How to Get Full Marks Starting With the Extract and Link to the Whole Play, Ft Macbeth's Fears
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hey, what was your method of revision using Mr salles video? Thank you I’m so confused on how to revise literature
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I also got a 9 in lit, feels so long ago but what I can remember is learning key quotes that can link to any theme in Macbeth (mr salles has a top 20 quotes video which I used) and then also just making essay plans from beforehand on every main theme like kingship supernatural etc (this can take time so u can just bullet point it or I recommend an app called knowunity where students publish essays they’ve written on Macbeth , so bullet point from their essays, ) context from the time it was written in is also important and it can differentiate between a top grade student if ur essays are well structured with all the AOs, but mainly the essay plans and learning key quotes helped me settle my nerves bc even if a theme comes up which you haven’t heard of before (which kinda happened in my gcse bc it was phrased in a way I hadn’t heard before) all the themes link together and as long as you can link it back to the main theme of the question you should be good.
Is it just me that are watching these videos for revision?
Obviously not
I mean what else can you watch these videos for ?
@@randomacc77777literally what i was about to type word for word until i saw your reply😭Probably a bot
Perfect timing
you should make a all in one a christmas carol video like you did for macbeth and a christmas carol that will help me so much
yes this
Hi Mr Salles, thank you! This is my essay that I wrote based on your notes, although I really struggled incorporating the extract like you suggested (I much prefer a chronological line of argument), so I think that the structure needs improving:
In the play “Macbeth”, Shakespeare explores how Macbeth regresses into a fearful ruler and then an uncaring tyrant as a result of regicide. This could be in order to warn King James’ noble against treason, and criticises the Jacobean patriarchal and martial model of society.
In the beginning of Act 1, Shakespeare portrays Macbeth as a “brave” warrior. The sergeant describes him as “unseaming” his enemies from “the nave to the chaps”, showing how he is a ruthless and unafraid killer. Such as action would have had to been performed close up, and we can see that Macbeth relinquishes this killing from the ironic way he “shook hands” with his enemies. He is an exemplar product of a martial society, and ultimately its victim as he is unafraid to kill, which is evident in the regicide of Duncan. Shakespeare could be warning King James to stay away from a martial society, which is inherently dangerous and produces ruthless, unafraid killers.
Following this, Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches. From the start, Shakespeare aligns Macbeth with the witches by having him echo their previous words of “fair is foul and foul is fair” with the dialogue “so foul and fair a day I have not seen.” Shakespeare could be suggesting that Macbeth is unafraid to be linked with the supernatural, as at this point perhaps he does not appreciate the power of the Weird Sisters.
However, upon hearing their prophecies, Macbeth’s fears start to show as he imagines killing Duncan. He is beginning to “yield to that suggestion”, although is too fearful to directly name regicide, instead using the euphemism “suggestion”. Perhaps Macbeth is afraid of going against the Divine Right of Kings, as Duncan would have been appointed by God, and does not want to go to hell.
The allusion of “Mark Antony” and “Caesar” foreshadows his own death at the hands of MacDuff, despite being told by the witches that “no man of woman born” could kill him. The witches’ prophecies are revealed to be nothing more than equivocations as MacDuff was “untimely ripp’d” from his mother’s womb, and importantly do not tell Macbeth to act on his free will, which could suggest that Macbeth’s fears of the supernatural were unfounded. However, the witches clearly propel Macbeth toward committing regicide. Therefore, Shakespeare could be suggesting that the subservient role of women in the patriarchal society lead to the witches seeking alternate forms of power, contributing to Duncan’s regicide. Perhaps Shakespeare is criticising a patriarchal society for allowing this, and could serve as a lesson to King James to move away from such a society.
In the extract, Macbeth views himself as a “genius” for successfully orchestrating the regicide, but his genius is “rebuked” by the existence of Banquo. Banquo acts as a foil to Macbeth, as he does not act on the witches’ prophecies, which could be to flatter King James as Banquo was believed to be his ancestor. Banquo died a heroic death by saving his son Fleance.
This is contrasted to Macbeth, who by the end of the play has turned to nihilism, believing that “life is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing” and that he is merely a “poor player”. This metaphor suggests that he has rejected Christianity, and deflects all blame onto God by calling him an “idiot”. This ensures that the Christian Jacobean audience also rejects Macbeth and his actions. He is no longer afraid of God, although he should be: his actions have made him an immoral tyrant who had “almost forgot the taste of fears”. Shakespeare punishes Macbeth in this way to explore the consequences of committing regicide and to highlight how it also means to reject God (since King James believed that God appointed the King). This acts as a warning to King James’ nobles not to commit regicide.
