Is Macbeth a feministic play? | Top grade Shakespeare analysis
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- In this video, I provide a detailed analysis of Macbeth from the angle of feminist criticism. We’ll be looking specifically at the female characters in the play (Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff, and to a large extent - the Witches), deep diving into their quotations, and considering how they each embody feministic ideas in unique and surprising ways.
TIMESTAMPS:
01:00 - Context (women, Shakespeare, Elizabeth I and James I)
03:25 - Portrayal of the Witches
05:50 - Portrayal of Lady Macbeth
08:30 - Portrayal of Lady Macduff
10:50 - Macbeth and the women in the play - what's the deal?
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Thank you so much!!!! Did you know that ur not only helping the A level students but also helping meeee the AP student!!!!! I’m so happy that I found your video for my ap lit exam!!! Thank you so much for all the analysis!!! They are amazing wish me luck in my next week test!!!
You have never failed to surprise me with your analyses ever since I have start watching your vedios...I just love your content.
Thanks so much for the lovely comment - I'm glad you like the videos, and I hope they help :) Great name, by the way! 'Vanity Fair' is one of my favourite Victorian novels :)
Yes, I totally think he has a feminist perspective in this play! Do your analytics show a drop when the intro plays?
Hmmm I should remove the intro going forward, yes.... :)
@@JenChan only if that is what your analytics say!
Not who I expected to see here...
Thank you soo much for this perspective point.
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching :)
This video and your analysis is so amazing, I'm going to watch some more of your Macbeth videos hopefully to help me secure the top grades in my exam next week!! Thankyou :))
also: Could it be argued that Lady Macbeth was an extremely supportive wife and only wished the best for her husband. This could be why she manipulated and emasculates him, as it may be considered an act of 'tough love' , and her eagerness and determination towards Macbeth rising to power could be her trying to make Macbeth into something she wishes that she could be but is unable to because she is a female in a patriarchal society.
That's definitely an interesting argument, provided that you find the relevant quotations to support. Perhaps one angle to take (and a slightly Freudian one) would be to argue that LM sees Macbeth as a surrogate son, or the son she never had. This makes Macbeth's statement - "bring forth man-children only" (1.7) - all the more ironic, because LM at that moment was 'bringing forth' her 'man-child' (i.e. her husband).
@@JenChan Great point, Thankyou so much😄
thank you for this video!! it’s immeasurably useful and your videos always enable me to look at my texts from different perspectives which are always so interesting! i’m really struggling with poetry- do i learn all 15? or pick a few to learn in depth as i love your analysis but all of it simply won’t stick, what do you think?
Definitely read all of them, but perhaps pick 6-8 that you like most and go in-depth with your analysis on them for prep!
Amazing
dear Miss Chan,
I was just wondering what quotes and grade 9 level points you could use if the question was on Macduff.
Is Macbeth's Aside on Act 1 scene 3 when he says that he will let fate or chance do the task of making him the king an example of personification? I think so but am not sure
You're referring to the line "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me / Without my stir" - yes, chance is personified here.
@@JenChan yup! Thanks again for the detailed analysis of Macbeth as an Feminist play. I just had one question. When Macbeth was in a soliloquy, Banquo describes his partner as being in a rapt or being encaptured by someone or being swayed away from reality
So can we deduce the fact that Macbeth was actually captured by Lady Macbeth and she was in full possession of him? Maybe we can't blame Macbeth for his actions since it is L.M who actually provoked Macbeth?
@@sakkhogun1334 I wouldn't be too black-and-white with these interpretations. It's probably better to consider Macbeth's tragic fall as being caused by a multitude of factors (of which Lady Mac is one). In any case, you should engage with the concept of hamartia when thinking about Macbeth's fall, and his tragic flaw is certainly innate to him.
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