Gaddafi’s reign of 42 years came to an abrupt end at the hands of the very people he brutalized in the most primitive way. But the Usurper “King of King’s” [1] or “Queen of England” [2] in which ever order you wish to remember him or not won’t be missed …
Polanski’s Macbeth in Official 1971 Trailer:
About the Play:
The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare [3] about a regicide [4] and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy [5] and is believed to havebeen written sometime between 1603 and 1607. The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeare's play is April 1611, when Simon Forman [6] recorded seeing such aplay at the Globe Theatre [7]. It was first published in the Folio of 1623 [8], possibly from a prompt book [9].
Shakespeare's source for the tragedy are the accounts of King Macbeth of Scotland [10], Macduff [11], and Duncan [12] in Holinshed's Chronicles [13] (1587), a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. However, the story of Macbeth as told by Shakespeare bears little relation to real events in Scottish history, as Macbeth was an admired and able monarch. (More Here [14])
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LIBYA’s MACBETH:
Life & Death of An Usurper In 3
Bloody Acts
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ACT ONE :
Gaddafi Usurping King Idris’ Crown:
ACT TWO :
Misrata’s and other Libyan Cities Martyrdom a bloody Pinnacle of 42 years of Gaddafis Brutal "Career":
ACT THREE
Fatal Blow:
Watch Longer Scene of Fight Here [15]
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MACBETH’s PHYSICAL “COURAGE”
AN EXCUSE
FOR HIS MORAL “COWARDICE” ? …
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A look at Gaddafi's Last will is a perfect illustration of Macbeth's Moral Cowardice
Gaddafi website publishes 'last will' of Libyan ex-leader [16] (bbc)
G.Fletcher ("Studies of Shakespeare", 1847):
There is no want of physical courage implied in Macbeth's declining the combat with Macduff. He may well believe that now, more than ever, it is time to 'beware Macduff'. He is at length convinced that 'fate and metaphysical aid' are against him; and, consistent to the last in his hardened and whining selfishness, no thought of the intense blackness of his own perfidy interferes to prevent him from complaining of falsehood in those evil beings from whose very nature he should have expected nothing else.
There is no cowardice, we say, in his declining the combat under such a conviction. Neither is there any courage in his renewing it; for there is no room for courage in opposing evident fate. But the last word and action of Macbeth are an expression of the moral cowardice which we trace so conspicuously throughout his career; he surrenders his life that he may not be 'baited with the rabble's curse'.
Ian McKellen as Macbeth : "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow "
From the 1979 TV version of the Trevor Nunn production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
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GADDAFI REFLECTS ON DEATH
TERRORISM AND SADAT’s
ASSASSINATION
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Libya - Muammar Gaddafi Interview - TV Eye :
Extracts from an exclusive 'TV eye' interview of Libyan Leader, Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi. In this 1981 interview the Gaddafi speaks about The USA, Terrorism and also his feelings on the assassination of the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. First transmitted 10/12/1981
Who is Muammar al-Gaddafi? TheLibyan Leader 2/22/2011:
(NOTE : To Watch Double Click Here [17])
Looking Back at Gadhafi's Brutal, Sometimes Bizarre 42-Year Reign :
Recommended Listening:
The images of Colonel Gaddafi as a battered and bloody man, dragged from a sewer and killed by his own people, will no doubt be seared into history. Historian Antony Beevor and the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson discuss how the mannerof a dictator's death influences the way he is remembered. John Simpson Reflects Gaddafi's 'ugly' death (Audio Here [18])
Recommended Watching:
Gaddafi's weird and wasteful rule ends without a trial [19] (John Simpson bbc)
John Simpson: Libya's Col Gaddafi was an odd ball until the end [20] (bbc)
Recommended Readings:
Gaddafi website publishes 'last will' of Libyan ex-leader [21] (bbc)
Colonel Gaddafi: The last of the buffoon dictators? [22] By Kevin Connolly
Related Blogs:
Barbara Walters On Interviewing Muammar Gaddafi in 1989 [23]
QUO VADIS ? Nero Sings While Tripoli and Tehran burn [24]
BREAD & CIRCUS: It Ain't about Democracy or HR Stupid, It's About Show Business [25]
Other Related Blogs:
CASTING A KING: Shakespeare's Play On The British Monarchy [27]
In Memoriam ...Rest In Peace My King ... [28]
Emmerich Doubts Shakespeare’s Authorship in ‘Anonymous’ [29]
A QUEEN's LOYALTY: Barbara Walters Shares Shahbanou Farah's concerns for President Mobarak's Family [30]
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[1] //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7588033.stm
[2] //www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8345597/Libya-Gaddafi-compares-himself-to-the-Queen-in-latest-rant.html
[3] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
[4] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regicide
[5] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearean_tragedy
[6] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Forman
[7] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre
[8] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio
[9] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_book
[10] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_of_Scotland
[11] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macduff_(Macbeth)
[12] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_I_of_Scotland
[13] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holinshed's_Chronicles
[14] //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth
[15] //www.videohippy.com/video/193597/Polanskis-Macbeth--The-Fight-Scene
[16] //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15420848
[17] //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXyklKsW8bs&feature=related
[18] //news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9621000/9621176.stm
[19] //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15394139
[20] //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15395311
[21] //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15420848
[22] //www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15405274
[23] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/barbara-walters-interviewing-muammar-gaddafi-1989
[24] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/quo-vadis-nero-sings-while-tripoli-and-tehran-burn
[25] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/bread-circus-it-aint-about-democracy-or-hr-stupid-its-about-show-business
[26] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/casting-king-shakespeares-play-british-monarchy
[27] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/casting-king-shakespeares-play-british-monarchy
[28] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/memoriam-rest-peace-my-king
[29] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/emmerich-doubts-shakespeare-s-authorship-anonymous
[30] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/queens-loyalty-barbara-walters-shares-shahbanou-farahs-concerns-president-mobara