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A 4 page paper which considers Macbeth from an updated setting of New York mob territory of the 1920s, and through an examination of thematic issues, discusses what the change in time and locale reveals about the play. No additional sources are used.
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over the territory known as the lower East Side. He has worked his way through the ranks of the crime family and now is being accorded the respect the
title implies and reaping the fruits of his labors. For the Sicilian immigrant transplants of the early twentieth century, there was nothing more important than family and the characteristics
of loyalty, obedience and obligation that went along with it. Macbeth was a young and successful crime lord who had frequently demonstrated his loyalty to the family by winning
several gang wars which significantly strengthened Duncans territory. In appreciation for his diligence, Duncan bestowed upon him the title "Thane of Cawdor" (I.ii.72), which was largely ceremonial. Macbeth,
however, wanted more than just a title. He and his wifes families had come to America because it seemed to be the land of opportunity for the struggling immigrant.
Macbeth and his lady had greater expectations for his career than merely achieving the status of crime lord. They would not be content with a slice; they wanted
the entire American pie to call their own. Whenever Macbeths self-doubts would overtake him, his domineering wife would push him forward.
Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Macbeth encountered a trio of mystics (a European fascination with
mysticism was also gaining favor in America during the 1920s), who informed him, "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter" (I.iii.52). This vision that he would be one
day crowned king of Duncans territory, along with the single-minded ambition of the lord and his lady was enough to do the unthinkable - kill the head of the family.
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