As our analysis of the play centers on the interplay between fortune /fate and character, today we parsed a number of speeches evidencing that Macbeth ,in the final analysis, appears to be responsible for his own inevitable tragic downfall. Joshua parsed and explained an extended metaphor wherein Macbeth describes the deceased Duncan as a snake whose remaining tooth(his son) can still endanger Macbeth as well as passages evidencing that despite his plagued conscience Macbeth is intent on perpetrating more murders to maintain power. We further continue to note the ongoing motif of reality vs appearance. During the second half of the session, we viewed a portion of Act I of The Royal Shakespeare Company's performance of the play.