@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Hi Sir, It arrived today and i love the Key Question responses. It really shows how to get from grade 6 to 9. The context is also great! However I would prefer it if it had a contents page so I could find the scene im looking for.
Hi Mr Salles, I've developed my interpretations from your very helpful analysis, and I've used them in an essay. I'd really appreciate it if you marked it. How does Shakespeare use this scene to contrast the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?
Shakespeare contrasts the (reasons for the) Macbeths’ reactions to: defer regicide (that the nobles may want to commit in order to become king), and to criticise the patriarchy. Macbeth’s clear guilt contrasts with Lady Macbeth’s cool mood. For example, Lady Macbeth’s confidence in ‘hath made me bold’, and ‘bold’ implies that she might even have enough courage to murder Duncan herself. However, she cried for ‘peace!’ at hearing an owl’s cry: the exclamation mark shows how scared she is, and begging for ‘peace’ at hearing an animal implies that she believes the superstitious connotations of an owl’s cry, perhaps because she’s paranoid. In addition, she emphasise ‘could’ and ‘miss’ in “He could not miss”, reinforcing her incomplete confidence. Her reaction implies that, despite her meticulous planning and intelligence, she is very well aware of the real probability that the Macbeths will feel guilty. On a deeper level, the reasons for the Macbeths’ differing reactions spurs sleepwalking in Lady Macbeth, and she eventually commits suicide (because she feels so guilty), whereas Macbeth becomes cruel and heartless. Shakespeare reveals that the only thing that stopped her from doing it was the fact that Duncan ‘resembled’ her own father, as he ‘slept’. Why did it only take a resemblance to stop her -- from gaining power and independence -- when in Act 1, scene 7, she confessed that she would smash the brains out of her baby for Macbeth? Perhaps the resemblance reminded her of not just her dad, but her entire family: he provoked her sympathy. Perhaps Lady Macbeth is under the influence of the patriarchy: ‘patriarchal’ comes from a Latin word meaning “father”, therefore a patriarchal society is a society where fathers have all the power. Lady Macbeth can’t even achieve her own destiny (by herself) because she can’t remove the father figure. Shakespeare highlights the patriarchy by the fact that Lady Macbeth can’t even carry out the regicide by herself - women can’t achieve power in that way, or he’s criticising that. This is reinforced by the fact that it only took a ‘resemblance’ to stop her. Alternatively, he’s implying that women should keep their place in society, and to do so otherwise is just as bad as killing one’s own father. Perhaps Lady Macbeth symbolises the lack of power women have in the patriarchy: even in Lady Macbeth’s desperate attempt of regicide (as the only way to gain power in a martial, patriarchal society). When Macbeth murders Duncan, he also murders his feminine side; he becomes too masculine and his hamartias run wild. This is revealed in the imagery, “‘Sleep no more! /Macbeth does murder sleep’, the innocent sleep/Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleeve of care,”. Shakespeare personifies sleep as a feminine figure that fixes the days: Macbeth imagines sleep as a woman, (as ‘knits’ has feminine connotations), who provides empathy after a hard day, or perhaps fixing one’s problems. Shakespeare shows Macbeth’s worry, now that he has realised his hamartia (his blood-lust), through his repetition - as if Macbeth can’t get it out of his head. In addition, Macbeth changes from iambic pentameter to trochaic, which Shakespeare uses to reinforce a character’s poor mental state/ wickedness. Furthermore, Macbeth’s use of pagan reference imply that he’s concerned that he’s killed the restorative, feminine ‘sleep’, than eternal damnation. In Act 5, scene 1, Lady Macbeth sleepwalks, and cannot remove imaginary blood from her hands, (which symbolises her guilt), before committing suicide. In complete contrast, Macbeth sleeps fine. Ironically, it is Lady Macbeth that sleeps ‘no more’. To conclude, Shakespeare clearly highlights Lady Macbeth as a victim of the martial patriarchy: in Act 2, scene 1, Macbeth imagined himself as Tarquin, a Roman king, whose son raped Lucrecia - who then committed suicide, like Lady Macbeth.
If I was to say Shakespeare was a 'feminist' and was actually critiquing the patriarchy in his plays for example through lady m and the witches what context would be appropriate to back my argument up? because it's not the conventional view of his plays.
