I really really hope you do the same video for A Christmas Carol & An Inspector Calls. I am 100% sure others will find this massively beneficial and agree...
without a doubt in my mind, i am stressing a bit as i am not great at literature and these are massive relievers considering that my exam is in 1 week and 4 days
When talking about the quote 'Unsex me here', I think it is important to address the fact that Lady Macbeth in fact does not wish to become masculine, but rather achieve solely the cruelty associated with masculinity, without the honour, loyalty and service that would come with it when describing the archetypal Jacobean man. I think this further nuances discussion when analysing this quote, and allows for the debate as to whether or not Lady Macbeth (and her 'wicked' husband) almost become witches themselves as the play unfolds.
@@arhanbhat4730 I had a different paper, ours was “which character in the play do you feel most sympathy for and why” I just chose Macbeth because he was manipulated and his future was already set by the witches and they deceived him fuelling his ambition. Aswell as his wife. As the other question was how would the audience react to this scene and the scene was when he sees Banquos ghost in his chair. The anthology was how relationship was presented in manhunt 😮💨
@@JohnJigglesworth Its good that you included his wife as I dont think Macbeths hamartia is also ambition like Mr Salles said and Lady Macbeth was really the drive and cause to carry the regicide out until he could not longer contain himself,
I memorised your top 10 quotes for Macbeth and J&H with your analysis and ideas, and I jumped from a Grade 5 in Literature to Grade 8. Thanks, for real.
When we are lost, Mr salles is our map, When we are hungry, Mr salles provides us with food, When we are in darkness, Mr salles is our light, When we are going to fail literature, Mr salles saves us .
Thank you for these! They are really helpful. Please may you also make a video showing us how to apply these quotes to all the past paper questions as that would really help?
Thank you very much for making these videos Mr. Salles, Today is my literature exam, so I'm just looking over your fantastic explanations again, of what the intentions behind these quotes may be- I appreciate how you linked each quote to a common theme/idea so that they, indeed, can all be linked to each other and used in one way or another. The historical references were especially helpful as I didn't know about most, yet they'll definitely give me a few extra marks! Thanks a million!
Thank you so much Mr Sales! You have helped me so much with the exam I took today. The quotes you have given spanned across almost all topics which significantly helped me answer my questions and I feel I have performed over my target grade of a 7. 😊
Thank you Mr Salles. I’ve been looking for a video like this for a while seeing as I have my exams in one month and couldn’t decide on which quotes were the most versatile. This video really helped me :)
Hi Sir, thank you so much for this video. It’s really helpful. If you were to predict a scene and a character focus for this year’s question, what would it be? I only have two weeks until paper 1 and I would like to narrow down my revision. Really hope to hear from you. Thank you once again :)
Also the teachers have predicted it maybe on the theme of Guilt so all these quotes fit. Even "shalt be kings" fit as the guilt of Macbeth is shown via his ambition to kill Banquo which can be linked to "Gory locks" within the extract that will be given.
Hi mr salles! My brother intodued me to your videos and i've only watched two but i can say that all thw points you make are top tier and very helpful! :D In my school, we do pride and prejucide at GCSE and i looked through your videos for videos on it but couldn't find any. If you do have some then could you please tell me where they are and if not, could you make some: :) Thanks!
Thanks Mr Salles, great video once again, please could you perhaps mark this essay on Lady Macbeth and indicate what grade it would be around and also whether the way I write is in any way confusing or vague. btw i dictated it so there may be random Capitalisations. Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth to explore how desire for power from a woman can lead to a loving relationship to madness and hallucinations to educate the Jacobean audience to follow the norms of a patriarchal Society and the Jacobian society. Initially Lady Macbeth wishes to be more than a woman - ‘unsex me here’ She wants to transcend gender and be ‘filled from crown to toe with direst cruelty’ . The premodifier ‘direst’ is used To heighten the cruelty she has. She wants to be a supernatural force - ‘O come spirits’ the noun ‘spirits’ having connotations of the supernatural and witchcraft. The imperative verb ‘come’ highlights that she wants power. This contrasts how she was when sleepwalking. She no longer yearns for power as actually understands that she will be damned. ‘Hell is murky’ - The adjective ‘murky’ having connotations or something not being clear, she doesn't know what will happen which heavily contrasts how optimistic she was in Act 1. Alternatively, the idea of murkiness is linked with equivocation - something that is connected with the witches. ‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’, The use of chiasmus creates a sense of equivocation and unclearness which parallels Lady Macbeth's murky view on Hell. Shakespeare uses the threat of being damned to warn his Jacobean audience of the consequences of being concerned with such sorcery and heresies. This would have flattered King James I as he was against Witchcraft and wrote about witches in his book of Daemonology. Lady Macbeth's loving relationship begins to deteriorate as she begins to manipulate Macbeth. Macbeth sees her as ‘my dearest partner in greatness’ - the superlative ‘dearest’ emphasises the love that they have for each other. But this contrasts with how much Macbeth reacts after he hears of her death - ‘she should have died hereafter’. Macbeth shows no regard for the death of his own wife, almost as though she was an inconvenience to him. Her death was even offstage perhaps to accentuate his lack of love for her. Shakespeare maybe does so to remind Jacobean Society of patriarchal norms and the devastating effects of not following them. Lady Macbeth is written as a Machiavellian construct to Macbeth into killing the king. She wants to ‘take her milk for gall’ - the noun gall being reminiscent of poison and the ability to kill. Macbeth is ‘ too full o’ the milk of human kindness’. the motif of milk is used so that Lady Macbeth can highlight to Macbeth that they are too humane to commit any sort of murder and if they are going to kill and become powerful they need to get rid of it. ‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’ which contextually links with Original sin as Eve parallels Lady Macbeth as she tempts Macbeth. Perhaps Shakespeare gives power to Lady Macbeth here to go against patriarchy as he himself (18 years old) was married to Anne Hathaway (24 years old) which was quite unusual at the time so Shakespeare may have been criticising patriarchy. However this also contrasts with how Lady Macbeth ends up. Her state of being is described as a ‘disease’ having connotations of something being harmful, which in one way parallels how she manipulated Macbeth as though Macbeth was influenced by this ‘disease’ Lady Macbeth. Alternatively she is no longer wanted by any part of society. Her Madness which can be seen from the repetition of ‘to bed’ and ‘come’. She has stepped too far in what she has done - ‘all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’ The connotations of the noun ‘perfumes’ are reminiscent of trying to mask and hide what’s really there and the fact that she can’t do so accentuates how bad her mental state is. It’s quite ironic how she refers to her hand as a ‘little’ one despite how much of an influence she had on Macbeth. Shakespeare does create a pejorative ambience and heightens the madness of Lady Macbeth to once again warn Jacobean society of not following patriarchal norms. Though Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are separated they still linguistically echo each other ‘Out damned sport!’ . ‘Out brief candle’ The use of linguistic echoing perhaps is trying to say Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are of equal sin, which would’ve appealed to King James I as he would’ve liked the fact, that people who sin and commit regicide will be damned and punished; protecting King James I. In conclusion Lady Macbeth’s yearning for power, desire to be a supernatural being and manipulation of Macbeth led to her descent into damnation and madness. Shakespeare does so to warn Jacobean society to follow Patriarchal norms and to not be involved with any malevolent witchcraft and sorcery.
