PREVIEW: Chronicles #39 | Macbeth: Part 3 with Harry Robinson
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🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So Macbeth brings the murderers in. And I love that the names are the |
| 0:17.3 | just murderer one, murderer two, because that's all you have to know about |
| 0:21.1 | them. Yeah, I mean, what would, what would have been the point in confusing everybody with |
| 0:24.8 | extra names? Yes. And Jeff, Travis and Dave, or, you know, whatever it may be. But there's an |
| 0:32.0 | interesting point here as well where you can tell that Macbeth is just basically sewing them |
| 0:37.3 | with your real fortune is because of Banquo. |
| 0:40.8 | And so if you kill Banquo for me, I will raise your fortunes. Oh, and make sure, of course, |
| 0:46.0 | you kill his son as well. And Macbeth talks about the fact that he gives this analogy of |
| 0:51.9 | they're like dogs. |
| 0:56.8 | You know, there are so many breeds of dog, |
| 0:59.3 | and every one of them has their own advantages. |
| 1:01.4 | They have their own particular skill set, |
| 1:03.1 | and they have their own demerits. |
| 1:05.1 | And you're just like dogs. |
| 1:06.8 | You're just like dogs. |
| 1:07.4 | Charming. And what you're good at is killing. |
| 1:10.5 | How flattering. |
| 1:11.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:12.3 | And so it's not just Macbeth, the evil in Macbeth as well. |
| 1:17.4 | It's his ability to bring evil out of others. |
| 1:21.7 | You know, it constantly speaks to the very way that he deals with these murderers, you know, gives us an insight into |
| 1:29.9 | how he will govern the entire kingdom, which is to reduce them to their base instincts, |
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