Exploring Good and Evil: the Case of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

by Joanna Johnson, M.A.

Objectives

Educational Objectives

Upon completing the Macbeth module, students will:

• Identify key moral dilemmas within the play, and apply them to other "real life" situations
• Describe core values and the extent to which they apply to characters and their actions in the play.
• Better understand the choices we face on a daily basis about doing the right thing
• Better understand individual integrity
• Be able to articulate whether (and if so, why) some killing is "justifiable"