Honestly wish I hadn't wasted my money on revision guides and just watched this video to start with, so, so, so helpful! Way more detailed than my York Notes revision guide :)
I've revised so much yet I still feel as if I'll get below average or just luckily get average. All other subjects are so easy to revise and learn but English is my kryptonite
for my year 11 mocks I got a grade 4 I never watched mr Salles. for my GCSE's I just received my grades and I got a grade 8 for my literature exam even though I didn't finish my paper and came out in tears. thank you mr Salles for your videos you helped me achieve a grade my teachers didn't think I was capable of getting
@@J.246 for my mocks we didn't get any Macbeth but in my actual exam I think it was 'how are powerful men portrayed in Macbeth' something like that I can't remember very well. I sat IGCSE edexcel though
Thank you for all ur help Mr Salles! Wether i do well tomorrow, or i flop, i want to thank you for all ur help in this journey, all ur blood sweat and tears, as well as ur ambition and enthusiasm for us to do well that go into this channel. We all really appreciate it. All my friends at school watch you - u are a popular man Mr Salles! Once again, thank you for all ur support. I pray that you live a long, happy, healthy life. 🤗
I said to myself, I am going to make notes on all the important points he makes and 12 pages later I'm still only halfway through the video... Thank you so much, there is so much context and messages in this which I didn't even know about! I am so glad I discovered you!
i just want to say, thank you so much for your help on literature! i achieved an 8 in my last mock and am now aiming for one in my exam, and i was only at a 6 in november!
I know that I've commented on other videos, but seriously salles. Even though i love english and have always been top of the class, after spending 2 years off school due to mental illness i genuinely didn't think i would even GET an english gcse, LET ALONE get 8s and 9s in my mocks. You are literally an angel; your new collab with mr everything english was equally massively helpful and hilarious. I will continue to watch you even when I've finished school purely because i love your videos and find them so useful in my at-home/ for-leisure writing. Macbeth tomorrow and feeling confident even though i only did half of it in class. THANK YOU SALLES YOU LEGENDDD
Wow - this analysis is so interesting! I knew none of that before watching this video - your students are very lucky to have you as their teacher. Thank you so much!
Life saver! Doing a video like this about all the characters would also be helpful! I am aware that you have a few individual videos but one like this is really good to keep concentrated.
I have to say that despite absolutely hating English all of your videos have kept me engaded and have given me brilliant ideas to develop into my own, this will get views year by year and you deserve every one of them
I have an English Literature exam tomorrow, and this video has been so useful for quick revision. You explain everything in depth and the quotations in the video can be used for a lot of different type of questions. Thank you
Doing last minute revision at 4am, thank you sir,, i found your channel last october when i was struggling with dr jekyll and mr hyde and thanks to you i've been getting 9s the entire year! I do edexcel but these analysis videos are perfect for any exam board, i always reccomend people to watch your videos, feeling prepared to smash my exam
I’m lucky enough to have a fantastic English teacher however some of the stuff in here is incredibly perceptive which I have never heard before. Fantastic work!
just wanted to let everyone know that this man singlehandedly took me from getting 7s in english language and 6s in lit to recently getting me a 9 in english language and 8 in lit in my mocks.absolute legend.
Can you please do this for characters and also do this for Dr jekyll and Mr Hyde By the way I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos
seen many of ur vids, never gave them much credit but now im closer to gcses and this pops up in recommended (youtube, how did u know), this work is truly amazing. watched to the end and yes, i did sub. Thanks alot!
Congratulations on your latest subscriber - me! This has to be the MOST HELPFUL video I've ever seen, and hopefully I can get an 8/9 on my GCSE in A FEW DAYS! Thank you so much!
completely s******g myself for lit tomorrow - good luck to everyone doing any and all of their gcses/ exams I hope yall do amazing xxxxx also its not the end of the world if you fail
Thank you so much for this video. I have been revising for my English lit exams, and I want to thank you for your videos in helping me to achieve top grades. In mocks I got a grade 4 in literature, but recently I had a literature assessment, and after watching your vids I got a 7, which is outstanding for me, thanks!!
Im in year 10 and im here before i end up like some of u year 11s ✌. Some of u lot rlly said 'listening to this on x2 speed on the morning of the exam while revising chemistry' BURIWLMMAOOOO
I just want to say these videos have been so helpful to me! in year 10 i was predicted a 5- in English literature but I had my mocks in December and I got a 9! Thank you so much!!
@@xoxox9197 idek I literally used what this video gave and I got it. It could also be because that predicted grade was from the first lockdown in the UK and I was struggling a bit
I know I've said this before, but thank you so much for this. I'm doing some last minute revision and honestly believe I have learnt so much more than I would have done anywhere else, and in such short time too! Please keep continuing this work as it is not only so so helpful and in depth, but also a life saver to someone like me who struggles to learn through just textbooks and words :)
Didn’t lady Macbeth say ‘false face must hide what the false heart doth know’ since women are being forced by society to become manipulative in order to gain power and against patriarchy through Macbeth letting lady Macbeth guide her? Love the videos, you have helped me tremendously
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES! IVE USED YOUR VIDEOS AND I GOT FULL MARKS ON ALL MY LITERATURE PAPERS! I got 9 in language and literature all thanks to you!!!!