What is the most useful Jekyll and Hyde essay to do as revision (something that will likely come up or that covers most themes that would be in any question)
he did go to his videos you will see that he did it TO EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. hes amazing DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND GO CHECK IT OUT WE DONT HAVE TIME. :)
Hello Sir , this video was amazing and so I would like to request that you do the same for Frankenstein as there is hardly anyone on youtube who does it which is disappionting in contrast to Macbeth thank you
Mr Salles, thank you so much for all of these videos as they have been incredibly helpful. I was wondering if you could please read this essay and give it a rough I wrote on fear for my mock? No worries if you can't especially as you will be incredibly busy and either way thank you!! (I got into slight time trouble which is why it is shorter than you recommend) Macbeth's fears are painted by the bard as a consequence of his usurpation of the throne and defiance of the Great Chain of Being Shakespeare uses Macbeth as a vehicle to explore how unbridled ambition can lead to extreme paranoia and fear. Macbeth's states 'to be thus is nothing/, but to be safely thus' The implementation of the chiasmus - due to the grammatical construct being flipped- reflects Macbeth's inability to be content with simply being king. His hamartia of his ambition means it is not enough to be king and instead to be a king 'safely' Macbeth's 'vaulting ambition' causes him to kill the 'gracious Duncan' and he therefore is a target for Macduff as well as nature because of his attack on the Great Chain of Being; this says that the king is at the top of the social hierarchy and Macbeth also defies the Diving Right of King which presents kingship as a power given out by God. Macbeth's fear of the fragility of his kingship also leads to his tyrannical behaviour. Macbeth is given a 'fruitless crown' and 'barren sceptre.' Both pre-modifiers are semantically indicative of worthlessness which could refer to how Macbeth has no heirs to the throne and therefore no one to pass his lineage onto making his throne unstable. 'Barren' could also be an innuendo for Macbeth's impotence and towards the end of the play it evolves into the 'bloody sceptre.' Through a certain prism it could be reasoned that Macbeth regresses into a tyrant due to his fear of not carrying on the line of primogeniture as 'bloody' has associations of violence and murder.' Macbeth's fear of being caught as the murderer also lead to him abandoning his Christian faith. He asks the rhetorical question 'will all great Neptune's oceans wash my hands clean of this blood?' The irrefutable hyperbolic tone of this question accentuates the guilt Macbeth internally feels. His reliance on 'great Neptune' could be interpreted as his dismissal of Christian faith which would be seen as sacrilegious to a contemporary Jacobean audience who were mostly Christian. Later on Macbeth relies on 'supernatural soliciting' to ease his fears by listening to the prophecies of the 'agents of darkness.' The sibilance of 's' creates a harsh tone which amplifies the audience's abhorrent feelings towards the witches. Macbeth is so enveloped within his fear, he turns away from his Christian faith and attempts to supplement that power by entering the Witches regime. Macbeth's fears manifest themselves within the cyclicality of violence. The 'butcher' states 'We teach bloody instructions that return back to plague the inventor.' Macbeth admits that his actions of regicide and murder will eventually plague him. The verb 'plague' has pejorative connotations of being unwanted and potentially even illness of death. Macbeth therefore fears the 'blood will have blood' and his 'crown' and lif will be stripped from him. HIs decapitated head being described as the 'cursed usurper's head' links to the Treacherous Thames head being 'fixed on the battlements after being decapitated by Macbeth. This cyclical nature of the violence confirms Macbeth's fears and the Bard could have been using this as a warning message to those attempting to harm King James 1, that they will be 'plagued' by 'bloody instructions.'
In conclusion Macbeth's fears evolve as a result of him committing regicide and rejecting values held by Jacobean society. 560 words
MR SALLES! PLEASE READ! I heard that the examiner may have a slight bias towards you if your views don't match the view of the examiner. So would it be safe to stick to the idea of Macbeth's hamartia being his ambition. OR should I stick to what you are saying? OR for the top marks, should I use "alternatively" to present both arguments?
Question. Can you get into the top band by only doing a little bit of lanugage analysis? For example, if I am talking about how Lady Macbeth's downfall is due to her ambition, can I just use quotes without talking about language analysis
MR SALLES! PLEASE READ! I have bought some predicted papers from Maths Made Easy. The question they put for macbeth is about masculinity. What is more likely to come up, supernatural or masculinity? ALSO I have posted another question in this video. Can you please answer that as well? THANK YOU
mr salles, do we do 1 quote per paragraph or with these quotes should we mix them in together to have for example 2 quotes in one paragraph linking them together?
If there is a question on the witches per se, is it safe to extend that to an essay on Lady Macbeth too ? You really make my English Lessons feel like a waste of time and I thank you dearly for it, wish there was a way to watch you in class...