It is clear that throughout the play Macbeth is most fixated on his legacy, and cannot escape thinking about Banquo’s own prophecy: being “lesser than Macbeth, and greater” and that “thou shalt get kings”. In the extract, Macbeth imagines himself wearing a “fruitless crown” and a having a “barren sceptre”. This agricultural semantic field suggests that not having an heir makes his reign as King worthless, which contrasts to the “seeds of Banquo”, which can be seen as bountiful.
Macbeth has already lost a child, making him fearful of having no heir, which Lady Macbeth uses as an incentive to propel him toward committing regicide: she would have “dash’d its brains out” had she so “sworn” to do such an act. Macbeth could be fearful of letting down Lady Macbeth, as him becoming King would be the only chance for her to gain power. We know that Macbeth wants this, as he views are as her equal, as her “dearest partner in greatness”.
Furthermore, Macbeth’s anger at Banquo’s is highlighted by the repetition of “kings” at the end of the extract and further shows how he is unable to stop thinking about his own legacy. His fears have lead him to become jealous of Banquo, which leads to him ordering his murder. He is perhaps too afraid to kill Banquo himself, and must hire Murderers to do this for him: the originally unafraid warrior has regressed into a fearful tyrant.
His fears are uncontrollable when he sees Banquo’s ghost in the Banquet scene. Perhaps he feels immense guilt at murdering his best friend, and becomes so afraid of the ghost that he shouts “thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me”. None of the Lords in the hall know about Banquo’s death, and conclude that Macbeth is committing to the regicide of Duncan. This is the turning point in the play, where Macbeth is deserted. If Macbeth had not been so fearful of Banquo’s ghost, or perhaps of not having an heir, he could have been successful in the regicide of Duncan.
In conclusion, Macbeth’s fears ultimately lead him to be remembered as a “dead butcher”, serving as a warning as to what could happen if King James’ nobles attempted regicide.
This is genuinely so good. The analysis is on point (great use of suggestive language like 'perhaps') and the way you embedded the fragmented quotes was great. Can't lie, I might use this for revision
this is rlly good wow
How did you embed the context so well? Great essay btw
Nice ideas, but you need some AO2 (close word analysis), otherwise your just summarising and that will prevent you getting into the top bands. 15-20/30
Hello Mr Salles, please could you do a essay plan video on the supernatural, guilt or kingship like this one? it would rlly help
In line 10, the text could be understood in another way. Perhaps by saying "Caesar", Shakespeare is referring to Octavian (whom Caesar adopted), as Octavian later changes his name to Augustus when he becomes emperor and includes Caesar's name in his title.
There is a story that an Egyptian (augur? All I know is that the Egyptian was a seer of some kind) suggested that only in the presence of Octavian was Antony's spirit lessened, whereas otherwise Antony was a great man himself.
Hello sir in these coming days , we are getting closer to exams , i was asking if you could upload videos about literature paper one and power and cconflict poetry and how to approach that , in addition can you go through inspector calls and christmas carol so we know hot to tackle the question's thanks.
Hi sir can you please do your prediction for eduqas Macbeth and an inspector call
please do more of these videos but with romeo and juliet and an inspector calls
Hi sir, how many quotes should i memorise for Jekyll and Hyde and which ones?
What character or theme do you think will come up this year?
To me, the way I’d tackle this is by thinking about three key personality traits of Macbeth that are shown - I’ll give some potential examples below.
First point, I’d say his fear. Shakespeare right from the start of the extract is emphasising Macbeth’s fear of losing his power; this hints at his addiction to power, and foreshadows his later paranoia about being overthrown or killed.
Second, I’d say there are links to the supernatural. The reference to the collective “our” at the start could refer to Lady Macbeth, but later in the extract he clearly states the witches put him in this position (“upon my head they placed”). Hence, “our” and “they” highlight how Macbeth's actions are influenced by others quite strongly; the witches and his wife both. Through this, Shakespeare challenges the patriarchy of the time to e.g. hint to the audience about Lady Macbeth’s unnatural behaviour and ambition. Alternatively, you could contrast how he relies on the opinions and influence of others, compared to e.g. Banquo (as shown in the extract). This highlights how Shakespeare is conveying Macbeth’s temptation in listening to the witches is one of the causes of his corruption.
