Why should you read "Macbeth"? - Brendan Pelsue
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There’s a play so powerful that an old superstition says its name should never be uttered in a theater. A play that begins with witchcraft and ends with a bloody, severed head. A play filled with riddles, prophecies, nightmare visions, and lots of brutal murder. But is it really all that good? Brendan Pelsue explains why you should read (or revisit) "Macbeth."
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Someone give the animator a raise.
a BIG one
A really BIG one!
The Science Biome does anybody know who the animators are?
a small raise of a million dollars
GOD DAMN IT WAS GORGEOUS
You know what else is a tragedy ? My grade after the Macbeth essay.
U right
dude, same here lol
@Espada kurosaki I am, and I did it
easy C- for me
AsianNinjaNation Bridge to terabithia was tragic essay. Maybe only canberrans read it
"what is done is done" -------> years later adaptation: "IT IS WHAT IT ISSSSSSSSSS"
Damn; what if a few centuries later this becomes the official Shakespeare quote and WAP becomes the new Macbeth oh lord
PERIODT SIS💅
or Tenet :D
Or another variation: “it be like that sometimes”
And now it is more like "You gotta do what you gotta do."
The great mistake that many schools make is making students read these plays before they see them on stage or in a movie.
Yep, I've read it once but I honestly don't think I even got the message right. I mean, I understood it, but I didn't feel it. And I'm a Literature student, so... I agree with you. The book is fine but plays were meant to be PLAYED, not READ.
Agreed
I only survived Hamlet in school because I had Kenneth Branagh’s 4 hour film production that I watched as a study aide. I recently rediscovered a love of Shakespeare thanks to a Manga adaptation of the full text as well as Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood
you said it. if not for the plays and movies made of the things they've made us read, i don't think i would have ever fully understood the story. it makes it more fun and educational too
I unfortunately did Macbeth in 2020 and the English teacher we did it with insisted there was no movie but we were 'voice-acting' it out in class before COVID struck and I loved it. Then she left and we did Things Fall Apart(a great book by Chinua Achebe) with the new teacher but yeah we weren't assessed on Macbeth. I felt so jealous of the Grade 11s who got to do it last year in my school.
The voice of this narrator is gold
Yes...his voice (Mr. Adrian Dannatt) and Mr. Jack Cuthmore- Scott is the best for me...
Apollo Holmes I love to see this narrator narrate a book.
At first I thought it was Terrence Stamp doing the narration
Vraos you mean divin
The narrator has an amasing voice, he should be an audiobook reader
Animation's bloody gorgeous. And the Tragedy of Macbeth is bloody, gorgeous.
Georgia S. seriously mate! your are so bloody right.
Georgia S. Just because you say “gorgeous” does not make you seem literate. Nor does it make you seem intelligent.
Dean Johnson does Georgia need to "seem" literate and intelligent? I don't see how you deduce that using that single word makes one a try-hard.
Dean Johnson uhhh you're taking the wrong memo from his comment, mate.
Nice use of antanaclasis
3:29 "Shakespeare provides viewers with some of the most memorable passages in English literature: "
*_WHAT, YOU EGG!_*
[He stabs him.]
xDDDD
[They fight. Tybalt falls.]
[Dies.]
AHAHAAHHAHA I HAVE TO READ IT NOW
honestly, everyone's saying "what, you egg" but my favourite quote is actually the witches calling some lady a "rump-fed ronyon", it's just 👌
Mine is probably that one time when lady macbeth uses an analogy of smashing a baby against a wall to get her point across
@@joshuamark9316 lmao she got no chill
AHAHAHHA NO WAIT WHAT I HAVE TO READ THAT
@@joshuamark9316 oh dude that was brutal
@@joshuamark9316 lol 😆 I need to read this book again
What, you egg?
*He stabs him*
Sentic Memes best line in the entire play
Sentic Memes *I’m dying*
Y O U. E G G
Superior Vigil So was he
my personal favourite shakespeare line is romeo and juliet “You are a saucy boy. Is't so, indeed?”
I would love to see the whole play in this style of drawing ...that would be divine.
You know what, you're right; that would most [agreeably] be an absolutely brilliant request.
QuartermasterEM16 Thank you
Omar Almubayd there are some recent movies about it like around 2015. Check them
Alfred Acar I will, thank you.
Omar Almubayd
[insert posh laughter]
My favorite quote from the play
“What, you Egg”!
[Stabs Him]
"He has killed me, mother"
THIS IS THE LITERAL FUNNIEST VERSION OF "WHAT YOU EGG" I HAVE SEEN IN THIS ENTIRE COMMENT SECTION
Sees this video
Thumbnail: why should you read Macbeth?
ME: cuz it's in my syllabus !
literally
😂
And the tragedy for me is that I am an English literature student and don't like to read 😭 because I never got time in school years to read for fun so now I don't like it 😭 that's how Indian education system works
"Out, damned syllabi!"