100% lady macbeth was seen as the 5th witch if you want to include Hecate by the Jacobean society. She linked herself with the supernatural world when she was calling upon the spirits to unsex her. You could write it in more details with other quotes and write about how she didn’t fit in within the “women’s role” unlike lady macduff who was a quintessential perfect jacobean woman.
This is so useful!!! Could you please make similar videos on Frankenstein and Lord of The Flies? This would be greatly appreciated by me and many others too!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishare the relevant parts that you are inferring to the different sub headings that you have made like “unsex me here” and like “ I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent” ?
Mr Salles, in your revision guide Macbeth ,you wrote how Lady Macbeth had grief after they lost their only child in Act 1 Scene 5. Where's the evidence that they lost their child? Thank you!
Hi Mr Salles, I have been watching all your videos since yr 10, and taking notes, but somehow as a yr 11 student, I'm still stuck on grade 4/5. I really want a grade 7 for both lit and lang. Is there any advice you can give me in terms of revision, for the two weeks remaining until exams?
watch the grade 9 essay videos. But if you dont have time my structure is: do a thesis statement stating how writer presents whatever is in the question and the writers purpose is (think he has videos about writers purpose as well). Then structure each paragraph like: A01 (make a point), A02 (language analysis and references to text), A03 (context) then go back to A01 and talk about writers intention so that your context and writers intentions are linked and context isn't just tacked on. I do three paragraphs (stick to the ideas mentioned in your thesis so you have coherent argument) and then a conclusion which is similar to the thesis.
Thank you for this cluster sir - but wouldn't these quotes and ideas become too generic? And will it help differentiate us from other students in terms of ideas?
quick question: do you think it is better for us to use both interpretations for some quotes (such as lady macbeth being rightfully punished for exceeding her role or her being wronged by societies value for women) or do you think we may lose marks for doing so and should just stick to one interpretation.
The benefits of using more than one interpretation is that you get to argue which you think is more powerful. If you simply present two different interpretations without arguing which is best, your essay simply looks as though you don’t know what you want to say.
Thank you so much Mr Salles! I have been following your videos, your advice, and your guides like religion. I had to self-teach myself nearly all the English content as my teachers were not that great and I moved schools twice but I'm still aiming for a 9. I've read nearly every grade 9 essay you wrote and tried to write like those using the notes in your guide so my essays turn out to be excellent and longer than 900 words. I'm having a bit of trouble with Christmas Carol - how would I memorise all the ideas to write a grade 9 essay? For Macbeth, your new guide with the retrieval practices are a tremendous help but for ACC, I'm struggling. I wrote an essay with about 1470 words which took a long time. Could you please tell me a way the ideas would be coming out of my fingertips?
Hello Mr Salles, new to your channel here, wished I discovered it earlier! QUESTION: Are you allowed to mention all the things about King James being a descendant of Banquo? I read about it at the front of the playbook, surely this would fall under context?
Hi Mr Salles, please can you make a TH-cam short on the following: Who Really Is The Inspector? God? A ghost? Consciences? JB Priestley? A soldier? An individual from the future? A socialist from 1912? Or someone else??? ... ❤ Thank you.
would you be able to use the second interpretation of "unsex me here" as establishing how even when women try to obtain power their are still tied to men or used as a construct to change them (king James)- I hope this makes sense
hi sir pls reply ! in ur acc guide u said that dickens uses fred to explore the plight of the working poor represented by bob and his kids , and that fred puts forward dickens view that basic wages should be doubled but i dont understand where in the novella fred does this ?
I know this isn't really pertinent to this video, however I feel so happy I js got my results back from my last (ever 🫡😭) set of mocks. And I found out that in English I got a seven in language! And a six in literature! And I want to thank you for the literature, I've been only getting fives for the past year in year eleven as I had joined really late in school and I've gone from u's to fours then stuck at fives and now I'm getting sixes and sevens and I am so happy! And for lit the reasons I managed to remember my quotes and themes was because I spent so many hours watching your videos so I just want to say thank you so much! You have helped me loads!
hello mr salles, do you think its okay if a write an essay that is extremely complex for example for my macbeth essay i have abit of analysis that you wouldnt usually find such as comparing characters to greek soldiers and linking to mythology or the amount of times a word is mentioned in macbeth such as dunnest which is only mentioned once and when something is only mentioned once its called hapax legomenon and i want to analyse it from here but im afraid of markers not agreeing with my context or interpretations since they wouldnt be commonly know, what are your thoughts?
I'm not Mr Salles but what I would do is definitely include the analysis however make sure it's really thoughtful and well-explained or else the examiners may not like it. But different interpretations (AO3) are really good to include however make sure you write very CLEARLY about them. You can write a brief explanation about the ideas and because I haven't seen it before I can give you my thoughts if you want :).
@@xxxxxxxx4740 thank you so much for your reply, i'll get back to you in a few minutes and write out some of the interpretations i've learnt and hopefully have you share your opinion on them :)
@@xxxxxxxx4740 One of the interpretations i haven't seen as much is the tension and conflict between Duncan and Macbeth through their power dynamic, unlike other kings in Shakespearean plays Duncan doesn't actually fight (which has been modified from Holinshed's chronicles where he does fight) and he instead relies on military prowess to defend him, Duncan's incompetence at war contrasted with Macbeth's combative expertise create a power imbalance where Macbeth believes he has more "honor" and is more "worthy" to be king compared to duncan etc i have some more analysis of this idea and linked it to context of Achilles and Agamemnon from the iliad where agamemnon is a weak king and achilles excessive pride or hubris can be paralleled with that of macbeth so on so on
@@artemiscarnegie Ok I agree with what you're saying and it's really cool bc I haven't heard someone bring that up! There are several links to mythology in Macbeth and I know during Elizabeth's reign Ancient Rome and Greece were really popular so what you're saying makes sense contextually. For the power imbalance between Macbeth and Duncan I would definitely include it makes sense you could talk about how Duncan's death was inevitable as he was not a good king rather than the witches causing "his death" if the theme of supernatural came up. He was bad at choosing people; the previous Thane of Cawdor was also a traitor. However although I can tell you are clearly very intelligent and have researched the play very well I would just be careful about making sure what you're saying relates to the exam question. For me I have certain things I find really interesting and are really good ideas but they don't fit the question so it can often get in the way. Also try and not waste time trying to make it fit. That said what you are writing about is really interesting and I would recommend you memorise this analysis before the exam. Also try and link to different themes and think about why would Shakespeare create that link. What would the audience think? What would Shakespeare want the audience to think? Why? If you do all that I think your ideas will be really critical and well made. Wish you the best of luck in your exams and anyone seeing this. You are going to do amazing!