Banquo says he dreamt last night of the sisters a couple scenes after the witches give their prophecies, we don't know how much time has passed, but I don't think it's suggesting at all that Banquo dreamt about the sisters before they met them, more so that he's been really preoccupied by them, and has been dreaming about them because they're on his mind, which still shows his ambition just in a different context.
I always figured that Banquo dreamt after the meeting, with a days time passing implied. His reaction upon seeing them doesn't indicate he's seen them before. So far a great video. Love the point about Macduff teaching Malcom about healthy masculinity.
results day was yesterday and i was shocked to find out i got an 8 in english lit and 7 in lang , after getting 4s in my mocks. THANK YOU! without these videos i wouldn’t have been able to have got such grades and i’m so pleased. again , thank you.
If you're watching this video and today is NOT the 21 of May 2018, please start revising english as you go along because you will remember my words the night before your exam :)) #helpmelearnthecourseinoneevening
thank you so much!! I watched this and made mindmaps on the themes and I usually get 4 and 5's but in the Macbeth essay I did in class (which was on the supernatural) i got a 7!! this is the first time I ever got that high in English I'm so grateful
Got my mock tomorrow... Update!! I got a 9 in my Macbeth essay and 8 in Jekyll Hyde! Strange because I revised more for Jekyll Hyde... Was extremely chuffed with myself though! Got mocks again in January 👍🏻
Wow this felt like some sort of true crime series and I loved it!! Those interpretations were so fascinating not only were they deeper and complex but also genuinely entertaining to follow
You're actually the best, the effort and time you put into this is so wonderful. My exam's next week, I hope this helps x Thanks again for all this effort
This was a great video, however you mentioned that Banquo dreamed about the witches before he met them, however Banquo and Macbeth meet the witches in Act 1 Scene 3, and Banquo only mentions dreaming of the witches in Act 2 scene 1 line 20.
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Arguably, Shakespeare constructs the theme of guilt as a significant factor in the downfall of humans due to its ‘spur’ in ‘bloody’ violence, the characters underestimation of its effects and its supernatural connotations. In Lady Macbeths somnambulism, she exclaims ‘out damned spot’ at the blood she sees on her hand. The ‘spot’ is a symbol of her guilt for her erroneous deeds in being the ‘spur’ to Macbeths ambition. The ‘spot’ can also be interpreted by some as a Jacobean reference to one possessed by the supernatural. It was believed, and reinforced by James the 1sts ‘Daemonologie’, that people of supernatural influence had a ‘spot’ on their body that marked them. This could imply that Shakespeare is telling his audience that Lady Macbeth, as influenced by the supernatural, is not in her current state of mind. She is consumed by her guilt, her tragic flaw, or perhaps she is influenced and wants her femininity and humanity back. The ‘damned’ also could suggest that Lady Macbeth is talking about her own soul being ‘damned’ as she knows she is going to hell. Her turn back to Christianity contrasts with her husband who turns away from it and hardly looks back. When Macbeth, consumed with guilt, says to his wife, ‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean off my hand’, he is implying that he has turned away from Christianity as he has used a pre-Christian god in a plea for help. This could suggest that Macbeth’s moral, Christian conscience has been wiped away and his state of mind is more that of the Romans. They saw life as a tragedy. A Jacobean audience would recognise this reference and could interpret this as knowing that Macbeth will have a tragic end, and not to follow his morals. Therefore, Shakespeare perhaps is teaching the audience through the immorality of Macbeth and the moral Christian views of society, that guilt cannot be erased as Christians would try to avoid sin, pre-eminently in the Jacobean era due to the fear of hell. The structural use of Macbeth’s guilt is employed by Shakespeare to teach his audience not to commit violent acts, especially regicide. This is shown where Macbeth has just murdered Duncan and suddenly all the guilt floods into him and he starts hallucinating in the form of hearing voices. ‘Methought I heard a voice cry sleep no more’, this implies that Shakespeare is warning the audience with the consequence of psychologically losing them self, something that was incurable and heavily frowned upon in Jacobean times due to its link to the supernatural. However, the motif of ‘sleep’ used by Macbeth could be Shakespeare, once again, informing his audience that the consequence of guilt is lack of sleep and will result in a tragic end. In Shakespeare’s previous tragedy ‘Hamlet’, featuring a tragic hero - which is what Macbeth is regarded to be - Hamlet announces at the end of the play ‘Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting that would not let me sleep’. This shows the audience that the lack of sleep, caused by guilt, could lead to a tragic end therefore preventing them from committing egregious deeds. Hamlet was written in 1599-1600 meaning the audience would recognise this as Macbeth was written 6 years later. Shakespeare’s link across his work could further imply that guilt is universal and utterly inescapable, terrifying his audience and playing on their conscience. Another character that expresses the motif of guilt is Macduff, a moral character. He commits an extremely reckless deed which was taking all of his soldiers out of his Castle and fleeing to England and leaving his family defenceless, which any general should have recognised as reckless and risky. When Macbeth has them murdered, he suffers tremendous guilt as he says, ‘my wife and children’s ghosts haunt me still’. This implies that he underestimated his guilt through his actions; just like lady Macbeth underestimated her guilt as she says, ‘who would have thought’. This underestimation in both characters is used