Could you update your Macbeth playlist (put all of your Macbeth videos into one GCSE Macbeth playlist) as they are very helpful but it's a pain having to scroll through all your videos to find the Macbeth ones. Also can you do scene-by-scene analysis on act 3, 4 and 5? That would be very much appreciated as your videos are a tremendous help!!! Thanks so much ps I have bought your revision guide :)
Hi mr salles , just wondering if you are doing any more of these scene by scene vids as I purchased ur guide and it said to follow W ur yt vids , thanks , great content by the way helped me get a 7 in my mocks
hi. these videos have helped me massively with macbeth as i’ve been really struggling with it in class! are you planning on doing anymore anytime soon? i have my mock in just over a week! obviously i know you won’t get anymore done by then but it would be great to know if you have any planned for the future as i’m finding this all so so helpful!!
are there other alternative interpretations of his guilt and how guilt is used in the play because i cant think of anything alternative than he is guilty in that act after he kills the king can we link it to other points in the play???
Hi Mr Salles, Although I am intrigued by your deep insightful analysis of the play, I can't seem to find a clear reason behind your point about why Shakespeare is criticising the role of God; the point that you have provided is blunt, as it lacks a clear reasoning. At 11: 54 where you mention the idea of living out tragic ends, you are keen to back up your point with a contrasting statement, which mentions that "we're not living out a life of free will as promised in the bible". Wouldn't the idea of living out a tragic end illustrate one's free will to choose the path they walk, regardless of the potential consequences and the shadows of tragedy that may loom ahead? So perhaps Shakespeare isn't criticising Christianity, instead he is alluding to Macbeth's free will and through Macbeth's dismissal of the Christian God's as he turns to the pagan-god Neptune, Shakespeare makes a regard to the consequences of his actions are the reasons to why he has a tragic downfall.
Hey Sir, I purchased your Macbeth revision guide and its going to arrive on the 30th of May. I'm really excited and i'll leave a review!
That's very kind - thanks for buying it and for offering to review it! I hope you like it - it really is different to any other guide.
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Hi Sir, It arrived today and i love the Key Question responses. It really shows how to get from grade 6 to 9. The context is also great! However I would prefer it if it had a contents page so I could find the scene im looking for.
Hi Mr Salles,
I've developed my interpretations from your very helpful analysis, and I've used them in an essay. I'd really appreciate it if you marked it.
How does Shakespeare use this scene to contrast the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?
Shakespeare contrasts the (reasons for the) Macbeths’ reactions to: defer regicide (that the nobles may want to commit in order to become king), and to criticise the patriarchy.
Macbeth’s clear guilt contrasts with Lady Macbeth’s cool mood. For example, Lady Macbeth’s confidence in ‘hath made me bold’, and ‘bold’ implies that she might even have enough courage to murder Duncan herself. However, she cried for ‘peace!’ at hearing an owl’s cry: the exclamation mark shows how scared she is, and begging for ‘peace’ at hearing an animal implies that she believes the superstitious connotations of an owl’s cry, perhaps because she’s paranoid. In addition, she emphasise ‘could’ and ‘miss’ in “He could not miss”, reinforcing her incomplete confidence. Her reaction implies that, despite her meticulous planning and intelligence, she is very well aware of the real probability that the Macbeths will feel guilty.
On a deeper level, the reasons for the Macbeths’ differing reactions spurs sleepwalking in Lady Macbeth, and she eventually commits suicide (because she feels so guilty), whereas Macbeth becomes cruel and heartless. Shakespeare reveals that the only thing that stopped her from doing it was the fact that Duncan ‘resembled’ her own father, as he ‘slept’. Why did it only take a resemblance to stop her -- from gaining power and independence -- when in Act 1, scene 7, she confessed that she would smash the brains out of her baby for Macbeth? Perhaps the resemblance reminded her of not just her dad, but her entire family: he provoked her sympathy. Perhaps Lady Macbeth is under the influence of the patriarchy: ‘patriarchal’ comes from a Latin word meaning “father”, therefore a patriarchal society is a society where fathers have all the power. Lady Macbeth can’t even achieve her own destiny (by herself) because she can’t remove the father figure. Shakespeare highlights the patriarchy by the fact that Lady Macbeth can’t even carry out the regicide by herself - women can’t achieve power in that way, or he’s criticising that. This is reinforced by the fact that it only took a ‘resemblance’ to stop her. Alternatively, he’s implying that women should keep their place in society, and to do so otherwise is just as bad as killing one’s own father. Perhaps Lady Macbeth symbolises the lack of power women have in the patriarchy: even in Lady Macbeth’s desperate attempt of regicide (as the only way to gain power in a martial, patriarchal society).