Hi Mr Salles this video helped me soo much but are you able make one for Jane Eyre and everything for it like themes and and analysis and everything ? I looked for vids on your page but it wasn't there Love your vids thanks sir :)
Hi Mr Salles! I was wondering is there any difference in structure between Shakespeare lit essays and the ones for 19th Century & Modern Text? I was looking at grade 9 past answers and the Modern/19th Century text essays seem to have more quotes but less in depth analysis of singular quotes than Shakespeare (R&J). Is there meant to be a difference in structure?
I think it is purely a difference in the way students are taught. There is no requirement in the exam to do loads of in-depth quotation analysis. That’s why I recommend doing it only once or twice in an essay
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you for your response! The way we were taught in school was to analyse 1 quote in depth per paragraph, for 3-4 paras. Would you say its better to have 1 idea per paragraph instead?
When analysing the fricative sound due to the alliteration of "f", should you explain the reason for its sinister and uneasy tone (the formation of the mouth and teeth as explained in the video). I would think that this should be avoided as it's not really relevant however I just want to make sure. Thanks
Sir is this a good thesis for how Macbeth is presented as violent: In the play 'Macbeth', Shakespeare employs Macbeth as being a violent character, which was seen as being masculine back in the Jacobean Era, which also paints him as a brave warrior being praised by many. His violence also reinforces the idea of him showing some sense of loyalty and comradeship to the king, in which was later destroyed because of his 'Vaulting ambition' that led him to his regicide of King Duncan
thank you for the video! i have a question is there a specific word for how typically in a greek tragedy the hero tries everything to avoid there fate?
Hi Mr Salles, new to your channel but think this will benefit me greatly for my GCSE. Could you possibly do a video similar to this for Jekyll and Hyde, as I am really struggling to find quotes for the novella. (I do Edexcel!)
Sir, could we also look at the sibilance in the dash'd the brains out quote? That she would be as violent as needed to fulfil her promise, so therefore Macbeth has to be violent enough to commit regicide to fulfil his promise? Or is it a strech?
I really really hope you do the same video for A Christmas Carol & An Inspector Calls. I am 100% sure others will find this massively beneficial and agree...
Agreed
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without a doubt in my mind, i am stressing a bit as i am not great at literature and these are massive relievers considering that my exam is in 1 week and 4 days
@@adamberron yes ikr
There already is on for AIC and Mr SAlles just made one for ACC
When talking about the quote 'Unsex me here', I think it is important to address the fact that Lady Macbeth in fact does not wish to become masculine, but rather achieve solely the cruelty associated with masculinity, without the honour, loyalty and service that would come with it when describing the archetypal Jacobean man. I think this further nuances discussion when analysing this quote, and allows for the debate as to whether or not Lady Macbeth (and her 'wicked' husband) almost become witches themselves as the play unfolds.
tl:dr - Lady Macbeth wants to remove her femininity, rather than become a man
Great analysis
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That's correct it's more she wants rid of her kindness and femininity and have it replaced for "Gaul"
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At this point take my English teacher's salary because you are doing more than she ever did. 👍
"fair is foul and foul is fair" techniques: leitmotif
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ur a life saver bro
Got my GCSE in about an hour. Thanks for all the help.
NAHH me too 💀 good luck mg
@@JohnJigglesworth the lady macbeth question in aqa was a beautiful one icl
@@arhanbhat4730 I had a different paper, ours was “which character in the play do you feel most sympathy for and why” I just chose Macbeth because he was manipulated and his future was already set by the witches and they deceived him fuelling his ambition. Aswell as his wife. As the other question was how would the audience react to this scene and the scene was when he sees Banquos ghost in his chair. The anthology was how relationship was presented in manhunt 😮💨
@@JohnJigglesworth Its good that you included his wife as I dont think Macbeths hamartia is also ambition like Mr Salles said and Lady Macbeth was really the drive and cause to carry the regicide out until he could not longer contain himself,
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I memorised your top 10 quotes for Macbeth and J&H with your analysis and ideas, and I jumped from a Grade 5 in Literature to Grade 8. Thanks, for real.
did you use his structure for your answers
That’s brilliant
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish would these be the quotes we always use in an essay plus the ones from the extract
yo congrats bro, did u memorise everything he said for each quote or did u summarise the quote ?
@@louis863 I memorised most parts of the quotes and most of it's analysis
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Thank you for these! They are really helpful. Please may you also make a video showing us how to apply these quotes to all the past paper questions as that would really help?
Thank you very much for making these videos Mr. Salles,
Today is my literature exam, so I'm just looking over your fantastic explanations again, of what the intentions behind these quotes may be- I appreciate how you linked each quote to a common theme/idea so that they, indeed, can all be linked to each other and used in one way or another. The historical references were especially helpful as I didn't know about most, yet they'll definitely give me a few extra marks!
Thanks a million!
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Thank you so much Mr Sales! You have helped me so much with the exam I took today. The quotes you have given spanned across almost all topics which significantly helped me answer my questions and I feel I have performed over my target grade of a 7. 😊
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Thank you Mr Salles. I’ve been looking for a video like this for a while seeing as I have my exams in one month and couldn’t decide on which quotes were the most versatile. This video really helped me :)
Brilliant- I actually haven’t published it yet, it is unlisted but apparently available in my playlist. Glad you liked it!