by Shakespeare to perhaps warn King James the first to know himself and to not underestimate himself. King James was previously King James the 4th of Scotland and two monarchs behind him was Henry the eighth who prosecuted Catholics. Shakespeare is perhaps sending an extremely discreet message to his King that an underestimation of guilt can lead to a fatal end, like Lady Macbeth, or, however a violent outrage like Macduff. Shakespeare is wanting King James the first not to prosecute the Catholics as he knows that violence always results in more violence and then the guilt sets in and destroys more life, psychologically. Macbeth also shows signs of a bloodlust at the start of the play as he ‘unseamed’ Macdonald from the ‘nave to the chaps’ and then ‘bade farewell to him’. this implies that Macbeth has a bloodlust as to ‘unseam’ someone from the ‘nave to the chaps’ would require a short blade and for the two to be close and personal, Macbeth needs to be holding his shoulder in order for Macdonald not to fall backwards. Macbeth would have been covered in blood and clearly enjoys it from the way he is described to ‘bid farewell’. This shows Macbeth’s gory and violent sense of humour. This enforced the tragedy of the play and the theme of guilt as that execution is the way that Macbeth earns all of his power in the patriarchal society and his bloodlust is a result of the way he was born and bred. Macbeth subsequently suddenly feels guilt after murdering Duncan, which is deemed to be a very human emotion, unlike that of a soldier who executes. This could imply that Macbeth feels guilty because Duncan is an ‘old man’. This was repeated by Lady Macbeth in her somnambulism which emphasises the message to the audience. Shakespeare is implying that the guilt is from Duncan being an ‘old man’, someone who is helpless. The guilt Lady Macbeth feels is also from the murder of an old man further emphasising the intent. Shakespeare is once again telling King James not to attack anyone who is helpless as James had already been the victim of the 1605 gunpowder plot, enforced by Catholics. This is a warning as Shakespeare is saying do not attack the helpless, the religion is already struggling as it will have brought about great guilt to them, the persecution would result in a consequence that brought about the demise of Lady Macbeth. This shows Shakespeare's moral conscience as he is using the theme of guilt as almost a comparison to hell in order to bring about the stop to prosecution. The motif of blood is used as a symbol of guilt, employed by Shakespeare to frequently remind his audience of the consequences of violence, guilt. In her somnambulism, Lady Macbeth announces ‘here is the smell of blood still’ which implies to Shakespeare's audience that when an act of violence is committed, it will follow you around everywhere. The use of the sense shows that it would affect the person subconsciously, further emphasising the warning of the threat. In Jacobean times, those who acted unnaturally were deemed as supernatural which usually resulted in death for them. This is Shakespeare's further emphasis on the consequences guilt brings to man. To conclude, Shakespeare employs guilt as a punishment for those who committed violent acts. The fact that guilt spurs on violence could be Shakespeare asking the question of whether anyone would have their tragic fall without feeling remorse. - i would appreciate it if there was a video if you left out my last name :)
Just ordered your Macbeth Guide. I will be recommending same to my Year 10 and Year 11 tutees and students (as well as your videos). To date I have referred to many of your Guides for planning and teaching. Once again thank you.
Hello Mr Salles! I wrote a thesis and I want to know what feedback you have for me if that's alright with you. I know it's a bit long- my teacher never taught us how to write thesis' so please bare with me. "How does Shakespeare present the theme of ambition in the play? " Throughout the play, Shakespeare explores the theme of ambition through various characters; what the consequences of these ambitions may be. The patriarchy- a society where women are exploited and are denied power in their own right- forces women (such as lady macbeth and the witches) to go through severe means to get what they desire (such as by committing treason, wanting to be "unsex"ed- getting stripped off their own femininity- or perhaps, turn to witchcraft as a last resort). Shakespeare also points out how dangerous ambition could be and what it may to do people. He clearly indicates in this play that all good men/women can be destroyed by their ambition; the audience shouldn't fall for the same mistakes as the protagonist and most of the characters fell for.
@@nuur8826 the play was mainly a royalist propaganda so as well as it appealing to Jacobean audience the main audience he wanted to appeal to was the court of king James
Only exam I've neglected really; done a couple of hours previously but this video has really boosted my confidence; I am thankful for that! Gl to everyone else sitting the exam; am sure you will get the grades that u want!
Re. Banquo and the witches...he is curious I think more than ambitious, at least initially . He neither beg nor fear your favours I can't write it tidily, without paraprhasing, but that's what I always thought xx
Another really good thing to note about fate is the witches relation with Hecate, yes the Greek goddess of witches with 3 faces, possibly referring to the 3 witches we see in the play, however Hecate actually has a large association with Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night, in the Greek myths highlighting their somewhat negative intent, furthermore, and this is the good point, in classic Greek chthonic myth, Nyx, amongst her children, has 3 daughters, their names literally being "the fates", linking back to imply that the 3 sisters we see in the play are the three daughters of fate
Hi sir, I just wanted to thank you for these amazing videos!! I was predicted 6s in english and hated the subject but by using your techniques and ideas, I managed to get a 9 in english lit and an 8 in english lang in my yr10 mocks thanks to you!