You could also say Shakespeare is representing Macbeth as shifting blame as he tries to justify his actions (“for them the gracious Duncan I have murdered”). This could reveal Macbeth’s deteriorating conscience, as he begins to justify his actions, as opposed to earlier in the play, when straight after the murder he was horrified by what he’d done.
To get top marks use the structure PETAETACWL: Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis,Evidence,Technique,Analysis,Context, Writer's intentions and Link
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Hi mr salles im on a grade 3 for English language and a 2 for literature right now. I got gcses in 2 weeks Please can u help me because i dont understand what to revise right now im going over the themes for macbeth and memorising quotes im very lost and not sure what to do after this. Do u know anything i can do to get at least a grade 5 for English language and literature? Thank you Mr Salles ur videos r very helpful keep it up👍
Introduction and first paragraph :
In the tragedy play, “Macbeth”, Shakespeare employs the protagonist Macbeth as a means of getting across the fears within him, to raise the fact that our fears are just a reflection of our past actions. Ultimately, Shakespeare does this as a warning to abstain from such sins (such as regicide) to prevent them from haunting us in the future.
In Act 3, Scene 1, Shakespeare employs the fears of Macbeth to highlight Macbeth’s insecurities to portray Macbeth in his truest form; a human form of the result of the meddling of the devil. Macbeth states how Banquo’s “royalty of nature… would be feared”, which gives prominence to Macbeth's view of Banquo being a threat due to his character being more pure than himself. This establishes the certainty of Macbeth being aware that he is lower in meaning due to Banquo’s ‘Royalty’ thus being ‘feared’ of him and also brings out a sense of jealousy from Macbeth towards Banquo.
Furthermore, the noun ‘royalty’ assigned to Banquo closely links to the biblical allusion from 1st Peter 2:9, which predominantly refers to Jesus (The Son of God, and God himself according to biblical theology) as royalty. Ultimately, this may be an allusion to Macbeth’s inner insecurities of his past actions. Seeing that through all of his past hamartia, Macbeth has hidden from God, it could be interpreted that Macbeth believes that going forward, he will need to get rid of the very thing that is as close to God which is ‘royal’ Banquo. This is further elaborated through the use of personification in the quote, “Come fate into the list”, which refers to the act of a joust and shows that Macbeth is in the belief that he will be able to win over Banquo in this scenario. This goes to show that Macbeth’s fears is what drives him to think evil thoughts and commit evil actions. Macbeth (who is already fearful of Banquo) utilises his ego to overcome this fear, just as he did earlier on in the play to murder the divine King Duncan. Shakespeare may have intentionally portrayed Macbeth in such an egotistical manner to highlight his ignorance of his true feelings. The Contemporary Elizabethan audience, which was predominantly practising Christians at the time, may have had a clear understanding of what was to come; they would have been well aware that it is impossible to hide from God, as Macbeth is doing by attempting to abolish the very person he believed is closest to God, hence viewing Macbeth as a man who is to face God in the future, therefore foreshadowing what is to come. Shakespeare may have done this as a means to get across the idea that Macbeth’s fears are what ultimately leads to his hamartia seeing that it is impossible to hide from God. Ultimately this may have been a warning from Shakespeare to abstain from misinterpreting our fears, as it would only lead to a false sense of justification which would further lead to chaos, just as it has done with Macbeth.
Please could you tell me which direction this is going in?
Tysm for this! I have a question though, if we are given an extract and aren't told to start our essay with it, would it be okay to write things that link to the theme/character in the beginning middle end style but not connect all of them to the extract apart from the paragraph (e.g. middle) which is directly linked to the extract itself? sorry if this doesn't make sense!
That is actually what I recommend. This video is for students who disagree with us
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Hello Mr Salles could you please make a video on key quotes and words used like nihltism to describe or be used to analysed the quote
Yes, those videos are coming at the end of next week.
i hope it is on the supernatural or lady macbeth this year
prolly kingship tho😭.....
My teacher has shown us full mark responses from the exam board and some of them use really high level, sophisticated vocabulary- do you need to have that level of vocabulary to get a 9?
No
how is that a metaphor
3k views in 9 hours. That's crazy
People be revising at last!