There's almost too much to talk about
One month I got mine in 2 weeks(now 1 half weeks)
@@UTAULEAKS yeah I can’t lie I forgot when they were 😅 my first one is French speaking on the 9th of May
I did my speaking two weeks ago
as of right now im failing but thanks to my man i have hope thank you mr salles 👏
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4:43 my favourite part of this video. Thank you, you beautiful man I love this and you are going to help me through this 🙏
You got this!
Please can you do one on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Also what is the advantages of using your books compared to using your videos. Thanks.
You can write notes on them, refer back and see what top grade essays look like.
i searched for a video like this an hour ago and now youve posted it !
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Hi Sir, thank you so much for this video. It’s really helpful. If you were to predict a scene and a character focus for this year’s question, what would it be? I only have two weeks until paper 1 and I would like to narrow down my revision.
Really hope to hear from you. Thank you once again :)
is your exam not on the 17th May (AQA)?
its still two weeks
Also the teachers have predicted it maybe on the theme of Guilt so all these quotes fit. Even "shalt be kings" fit as the guilt of Macbeth is shown via his ambition to kill Banquo which can be linked to "Gory locks" within the extract that will be given.
Hi mr salles!
My brother intodued me to your videos and i've only watched two but i can say that all thw points you make are top tier and very helpful! :D
In my school, we do pride and prejucide at GCSE and i looked through your videos for videos on it but couldn't find any. If you do have some then could you please tell me where they are and if not, could you make some: :)
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Thanks Mr Salles, great video once again, please could you perhaps mark this essay on Lady Macbeth and indicate what grade it would be around and also whether the way I write is in any way confusing or vague. btw i dictated it so there may be random Capitalisations.
Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth to explore how desire for power from a woman can lead to a loving relationship to madness and hallucinations to educate the Jacobean audience to follow the norms of a patriarchal Society and the Jacobian society.
Initially Lady Macbeth wishes to be more than a woman - ‘unsex me here’ She wants to transcend gender and be ‘filled from crown to toe with direst cruelty’ . The premodifier ‘direst’ is used To heighten the cruelty she has. She wants to be a supernatural force - ‘O come spirits’ the noun ‘spirits’ having connotations of the supernatural and witchcraft. The imperative verb ‘come’ highlights that she wants power. This contrasts how she was when sleepwalking. She no longer yearns for power as actually understands that she will be damned. ‘Hell is murky’ - The adjective ‘murky’ having connotations or something not being clear, she doesn't know what will happen which heavily contrasts how optimistic she was in Act 1. Alternatively, the idea of murkiness is linked with equivocation - something that is connected with the witches. ‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’, The use of chiasmus creates a sense of equivocation and unclearness which parallels Lady Macbeth's murky view on Hell. Shakespeare uses the threat of being damned to warn his Jacobean audience of the consequences of being concerned with such sorcery and heresies. This would have flattered King James I as he was against Witchcraft and wrote about witches in his book of Daemonology.
Lady Macbeth's loving relationship begins to deteriorate as she begins to manipulate Macbeth. Macbeth sees her as ‘my dearest partner in greatness’ - the superlative ‘dearest’ emphasises the love that they have for each other. But this contrasts with how much Macbeth reacts after he hears of her death - ‘she should have died hereafter’. Macbeth shows no regard for the death of his own wife, almost as though she was an inconvenience to him. Her death was even offstage perhaps to accentuate his lack of love for her. Shakespeare maybe does so to remind Jacobean Society of patriarchal norms and the devastating effects of not following them.
Lady Macbeth is written as a Machiavellian construct to Macbeth into killing the king. She wants to ‘take her milk for gall’ - the noun gall being reminiscent of poison and the ability to kill. Macbeth is ‘ too full o’ the milk of human kindness’. the motif of milk is used so that Lady Macbeth can highlight to Macbeth that they are too humane to commit any sort of murder and if they are going to kill and become powerful they need to get rid of it. ‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’ which contextually links with Original sin as Eve parallels Lady Macbeth as she tempts Macbeth. Perhaps Shakespeare gives power to Lady Macbeth here to go against patriarchy as he himself (18 years old) was married to Anne Hathaway (24 years old) which was quite unusual at the time so Shakespeare may have been criticising patriarchy.
However this also contrasts with how Lady Macbeth ends up. Her state of being is described as a ‘disease’ having connotations of something being harmful, which in one way parallels how she manipulated Macbeth as though Macbeth was influenced by this ‘disease’ Lady Macbeth. Alternatively she is no longer wanted by any part of society.
Her Madness which can be seen from the repetition of ‘to bed’ and ‘come’. She has stepped too far in what she has done - ‘all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’ The connotations of the noun ‘perfumes’ are reminiscent of trying to mask and hide what’s really there and the fact that she can’t do so accentuates how bad her mental state is. It’s quite ironic how she refers to her hand as a ‘little’ one despite how much of an influence she had on Macbeth. Shakespeare does create a pejorative ambience and heightens the madness of Lady Macbeth to once again warn Jacobean society of not following patriarchal norms.
Though Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are separated they still linguistically echo each other ‘Out damned sport!’ . ‘Out brief candle’ The use of linguistic echoing perhaps is trying to say Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are of equal sin, which would’ve appealed to King James I as he would’ve liked the fact, that people who sin and commit regicide will be damned and punished; protecting King James I.
In conclusion Lady Macbeth’s yearning for power, desire to be a supernatural being and manipulation of Macbeth led to her descent into damnation and madness. Shakespeare does so to warn Jacobean society to follow Patriarchal norms and to not be involved with any malevolent witchcraft and sorcery.
Yes, there are some issues with phrasing, but it is otherwise excellent. I’m sure it would get a grade 8 or 9
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thanks for reading, my teacher said the same thing about phrasing so I'll definitely work on making what I write clearer!
What is the most useful Jekyll and Hyde essay to do as revision (something that will likely come up or that covers most themes that would be in any question)
tysm, ur literally a blessing, it came out at the right time
Hey Mr Salles,
Question:
Should you revise themes or characters for a person aiming for Grade 9 in Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde?
Themes - all your quotes will link to characters anyway
PLEASEEE DO TOP 10 QUOTES FOR EVERY AN INSPECTOR CALLS CHARACTER!!!
he did go to his videos you will see that he did it TO EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. hes amazing DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND GO CHECK IT OUT WE DONT HAVE TIME. :)
who’s here for tomorrows exam?