Only 11 weeks left so gonna really give it a good go now, English lit has always been my favourite lesson but I've never been able to structure my ideas so I've always got low grades. Hopefully I can change that.
yeh, i wondered about that too. I guess the audience would all discuss the play after the performance, since they didnt have internet or TV, discussion was pretty much how they spent leisure time, the messages and meaning of the play would be sure to come out
great video covers all the context need and most key quotes i spent 3 hours to summaries all the information in it not like the other video that wast your time thanks helped alot
when you talk about macbeth's desire for the witches' prophecies, you could talk about how whenever lady macbeth is not present, the witches are. This perhaps could mean that macbeth pays more attention to the witches as they give him what he wants whereas lady macbeths phychological state of mind is completely ruined and he cannot converse with her the way he used to. The absence of lady macbeth is very significant in the play because without her macbeth is out of order and he falls into a cycle of going to the witches then comitting murder. However you could argue that the absence of lady macbeth is only doing good for herself as she is no longer planning murder with macbeth and is now guilty for her sin and wants to repent, this shows how macbeth is to blame for the muder as he chose to exersize his free will by killing Duncan to be king faster however he could have just waited patiently for his fate since what the witches say is all true
Honestly wish I hadn't wasted my money on revision guides and just watched this video to start with, so, so, so helpful! Way more detailed than my York Notes revision guide :)
That's great to know! Thank you.
I hope my published guides are much better than York Notes and the rest too!
totally agree lol
I've revised so much yet I still feel as if I'll get below average or just luckily get average. All other subjects are so easy to revise and learn but English is my kryptonite
@@24kings57 Just associate the language he uses with the context and these themes, then you're guaranteed a good grade
Who has english literature tomorrow?? Good luckk to themmm!!
im absolutely shitting it I've done nothing
Same lad lol I’m frantically trying to find videos for tomorrow
and you God Bless truly
@@aljoferhatbegovic436 revise now, you will do great. God Bless truly
thivy thaya hopefully you too !
0:41 - ambition
6:46 - masculinity and cruelty
10:58 - divine rights of kings
17:06 - tyranny
18:32 psychology of guilt
24:32 - fate prophecy and free will
28:24 - violence breeds violence
28:49 - reality is ambiguous
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I’m gonna take one for the team and lower the grade boundaries 👊
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for my year 11 mocks I got a grade 4 I never watched mr Salles. for my GCSE's I just received my grades and I got a grade 8 for my literature exam even though I didn't finish my paper and came out in tears. thank you mr Salles for your videos you helped me achieve a grade my teachers didn't think I was capable of getting
what question did u get??
@@J.246 for my mocks we didn't get any Macbeth but in my actual exam I think it was 'how are powerful men portrayed in Macbeth' something like that I can't remember very well. I sat IGCSE edexcel though
@@MalihaJussab oh right, i do gcse aqa,but thanks tho!!
@@MalihaJussab ok thanksss!
Plzzz tell me how u got an 8 for my mocks I got a 4 too and I really want a 7+
you're actually sound mate, 3 weeks to go and you're doing God's work, amazing video
when he said this could be the only revision you do i felt attacked lol
I know
GCSE English literature Paper 1 tomorrow, im not ready for this damn
Me too im revising right now for real
@@HamzaAhmed_1644 ik nothing doing an all nighter
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Say notin my brodas
@@HamzaAhmed_1644 relax inni man's gonna chef u from ur nave to chops 🤣😂😂😂
dare I say this is better than Mr Bruff?
i dare say you do
When you durst do it, then you were a man
@@timebomb7641 fair
hang on how did i get so many likes l o l
@@timebomb7641 😂
This might be the best video I've ever seen on Macbeth - SO useful! For some insane reason I actually enjoyed learning about these themes?
me too, i learnt so much more than i did at school and i feel like i actually _understand_ the play
This video goes really in depth with the themes and techniques.
what question did you get?? if u remember lol
ayyy who’s cramming with me for tomorrow?
elle en yep can’t get my head around Macbeth
Cramming...
@@fffernsw4dl539 Cramming for English paper 2 in 90 minutes
so how did it go?
me and you sis
Thank you for all ur help Mr Salles! Wether i do well tomorrow, or i flop, i want to thank you for all ur help in this journey, all ur blood sweat and tears, as well as ur ambition and enthusiasm for us to do well that go into this channel. We all really appreciate it. All my friends at school watch you - u are a popular man Mr Salles! Once again, thank you for all ur support. I pray that you live a long, happy, healthy life. 🤗
Thank you very much!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish 5 Years and you're still responding...? Wow...
