Local View: Macbeth a reminder regarding the flagrant abuse of power

Local View: Macbeth a reminder regarding the flagrant abuse of power

I have been re-reading “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare in preparation for seeing it at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Actors have long considered the tragedy cursed, some refusing to utter the name. The play chills me to the core. Macbeth, the protagonist, wrests the Scottish crown from the just and benevolent King Duncan, who has named his elder son, Malcolm, to be his successor. It is a usurpation of order and power, not only in the demi…