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This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 3.
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: — Porter complains about all the knocking, pretends he is the gatekeeper of hell; comic relief, jokes about how everyone is corrupt and deserves hell — MacDuff and Lennox arrive, chastise Porter for being drunk — Porter jokes about alcohol and sexual impotence — Macbeth welcomes MacDuff/Lennox — MacDuff goes to wake Duncan — Lennox reports the strange weather — MacDuff announces Duncan’s murder — Malcolm, Donalbain, Lady Macbeth and Banquo arrive — Macbeth confesses to killing the 2 guards in fit of rage — Lady Macbeth pretends to faint to draw attention away from Macbeth — Malcolm and Donalbain agree to flee to England and Ireland
CHARACTER: — Porter: wise fool; cynic — MacDuff/Lennox/Banquo: loyal subjects; swear revenge; aligned with the good — Macbeth: so far so good, no panic attacks — Lady Macbeth: better actor than Macbeth, more presence of mind — Malcolm/Donalbain: wise not to trust anyone; recognize appearance vs reality; not naive like their father
THEME: — Comic relief — Wasteland: social and psychological; the Great Chain of Being disrupted — Manhood: male sexual insecurity/impotence — Appearance vs reality