I said to myself, I am going to make notes on all the important points he makes and 12 pages later I'm still only halfway through the video... Thank you so much, there is so much context and messages in this which I didn't even know about! I am so glad I discovered you!
i just want to say, thank you so much for your help on literature! i achieved an 8 in my last mock and am now aiming for one in my exam, and i was only at a 6 in november!
Best of luck!
I know that I've commented on other videos, but seriously salles. Even though i love english and have always been top of the class, after spending 2 years off school due to mental illness i genuinely didn't think i would even GET an english gcse, LET ALONE get 8s and 9s in my mocks. You are literally an angel; your new collab with mr everything english was equally massively helpful and hilarious. I will continue to watch you even when I've finished school purely because i love your videos and find them so useful in my at-home/ for-leisure writing. Macbeth tomorrow and feeling confident even though i only did half of it in class. THANK YOU SALLES YOU LEGENDDD
*Dear all you chums cramming literature right now, just watch this video sped up 2X, it's quicker and more effective*
Read my mind
Wow - this analysis is so interesting! I knew none of that before watching this video - your students are very lucky to have you as their teacher. Thank you so much!
Life saver! Doing a video like this about all the characters would also be helpful! I am aware that you have a few individual videos but one like this is really good to keep concentrated.
yes!!!
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I have to say that despite absolutely hating English all of your videos have kept me engaded and have given me brilliant ideas to develop into my own, this will get views year by year and you deserve every one of them
That is a smashing compliment. Thank you very much.
Never thought I’d be one of the people watching this video and cramming the night before but here we are
Same 😭
I have an English Literature exam tomorrow, and this video has been so useful for quick revision. You explain everything in depth and the quotations in the video can be used for a lot of different type of questions. Thank you
True True
what question did u get??
Doing last minute revision at 4am, thank you sir,, i found your channel last october when i was struggling with dr jekyll and mr hyde and thanks to you i've been getting 9s the entire year! I do edexcel but these analysis videos are perfect for any exam board, i always reccomend people to watch your videos, feeling prepared to smash my exam
HELP SAME LOLOLOLOL
Oh that’s fantastic progress. Let me know how you do in the exam
I’m lucky enough to have a fantastic English teacher however some of the stuff in here is incredibly perceptive which I have never heard before. Fantastic work!
just wanted to let everyone know that this man singlehandedly took me from getting 7s in english language and 6s in lit to recently getting me a 9 in english language and 8 in lit in my mocks.absolute legend.
Can you please do this for characters and also do this for Dr jekyll and Mr Hyde
By the way I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos
seen many of ur vids, never gave them much credit but now im closer to gcses and this pops up in recommended (youtube, how did u know), this work is truly amazing. watched to the end and yes, i did sub. Thanks alot!
What did you get?
Congratulations on your latest subscriber - me! This has to be the MOST HELPFUL video I've ever seen, and hopefully I can get an 8/9 on my GCSE in A FEW DAYS! Thank you so much!
completely s******g myself for lit tomorrow - good luck to everyone doing any and all of their gcses/ exams I hope yall do amazing xxxxx also its not the end of the world if you fail
Fiona Oakley did u pass
Did you pass ?
didnt reply. maybe her parents killed her
Thank you so much for this video. I have been revising for my English lit exams, and I want to thank you for your videos in helping me to achieve top grades. In mocks I got a grade 4 in literature, but recently I had a literature assessment, and after watching your vids I got a 7, which is outstanding for me, thanks!!
That’s brilliant
Im in year 10 and im here before i end up like some of u year 11s ✌. Some of u lot rlly said 'listening to this on x2 speed on the morning of the exam while revising chemistry' BURIWLMMAOOOO
I just want to say these videos have been so helpful to me! in year 10 i was predicted a 5- in English literature but I had my mocks in December and I got a 9! Thank you so much!!
That is fantastic. Well done.
How did u move up to a 9?!🤯
@@xoxox9197 idek I literally used what this video gave and I got it. It could also be because that predicted grade was from the first lockdown in the UK and I was struggling a bit
2 hours till the exam praying it’s not about bloody Macduff I think I’m ready? Thanks to Mr Salles of course 😇!
I know I've said this before, but thank you so much for this. I'm doing some last minute revision and honestly believe I have learnt so much more than I would have done anywhere else, and in such short time too! Please keep continuing this work as it is not only so so helpful and in depth, but also a life saver to someone like me who struggles to learn through just textbooks and words :)
100%
Thanks so much! I learnt more in the first 10 minutes than from an entire year of english.
JudeP what teacher do you have bro smh
JudeP u must of when to a bab school
@@kurse8211 nice english
Should’ve started watching you earlier! You’re amazing 🤩 Learnt more from this than from my whole 2 year course.
Didn’t lady Macbeth say ‘false face must hide what the false heart doth know’ since women are being forced by society to become manipulative in order to gain power and against patriarchy through Macbeth letting lady Macbeth guide her? Love the videos, you have helped me tremendously
Good luck!
I would've already admitted a fail if it wasn't for you. Thank you so much for the help. Literally the best source of revision right here.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES! IVE USED YOUR VIDEOS AND I GOT FULL MARKS ON ALL MY LITERATURE PAPERS! I got 9 in language and literature all thanks to you!!!!