Hello Sir , this video was amazing and so I would like to request that you do the same for Frankenstein as there is hardly anyone on youtube who does it which is disappionting in contrast to Macbeth thank you
Yes please
OMG THIS IS SO GOOD!!! I have an exam for Macbeth in 2 weeeks time this will be Incredible!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES!!
defo got a 4
This is so helpful!
Please could you make videos for Frankenstein and lord of the flies ?? Thank you so much
Mr Salles, thank you so much for all of these videos as they have been incredibly helpful. I was wondering if you could please read this essay and give it a rough I wrote on fear for my mock? No worries if you can't especially as you will be incredibly busy and either way thank you!!
(I got into slight time trouble which is why it is shorter than you recommend)
Macbeth's fears are painted by the bard as a consequence of his usurpation of the throne and defiance of the Great Chain of Being
Shakespeare uses Macbeth as a vehicle to explore how unbridled ambition can lead to extreme paranoia and fear. Macbeth's states 'to be thus is nothing/, but to be safely thus' The implementation of the chiasmus - due to the grammatical construct being flipped- reflects Macbeth's inability to be content with simply being king. His hamartia of his ambition means it is not enough to be king and instead to be a king 'safely' Macbeth's 'vaulting ambition' causes him to kill the 'gracious Duncan' and he therefore is a target for Macduff as well as nature because of his attack on the Great Chain of Being; this says that the king is at the top of the social hierarchy and Macbeth also defies the Diving Right of King which presents kingship as a power given out by God.
Macbeth's fear of the fragility of his kingship also leads to his tyrannical behaviour. Macbeth is given a 'fruitless crown' and 'barren sceptre.' Both pre-modifiers are semantically indicative of worthlessness which could refer to how Macbeth has no heirs to the throne and therefore no one to pass his lineage onto making his throne unstable. 'Barren' could also be an innuendo for Macbeth's impotence and towards the end of the play it evolves into the 'bloody sceptre.' Through a certain prism it could be reasoned that Macbeth regresses into a tyrant due to his fear of not carrying on the line of primogeniture as 'bloody' has associations of violence and murder.'
Macbeth's fear of being caught as the murderer also lead to him abandoning his Christian faith. He asks the rhetorical question 'will all great Neptune's oceans wash my hands clean of this blood?' The irrefutable hyperbolic tone of this question accentuates the guilt Macbeth internally feels. His reliance on 'great Neptune' could be interpreted as his dismissal of Christian faith which would be seen as sacrilegious to a contemporary Jacobean audience who were mostly Christian. Later on Macbeth relies on 'supernatural soliciting' to ease his fears by listening to the prophecies of the 'agents of darkness.' The sibilance of 's' creates a harsh tone which amplifies the audience's abhorrent feelings towards the witches. Macbeth is so enveloped within his fear, he turns away from his Christian faith and attempts to supplement that power by entering the Witches regime.
Macbeth's fears manifest themselves within the cyclicality of violence. The 'butcher' states 'We teach bloody instructions that return back to plague the inventor.' Macbeth admits that his actions of regicide and murder will eventually plague him. The verb 'plague' has pejorative connotations of being unwanted and potentially even illness of death. Macbeth therefore fears the 'blood will have blood' and his 'crown' and lif will be stripped from him. HIs decapitated head being described as the 'cursed usurper's head' links to the Treacherous Thames head being 'fixed on the battlements after being decapitated by Macbeth. This cyclical nature of the violence confirms Macbeth's fears and the Bard could have been using this as a warning message to those attempting to harm King James 1, that they will be 'plagued' by 'bloody instructions.'
In conclusion Macbeth's fears evolve as a result of him committing regicide and rejecting values held by Jacobean society.
560 words
so I feel like this doesn't have enough context off the bat and the conclusion, try adding anew idea in there and link it to context(grade 9 advice)
MR SALLES! PLEASE READ! I heard that the examiner may have a slight bias towards you if your views don't match the view of the examiner. So would it be safe to stick to the idea of Macbeth's hamartia being his ambition. OR should I stick to what you are saying? OR for the top marks, should I use "alternatively" to present both arguments?
Alternatively works well, as long as you decide which you prefer
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Hi Sir what other revision would you recommend along with this video please
thank you! do you have any predictions yet?
Oh, they are all coming! I filmed 4 of them yesterday with @FirstRateTutor!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish omg thanks! looking forward to it! :))
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish r u making predictions for edexcel?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish shes not too great that woman
can you make a christmas carol or inspector calls just like this video? or if you already made lmk please. love your content , keep it up :)
mr everthing english already does that check it out but no one does frankenstein key quotes
Thank you for this video, will you be able to use these quotes in a pastpaper to show us how to fit it in.
THIS IS AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Question. Can you get into the top band by only doing a little bit of lanugage analysis? For example, if I am talking about how Lady Macbeth's downfall is due to her ambition, can I just use quotes without talking about language analysis
MR SALLES! PLEASE READ! I have bought some predicted papers from Maths Made Easy. The question they put for macbeth is about masculinity. What is more likely to come up, supernatural or masculinity? ALSO I have posted another question in this video. Can you please answer that as well? THANK YOU
Nobody actually knows!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Ok thank you
I cannot thank you enough for these videos sir!
mr salles, do we do 1 quote per paragraph or with these quotes should we mix them in together to have for example 2 quotes in one paragraph linking them together?
Mix
this is amazing thank you for this!
Is it better to use prtezel paragraphs -point,reference,technique,explain,zoom in ,explain, link or embedded quotations
If there is a question on the witches per se, is it safe to extend that to an essay on Lady Macbeth too ?
You really make my English Lessons feel like a waste of time and I thank you dearly for it, wish there was a way to watch you in class...
