MACBETH: THE SECRET'ST MAN [motion picture]
Series: MCIS film collection
Place of publication: EBEC, c1964
Number of pages: 28
Description: The theme of the play would seem to be this: within every human being, in war or in peace, is a terrible lust for violence. "Everyman", in Macbeth's words, "is the secret'st man of blood". Thus we cannot hate Macbeth, nor can we believe that his life signifies nothing. For there remains something sublime in him. We feel a sense of waste, a tragic loss. Perhaps this capacity for good and evil within the same human heart sums up Shakespeare's message.
Notes: Miami University's MCIS film collection