Fantastic. Ask your school to pay for your papers, so they can teach from them next year!
Banquo says he dreamt last night of the sisters a couple scenes after the witches give their prophecies, we don't know how much time has passed, but I don't think it's suggesting at all that Banquo dreamt about the sisters before they met them, more so that he's been really preoccupied by them, and has been dreaming about them because they're on his mind, which still shows his ambition just in a different context.
Exam tomorrow!! Thank you this video was very helpful :)
em J samee
good luck to all the fellas that have this tomorrow you’ll smash it
Exam is tomorrow, hopefully this worksss
Salma v same
same
same, good luck !!
pahahha same
i haven't started revising yet...
adhd and sitting still for 36 minutes does not go well... but great video none-of-the-less
Should be more than 30 mins, write quotes put ideas in own words
One year of learning Macbeth by garbage teachers = C grade
One smol 36 minute video = A grade
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Bro what you on about. There is no whoosh here.
I always figured that Banquo dreamt after the meeting, with a days time passing implied. His reaction upon seeing them doesn't indicate he's seen them before. So far a great video. Love the point about Macduff teaching Malcom about healthy masculinity.
"What, you egg?" is my favourite quote 😂
Parminder Singh 😂😂😂
Currently 00:41 with the exam in just over 8 hours binge watching Macbeth revision vids 😭
Mr Salles!!! You thought me at Warneford a long time ago and you were my favourite teacher.
results day was yesterday and i was shocked to find out i got an 8 in english lit and 7 in lang , after getting 4s in my mocks. THANK YOU! without these videos i wouldn’t have been able to have got such grades and i’m so pleased. again , thank you.
Amazing
When a half n hour video teaches you more about Macbeth then hours of class time with your teacher...
If you're watching this video and today is NOT the 21 of May 2018, please start revising english as you go along because you will remember my words the night before your exam :))
#helpmelearnthecourseinoneevening
read this comment way to late mate its in 3 days
@@rhea567 just do your best, there's always resits
thank you so much!! I watched this and made mindmaps on the themes and I usually get 4 and 5's but in the Macbeth essay I did in class (which was on the supernatural) i got a 7!! this is the first time I ever got that high in English I'm so grateful
Great revision skills - well done!
How did u get a 7?
Prediction for tomorrow
Guilt or kingship or fate and free will
hope not
Nah feminism too and kingship
Far off, violence in Macbeth
Spooks yep I was happy about that though
Param Singh Me too. The christmas carol one was a fucking gift too. We had it so easy this year, thank aqa
Coming back to say thank you so much!! Got my results this morning and got a 9 in my English literature!
well done!
how did you revise for english lit?
Thank you Mr Salles, you got my grade from a 6 to a 9 almost single-handedly. Thank you.
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Got my mock tomorrow... Update!! I got a 9 in my Macbeth essay and 8 in Jekyll Hyde! Strange because I revised more for Jekyll Hyde... Was extremely chuffed with myself though! Got mocks again in January 👍🏻
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omg I have learnt more about Macbeth from this 30 minute video than I have leant on the entire 2 year course
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are these all the themes for both aqa and edexcel or are there anymore i need to be aware of? Im doing the edexcel papers btw.
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Been going over this video for about four hours in total now and I have to say I feel enlightened
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love the quote that Shakespear was A Lover Of Peace... enjoying your teaching simplified. Thank you Continuing!
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Wow this felt like some sort of true crime series and I loved it!! Those interpretations were so fascinating not only were they deeper and complex but also genuinely entertaining to follow
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You made me get a 5 and I was predicted a 3 I’m so happy I watched all your videos and your amazing
You're actually the best, the effort and time you put into this is so wonderful. My exam's next week, I hope this helps x Thanks again for all this effort
This was a great video, however you mentioned that Banquo dreamed about the witches before he met them, however Banquo and Macbeth meet the witches in Act 1 Scene 3, and Banquo only mentions dreaming of the witches in Act 2 scene 1 line 20.
i got full marks on my macbeth essay thanks to your videos!!! thank you so much!!!!!!
That's great! I would love to make a video on it if you post it in!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Arguably, Shakespeare constructs the theme of guilt as a significant factor in the downfall of humans due to its ‘spur’ in ‘bloody’ violence, the characters underestimation of its effects and its supernatural connotations.
In Lady Macbeths somnambulism, she exclaims ‘out damned spot’ at the blood she sees on her hand. The ‘spot’ is a symbol of her guilt for her erroneous deeds in being the ‘spur’ to Macbeths ambition. The ‘spot’ can also be interpreted by some as a Jacobean reference to one possessed by the supernatural. It was believed, and reinforced by James the 1sts ‘Daemonologie’, that people of supernatural influence had a ‘spot’ on their body that marked them. This could imply that Shakespeare is telling his audience that Lady Macbeth, as influenced by the supernatural, is not in her current state of mind. She is consumed by her guilt, her tragic flaw, or perhaps she is influenced and wants her femininity and humanity back. The ‘damned’ also could suggest that Lady Macbeth is talking about her own soul being ‘damned’ as she knows she is going to hell. Her turn back to Christianity contrasts with her husband who turns away from it and hardly looks back.