When Macbeth murders Duncan, he also murders his feminine side; he becomes too masculine and his hamartias run wild. This is revealed in the imagery, “‘Sleep no more! /Macbeth does murder sleep’, the innocent sleep/Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleeve of care,”. Shakespeare personifies sleep as a feminine figure that fixes the days: Macbeth imagines sleep as a woman, (as ‘knits’ has feminine connotations), who provides empathy after a hard day, or perhaps fixing one’s problems. Shakespeare shows Macbeth’s worry, now that he has realised his hamartia (his blood-lust), through his repetition - as if Macbeth can’t get it out of his head. In addition, Macbeth changes from iambic pentameter to trochaic, which Shakespeare uses to reinforce a character’s poor mental state/ wickedness. Furthermore, Macbeth’s use of pagan reference imply that he’s concerned that he’s killed the restorative, feminine ‘sleep’, than eternal damnation. In Act 5, scene 1, Lady Macbeth sleepwalks, and cannot remove imaginary blood from her hands, (which symbolises her guilt), before committing suicide. In complete contrast, Macbeth sleeps fine. Ironically, it is Lady Macbeth that sleeps ‘no more’.
To conclude, Shakespeare clearly highlights Lady Macbeth as a victim of the martial patriarchy: in Act 2, scene 1, Macbeth imagined himself as Tarquin, a Roman king, whose son raped Lucrecia - who then committed suicide, like Lady Macbeth.
If I was to say Shakespeare was a 'feminist' and was actually critiquing the patriarchy in his plays for example through lady m and the witches what context would be appropriate to back my argument up? because it's not the conventional view of his plays.
Could you update your Macbeth playlist (put all of your Macbeth videos into one GCSE Macbeth playlist) as they are very helpful but it's a pain having to scroll through all your videos to find the Macbeth ones. Also can you do scene-by-scene analysis on act 3, 4 and 5? That would be very much appreciated as your videos are a tremendous help!!! Thanks so much
ps I have bought your revision guide :)
Thank you - I will try to do all that
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you so much it is very much appreciated!!!
Hi mr salles , just wondering if you are doing any more of these scene by scene vids as I purchased ur guide and it said to follow W ur yt vids , thanks , great content by the way helped me get a 7 in my mocks
Yes I will
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thank you ! I brought all ur lit guide btw they r great , aiming for a 9
hi. these videos have helped me massively with macbeth as i’ve been really struggling with it in class! are you planning on doing anymore anytime soon? i have my mock in just over a week! obviously i know you won’t get anymore done by then but it would be great to know if you have any planned for the future as i’m finding this all so so helpful!!
Yes I am
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish did you end up doing anymore on this series?
are there other alternative interpretations of his guilt and how guilt is used in the play because i cant think of anything alternative than he is guilty in that act after he kills the king can we link it to other points in the play???
Do more Macbeth sir please
And when you analysis quote in Macbeth do you pick up the most marks?
Yes, when you link it to an interpretation
Mr Salles Teaches English sir at the moment I’m working on grade 3 stuff and I’m planning to jump to grade 5 can you help me please sir?
Hi Mr Salles,
Although I am intrigued by your deep insightful analysis of the play, I can't seem to find a clear reason behind your point about why Shakespeare is criticising the role of God; the point that you have provided is blunt, as it lacks a clear reasoning. At 11: 54 where you mention the idea of living out tragic ends, you are keen to back up your point with a contrasting statement, which mentions that "we're not living out a life of free will as promised in the bible". Wouldn't the idea of living out a tragic end illustrate one's free will to choose the path they walk, regardless of the potential consequences and the shadows of tragedy that may loom ahead? So perhaps Shakespeare isn't criticising Christianity, instead he is alluding to Macbeth's free will and through Macbeth's dismissal of the Christian God's as he turns to the pagan-god Neptune, Shakespeare makes a regard to the consequences of his actions are the reasons to why he has a tragic downfall.
Fair enough my dizzy friend!
Are you not doing act 3 , 4 or 5 ? these are really helpful.
Yes, I will - thanks for the reminder
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish please do them!!
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