, and objet petit a in the form of her father. In addition, we had a smattering of analogies connecting the father to power (boot, Nazi, devil) and the speaker, the daughter, the submissive foot.

Next up, 1.2 of Macbeth and the introduction of our first king (yes, there will be more), Duncan. While he is the title of the play, Macbeth has yet to make an appearance -- although, we sure have heard a lot about his patriotic violence in fighting the traitors and Norwegian. The witches want to talk with Macbeth; King Duncan wants to talk to Macbeth. Hmmm...

And, now I have an excuse to post a picture of Michael Fassbender every day! Since we do not see Macbeth take down Macdonwald, let's just use this imagery to have an idea of Macbeth's commitment to protecting the Scottish crown and Duncan's power...for now.

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Tomorrow, the witches will be back -- cue the cackles -- and they chat with Macbeth! Will he be repulsed by their supernatural ways or be enthralled by their prophecies?

Happy Post Halloween! Here is Monty hanging out with Ihmotep, my Keats-loving better half.