When Macbeth, consumed with guilt, says to his wife, ‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean off my hand’, he is implying that he has turned away from Christianity as he has used a pre-Christian god in a plea for help. This could suggest that Macbeth’s moral, Christian conscience has been wiped away and his state of mind is more that of the Romans. They saw life as a tragedy. A Jacobean audience would recognise this reference and could interpret this as knowing that Macbeth will have a tragic end, and not to follow his morals. Therefore, Shakespeare perhaps is teaching the audience through the immorality of Macbeth and the moral Christian views of society, that guilt cannot be erased as Christians would try to avoid sin, pre-eminently in the Jacobean era due to the fear of hell.
The structural use of Macbeth’s guilt is employed by Shakespeare to teach his audience not to commit violent acts, especially regicide. This is shown where Macbeth has just murdered Duncan and suddenly all the guilt floods into him and he starts hallucinating in the form of hearing voices. ‘Methought I heard a voice cry sleep no more’, this implies that Shakespeare is warning the audience with the consequence of psychologically losing them self, something that was incurable and heavily frowned upon in Jacobean times due to its link to the supernatural. However, the motif of ‘sleep’ used by Macbeth could be Shakespeare, once again, informing his audience that the consequence of guilt is lack of sleep and will result in a tragic end. In Shakespeare’s previous tragedy ‘Hamlet’, featuring a tragic hero - which is what Macbeth is regarded to be - Hamlet announces at the end of the play ‘Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting that would not let me sleep’. This shows the audience that the lack of sleep, caused by guilt, could lead to a tragic end therefore preventing them from committing egregious deeds. Hamlet was written in 1599-1600 meaning the audience would recognise this as Macbeth was written 6 years later. Shakespeare’s link across his work could further imply that guilt is universal and utterly inescapable, terrifying his audience and playing on their conscience.
Another character that expresses the motif of guilt is Macduff, a moral character. He commits an extremely reckless deed which was taking all of his soldiers out of his Castle and fleeing to England and leaving his family defenceless, which any general should have recognised as reckless and risky. When Macbeth has them murdered, he suffers tremendous guilt as he says, ‘my wife and children’s ghosts haunt me still’. This implies that he underestimated his guilt through his actions; just like lady Macbeth underestimated her guilt as she says, ‘who would have thought’. This underestimation in both characters is used by Shakespeare to perhaps warn King James the first to know himself and to not underestimate himself. King James was previously King James the 4th of Scotland and two monarchs behind him was Henry the eighth who prosecuted Catholics. Shakespeare is perhaps sending an extremely discreet message to his King that an underestimation of guilt can lead to a fatal end, like Lady Macbeth, or, however a violent outrage like Macduff. Shakespeare is wanting King James the first not to prosecute the Catholics as he knows that violence always results in more violence and then the guilt sets in and destroys more life, psychologically.
Macbeth also shows signs of a bloodlust at the start of the play as he ‘unseamed’ Macdonald from the ‘nave to the chaps’ and then ‘bade farewell to him’. this implies that Macbeth has a bloodlust as to ‘unseam’ someone from the ‘nave to the chaps’ would require a short blade and for the two to be close and personal, Macbeth needs to be holding his shoulder in order for Macdonald not to fall backwards. Macbeth would have been covered in blood and clearly enjoys it from the way he is described to ‘bid farewell’. This shows Macbeth’s gory and violent sense of humour. This enforced the tragedy of the play and the theme of guilt as that execution is the way that Macbeth earns all of his power in the patriarchal society and his bloodlust is a result of the way he was born and bred. Macbeth subsequently suddenly feels guilt after murdering Duncan, which is deemed to be a very human emotion, unlike that of a soldier who executes. This could imply that Macbeth feels guilty because Duncan is an ‘old man’. This was repeated by Lady Macbeth in her somnambulism which emphasises the message to the audience. Shakespeare is implying that the guilt is from Duncan being an ‘old man’, someone who is helpless. The guilt Lady Macbeth feels is also from the murder of an old man further emphasising the intent. Shakespeare is once again telling King James not to attack anyone who is helpless as James had already been the victim of the 1605 gunpowder plot, enforced by Catholics. This is a warning as Shakespeare is saying do not attack the helpless, the religion is already struggling as it will have brought about great guilt to them, the persecution would result in a consequence that brought about the demise of Lady Macbeth. This shows Shakespeare's moral conscience as he is using the theme of guilt as almost a comparison to hell in order to bring about the stop to prosecution.
The motif of blood is used as a symbol of guilt, employed by Shakespeare to frequently remind his audience of the consequences of violence, guilt. In her somnambulism, Lady Macbeth announces ‘here is the smell of blood still’ which implies to Shakespeare's audience that when an act of violence is committed, it will follow you around everywhere. The use of the sense shows that it would affect the person subconsciously, further emphasising the warning of the threat. In Jacobean times, those who acted unnaturally were deemed as supernatural which usually resulted in death for them. This is Shakespeare's further emphasis on the consequences guilt brings to man.