100% lady macbeth was seen as the 5th witch if you want to include Hecate by the Jacobean society. She linked herself with the supernatural world when she was calling upon the spirits to unsex her. You could write it in more details with other quotes and write about how she didn’t fit in within the “women’s role” unlike lady macduff who was a quintessential perfect jacobean woman.
mr salles, do we need to zoom in on any words at all to get the top marks? or if we write what ur saying enough to get grade 9?
You will naturally zoom in on some words. You don’t have to do it with every quote
Hi Sir, which 2 of these quotes would be the best quotes to use for any question that comes up?
I made another video today which tells you the top five. That’s as low as I am prepared to go.
this is life saving, but how do i slap these ideas on flashcards?
Im starting to realise that some themes are similar to jekyll and Hyde which is helpful
This is so useful!!! Could you please make similar videos on Frankenstein and Lord of The Flies?
This would be greatly appreciated by me and many others too!
Thank you sir please can you also do this for jekyll and hyde
Mr Salles, do we need to learn the whole quotation? It’s quite long!
No, just pick the relevant parts
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishare the relevant parts that you are inferring to the different sub headings that you have made like “unsex me here” and like “ I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent” ?
hi sir, when are predictions coming out this year
Mr Salles, in your revision guide Macbeth ,you wrote how Lady Macbeth had grief after they lost their only child in Act 1 Scene 5. Where's the evidence that they lost their child? Thank you!
Macduff to Malcolm, "he has no children"
thank you so much sir! this is very helpful
Hi Mr Salles, I have been watching all your videos since yr 10, and taking notes, but somehow as a yr 11 student, I'm still stuck on grade 4/5. I really want a grade 7 for both lit and lang. Is there any advice you can give me in terms of revision, for the two weeks remaining until exams?
sameee :(
Bit late, but I recommend watching a video where he goes through a grade 9 essay, and make notes from there.
watch the grade 9 essay videos. But if you dont have time my structure is: do a thesis statement stating how writer presents whatever is in the question and the writers purpose is (think he has videos about writers purpose as well). Then structure each paragraph like: A01 (make a point), A02 (language analysis and references to text), A03 (context) then go back to A01 and talk about writers intention so that your context and writers intentions are linked and context isn't just tacked on. I do three paragraphs (stick to the ideas mentioned in your thesis so you have coherent argument) and then a conclusion which is similar to the thesis.
@@moo9874 Thanks for the advice. Did well on the exam
Thank you for this cluster sir - but wouldn't these quotes and ideas become too generic? And will it help differentiate us from other students in terms of ideas?
The more quotes you know, the better
quick question: do you think it is better for us to use both interpretations for some quotes (such as lady macbeth being rightfully punished for exceeding her role or her being wronged by societies value for women) or do you think we may lose marks for doing so and should just stick to one interpretation.
The benefits of using more than one interpretation is that you get to argue which you think is more powerful. If you simply present two different interpretations without arguing which is best, your essay simply looks as though you don’t know what you want to say.
Can you do same one for Jekyll and hyde please?
Mrs salles is their anyway of linking sexism in the play to kingship
thanksssssss. I can finally say I'm not failing Macbeth :)
Hello mr sales, I was wondering if these quotes are enough for my gcse I know the text, but would these quotes be enough for a pass
if you can't remember a quote, you can just describe what happens in the scene.
Hi there could you also do jekyll and hyde aswell btw this video was so helpful
how is the use of the word candle in ' out, out, brief candle' a Christian image? just wondering so i can try to expand on it
It is symbolic of God’s light
Do you think a character question is less likely (compared to a theme), as Macbeth was picked last year?
Thank you for this video it will help me alot!! Will you make a similar video for Animal farm and a christmas carol?
Do you think i would be marked down for plagiarism for using this analysis in my exam as other students will likely use it? great video btw!
ideas aren't plagiarism these are just ideas about the quote just dont copy anything word for word
could this analysis help me get a grade 9?
Don’t you know who I am!?
Great video can you make one for a Christmas Carol
When are your predictions coming out for aqa and the video with first rate tutor
Every Sunday in May
Hi sir, thank you for this video. Can you please make a video just like this for a Christmas carol?
These quotes are very useful but how can we analyse the language techniques
Are these all grade 9 quotes for Macbeth?
Are all of these enough for gcse
80% enough perhaps
Thank you so much Mr Salles! I have been following your videos, your advice, and your guides like religion. I had to self-teach myself nearly all the English content as my teachers were not that great and I moved schools twice but I'm still aiming for a 9.
I've read nearly every grade 9 essay you wrote and tried to write like those using the notes in your guide so my essays turn out to be excellent and longer than 900 words.
I'm having a bit of trouble with Christmas Carol - how would I memorise all the ideas to write a grade 9 essay? For Macbeth, your new guide with the retrieval practices are a tremendous help but for ACC, I'm struggling. I wrote an essay with about 1470 words which took a long time. Could you please tell me a way the ideas would be coming out of my fingertips?
It sounds like they are coming out of your fingertips! You will be fine
Hello Mr Salles, new to your channel here, wished I discovered it earlier! QUESTION: Are you allowed to mention all the things about King James being a descendant of Banquo? I read about it at the front of the playbook, surely this would fall under context?
yes
thank you so much ❤
Hi Mr Salles, please can you make a TH-cam short on the following:
Who Really Is The Inspector?
God? A ghost? Consciences? JB Priestley? A soldier? An individual from the future? A socialist from 1912? Or someone else??? ... ❤
Thank you.
I could
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thanks sir
would you be able to use the second interpretation of "unsex me here" as establishing how even when women try to obtain power their are still tied to men or used as a construct to change them (king James)- I hope this makes sense
Yes!
Could you make a video on Duncan and kingship?
hi sir pls reply ! in ur acc guide u said that dickens uses fred to explore the plight of the working poor represented by bob and his kids , and that fred puts forward dickens view that basic wages should be doubled but i dont understand where in the novella fred does this ?
Where Dickens specifically mentions what his wage will be
I know this isn't really pertinent to this video, however I feel so happy I js got my results back from my last (ever 🫡😭) set of mocks. And I found out that in English I got a seven in language! And a six in literature! And I want to thank you for the literature, I've been only getting fives for the past year in year eleven as I had joined really late in school and I've gone from u's to fours then stuck at fives and now I'm getting sixes and sevens and I am so happy! And for lit the reasons I managed to remember my quotes and themes was because I spent so many hours watching your videos so I just want to say thank you so much! You have helped me loads!
