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This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7.
I provide a close reading of the entire scene, including: — Detailed explication — Commentary — Literary analysis
All commentary is supplemented by in-text, line-by-line study notes designed to help students: — Prepare for GCSE, A-Level, IB, and AP evaluation — Prepare for general high school and college quizzes, exams, and essays — Generate ideas for analysis essays — Participate knowledgeably in class discussions Click here to download the annotated text of Macbeth: https://sites.google.com/view/shakespeare-walkthrough/home
This video discusses :
PLOT: — Macbeth’s first soliloquy: talks himself out of killing Duncan; rationalisms based on fear — Lady Macbeth is disgusted by Macbeth’s lack of courage; plays the manhood card: I’ll only consider you a real man, if you kill Duncan (devouring mother) — Macbeth succumbs to his wife’s pressure, agrees to go through with murder
CHARACTER: — Macbeth: morally aware of wrongdoing, but motivated by fear; incapable of standing up to his wife; craves validation of devouring mother; passive aggressive; in subordinate role — Lady Macbeth: relentless and unforgiving in her manipulations; knows her husband well; knows herself not so well; animus possessed; in dominant role
THEME: — Love as a weapon: devouring mother withholds love to manipulate child — Manhood definition: strength put to good use vs raw power; masculine + feminine = complete man; yin + yang = complete man — Hubris summons Nemesis — Appearance vs reality
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