To conclude, Shakespeare employs guilt as a punishment for those who committed violent acts. The fact that guilt spurs on violence could be Shakespeare asking the question of whether anyone would have their tragic fall without feeling remorse.
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Ended up with 159/160 in English lit because of you!!:)
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wow, thats amazing!, what question did u get?
Just a heads up for your next video it would be really good if you could put the act and scene of the quote, other than that very helpful thank you
Tomorrow is the English Lit paper 1, and this was so useful thank you :)
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Just ordered your Macbeth Guide. I will be recommending same to my Year 10 and Year 11 tutees and students (as well as your videos). To date I have referred to many of your Guides for planning and teaching. Once again thank you.
Thank you very much! I hope they find the guides useful.
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I wrote a thesis and I want to know what feedback you have for me if that's alright with you. I know it's a bit long- my teacher never taught us how to write thesis' so please bare with me.
"How does Shakespeare present the theme of ambition in the play? "
Throughout the play, Shakespeare explores the theme of ambition through various characters; what the consequences of these ambitions may be. The patriarchy- a society where women are exploited and are denied power in their own right- forces women (such as lady macbeth and the witches) to go through severe means to get what they desire (such as by committing treason, wanting to be "unsex"ed- getting stripped off their own femininity- or perhaps, turn to witchcraft as a last resort). Shakespeare also points out how dangerous ambition could be and what it may to do people. He clearly indicates in this play that all good men/women can be destroyed by their ambition; the audience shouldn't fall for the same mistakes as the protagonist and most of the characters fell for.
Good. It will help to know who the audience were, the Court of King James
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish was it not the jacobean audience
@@nuur8826 the play was mainly a royalist propaganda so as well as it appealing to Jacobean audience the main audience he wanted to appeal to was the court of king James
Literally Done 0 revision for Macbeth so I’m so happy I found this video, good luck everyone today! Last minute revision sesh lool✌️
what question did u get??
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Only exam I've neglected really; done a couple of hours previously but this video has really boosted my confidence; I am thankful for that! Gl to everyone else sitting the exam; am sure you will get the grades that u want!
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Re. Banquo and the witches...he is curious I think more than ambitious, at least initially .
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I can't write it tidily, without paraprhasing, but that's what I always thought xx
When you realise how sh*t your English teacher is when you listen to his analysis lmao 😂
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this video was amazing ive been revising the context but this is the only thing thats made me be able to use it in an exam
I was extremely worried since I have my exam tomorrow and I want to get good grades, this is really useful so thank you!
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Another really good thing to note about fate is the witches relation with Hecate, yes the Greek goddess of witches with 3 faces, possibly referring to the 3 witches we see in the play, however Hecate actually has a large association with Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night, in the Greek myths highlighting their somewhat negative intent, furthermore, and this is the good point, in classic Greek chthonic myth, Nyx, amongst her children, has 3 daughters, their names literally being "the fates", linking back to imply that the 3 sisters we see in the play are the three daughters of fate
Your voice sounds a lot like that of John Bercow, very helpful thanks
Hey man, you're helping me learn things I never even realised until now. I got a 3 in English last mock so this is a HUGE help, really huge help.
Hi sir, I just wanted to thank you for these amazing videos!! I was predicted 6s in english and hated the subject but by using your techniques and ideas, I managed to get a 9 in english lit and an 8 in english lang in my yr10 mocks thanks to you!
Hey, we’ll done, that is a terrific achievement. Good luck in year 11!
I love that I am watching videos about Macbeth in english for my polish class
If you are short on time or just like to, it is still easy to hear at 1.5 speed
Only 11 weeks left so gonna really give it a good go now, English lit has always been my favourite lesson but I've never been able to structure my ideas so I've always got low grades. Hopefully I can change that.
Keep it up
The important question is if king James acctually knew what Shakespeare was trying to say
yeh, i wondered about that too. I guess the audience would all discuss the play after the performance, since they didnt have internet or TV, discussion was pretty much how they spent leisure time, the messages and meaning of the play would be sure to come out
How could King James have understood this play without Mr Salles to explain it to him?!
great video covers all the context need and most key quotes i spent 3 hours to summaries all the information in it not like the other video that wast your time thanks helped alot
when you talk about macbeth's desire for the witches' prophecies, you could talk about how whenever lady macbeth is not present, the witches are. This perhaps could mean that macbeth pays more attention to the witches as they give him what he wants whereas lady macbeths phychological state of mind is completely ruined and he cannot converse with her the way he used to. The absence of lady macbeth is very significant in the play because without her macbeth is out of order and he falls into a cycle of going to the witches then comitting murder. However you could argue that the absence of lady macbeth is only doing good for herself as she is no longer planning murder with macbeth and is now guilty for her sin and wants to repent, this shows how macbeth is to blame for the muder as he chose to exersize his free will by killing Duncan to be king faster however he could have just waited patiently for his fate since what the witches say is all true
Nicely argued
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thank you sir
That bit about Banquo's ambition MADE my essay today
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