That's brilliant. Thanks for working so hard!
mate luv u just had the test light work
hello mr salles, do you think its okay if a write an essay that is extremely complex for example for my macbeth essay i have abit of analysis that you wouldnt usually find such as comparing characters to greek soldiers and linking to mythology or the amount of times a word is mentioned in macbeth such as dunnest which is only mentioned once and when something is only mentioned once its called hapax legomenon and i want to analyse it from here but im afraid of markers not agreeing with my context or interpretations since they wouldnt be commonly know, what are your thoughts?
I'm not Mr Salles but what I would do is definitely include the analysis however make sure it's really thoughtful and well-explained or else the examiners may not like it. But different interpretations (AO3) are really good to include however make sure you write very CLEARLY about them. You can write a brief explanation about the ideas and because I haven't seen it before I can give you my thoughts if you want :).
I agree with all the Xs
@@xxxxxxxx4740 thank you so much for your reply, i'll get back to you in a few minutes and write out some of the interpretations i've learnt and hopefully have you share your opinion on them :)
@@xxxxxxxx4740 One of the interpretations i haven't seen as much is the tension and conflict between Duncan and Macbeth through their power dynamic, unlike other kings in Shakespearean plays Duncan doesn't actually fight (which has been modified from Holinshed's chronicles where he does fight) and he instead relies on military prowess to defend him, Duncan's incompetence at war contrasted with Macbeth's combative expertise create a power imbalance where Macbeth believes he has more "honor" and is more "worthy" to be king compared to duncan etc i have some more analysis of this idea and linked it to context of Achilles and Agamemnon from the iliad where agamemnon is a weak king and achilles excessive pride or hubris can be paralleled with that of macbeth so on so on
@@artemiscarnegie Ok I agree with what you're saying and it's really cool bc I haven't heard someone bring that up!
There are several links to mythology in Macbeth and I know during Elizabeth's reign Ancient Rome and Greece were really popular so what you're saying makes sense contextually.
For the power imbalance between Macbeth and Duncan I would definitely include it makes sense you could talk about how Duncan's death was inevitable as he was not a good king rather than the witches causing "his death" if the theme of supernatural came up. He was bad at choosing people; the previous Thane of Cawdor was also a traitor.
However although I can tell you are clearly very intelligent and have researched the play very well I would just be careful about making sure what you're saying relates to the exam question. For me I have certain things I find really interesting and are really good ideas but they don't fit the question so it can often get in the way. Also try and not waste time trying to make it fit. That said what you are writing about is really interesting and I would recommend you memorise this analysis before the exam.
Also try and link to different themes and think about why would Shakespeare create that link. What would the audience think? What would Shakespeare want the audience to think? Why?
If you do all that I think your ideas will be really critical and well made. Wish you the best of luck in your exams and anyone seeing this. You are going to do amazing!
hii i was wondering if you could make a video like this on an inspector calls and a christmas carol? or if u have already i dont know
day before the exammmm!
Hi Mr Salles
this video helped me soo much but are you able make one for Jane Eyre and everything for it like themes and and analysis and everything ?
I looked for vids on your page but it wasn't there
Love your vids thanks sir :)
do u have predictions for macbeth,inspector calls and jane eyre for edexcel?
Wishing luck to all 2024 students
Sir when will you upload your predicted questions for English lit? Thanks
Can you do one of these for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde please
can you done for Christmas carol please
Great video sir.
Hi Mr Salles! I was wondering is there any difference in structure between Shakespeare lit essays and the ones for 19th Century & Modern Text? I was looking at grade 9 past answers and the Modern/19th Century text essays seem to have more quotes but less in depth analysis of singular quotes than Shakespeare (R&J).
Is there meant to be a difference in structure?
I think it is purely a difference in the way students are taught. There is no requirement in the exam to do loads of in-depth quotation analysis. That’s why I recommend doing it only once or twice in an essay
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you for your response! The way we were taught in school was to analyse 1 quote in depth per paragraph, for 3-4 paras. Would you say its better to have 1 idea per paragraph instead?
When analysing the fricative sound due to the alliteration of "f", should you explain the reason for its sinister and uneasy tone (the formation of the mouth and teeth as explained in the video). I would think that this should be avoided as it's not really relevant however I just want to make sure. Thanks
Yes, I just included the purpose of fricatives so that students who didn’t know would understand it. You would assume the examiner knew
Sir is this a good thesis for how Macbeth is presented as violent:
In the play 'Macbeth', Shakespeare employs Macbeth as being a violent character, which was seen as being masculine back in the Jacobean Era, which also paints him as a brave warrior being praised by many. His violence also reinforces the idea of him showing some sense of loyalty and comradeship to the king, in which was later destroyed because of his 'Vaulting ambition' that led him to his regicide of King Duncan
Yes, apart from the word ‘in’
I'm confused please sir elaborate why I can't use the word 'In' is it too basic of a word?
@@itswobblypancake7981 it doesn’t make sense in this context, so get rid of it before ‘which’
thank you for the video! i have a question is there a specific word for how typically in a greek tragedy the hero tries everything to avoid there fate?
Hi Mr Salles, new to your channel but think this will benefit me greatly for my GCSE. Could you possibly do a video similar to this for Jekyll and Hyde, as I am really struggling to find quotes for the novella. (I do Edexcel!)
It is recorded and coming soon
Hey, could you tell me the different main themes for thr AQA english lit exam please
does ao2 really matter cause all the analysis seems good but can I just talk about what the writer uses?
great video mate. the various views and perspectives you give us are very insightful. in addition, your teaching makes it easy to understand g
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Sir, could we also look at the sibilance in the dash'd the brains out quote? That she would be as violent as needed to fulfil her promise, so therefore Macbeth has to be violent enough to commit regicide to fulfil his promise? Or is it a strech?
No, that is not far fetched!