Macbeth is what stopped me from overthrowing the government
The Ace Of Spades I see you in every comment section
We need Sibyl System, but without that bloody Dominator.
The Ace Of Spades Macbeth is what got me in politics. I want bloodlust
In other words, Im only here for the violence.
The Ace Of Spades nooo
This is my favorite animation and voice-over pair for any TED Ed video so far. Absolutely surreal.
900 likes, no comment?
Here, have one
A third!
You pull out words out of my thoughts! I was thinking exactly the same thing but had not gotten a chance to articulate it and then saw your comments!
Yep
yeah
Ted-Ed: Why you should read Macbeth
Year 9 English: Allow me to introduce myself
Year 10 English for me right at this moment.
year 8 for me 😭
Year 12 for me, but I'm German so as a secondary language, I think Macbeth counts as being more advanced material.
@@LorddirtGaming same
me learning it in year 6 0
We need an audiobook voicing the whole play with this magical sound 2:53
Can't stop re-listening to him...
Lady Macbeth
“Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?”
“Will these hands never been clean?”
Outstanding story!
Sarah Mortada don't forget
" All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
Tbh I like Lady Macbeth more than Macbeth as a character
Geronimo Hayaux du Tilly
Ah , I liked Macbeth as well.
All the characters felt so real and deep
Geronimo Hayaux du Tilly honestly she's the coolest character.
Geronimo Hayaux du Tilly Agreed, she is in my opinion the most memorable character from the play
Good god she is one of the most interesting characters Shakespeare ever created
"What? You Egg!"
(Stabs him)
-Macbeth
The reference was macbeth but she did not say this line, i apologize
@@Vulkrein Macbeth never said this line himself
The first murderer did
*"By the pricking of my thumbs,"*
*"Something wicked this way comes."*
- William Shakespeare, _Macbeth_
There's also an Indian version of Macbeth called Maqbool. It's part of the Shakespeare Trilogy by this famous Indian director, Vikas Bharadwaj. He adapted Macbeth into Maqbool, Othello into Omkara, and Hamlet into Haider.
Each story borrows themes from the original story, but places them in scenarios similar to Indians.
Sounds cool. I’ll look into them.
Kinda ruined it tbh
The more I read the old classics, the more I am realizing we might have progressed in so many areas, but the way we think and handle our emotions and instincts has stayed pretty much the same. We have similar problems as people living centuries before us and are asking ourselves the same existential questions that exist since a loooong time ago.
Power changes people in different ways and if the person doesn't have a clear vision of what they want to achieve, it is easy to miss the right turn and just keep going deeper and deeper into darkness. :)
indeed, No matter how much we learn throughout history, human nature is till human nature. I'm not optimistic about how it'll all en though.
Quick Fix loved what you said and I myself so much agree...
Quick Fix naaaaah now everyone’s obsessed with memes
Yes! That's one major reason a lot of these books are relevant even today.I would go so far as to say that any form of well-made art that evokes or touches upon such issues becomes timeless.So,Macbeth will stay relevant as long as humanity exists.
Quick Fix back then they were said because they couldn't eat high class sugar. Now we get said because we can't have a Ferrari , same emotions with different aspects
the animation was gorgeous
“Why you should read Macbeth”
Me: Read it to pass the aqa gcse literature exam🗿🗿🗿🗿
Albinox Hahahaha
My God - this was insanely beautiful. The voice, the content, the animations. Thanks so much for this! I wish I could give the video a million thumbs up.
Shakespeare leaves a class looking like the end of Macbeth
Junior Machado too true
if this is an ERB reference that i wasnt expecting, im eating my shoe
The Overlord | Yes it is. Shakespeare vs Dr. Seuss right? :D
I was waiting for this
The animation in here is next level. So well made, and probably not cheap to produce though. Keep up the good work guys.
Idi B +
@J D no u
*In scottish voice*
"WHAT YOU EGG"
*stab*
Without a doubt a high school highlight
would that make him a... scotch egg!?
With a side of small fry...
Macbeth is one of the masterpieces of Shakespeare. It's universality is marvellous as it is nearly the story of every Dictator ever ruled.
My dearest, Angelica. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day. I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish Tragedy without my having to name the play-
I was looking for this
Hamilfans gotta unite 😂
On The Wall Ah, I knew I would find Hamilton fans here😎
OMYWORD! THIS JUST SHED A NEW LIGHT!
when we started macbeth at school all i could think of was this quote lmao
Macbeth was forced upon me in school, I can't avoid it.
MinecraftSinss yessss like I had no choice if I wanted to read it or not
I was actually drawn to it as a youth after seeing a more historical take on Macbeth featured in the animated series Gargoyles. Good stuff.
it's forced upon me right now , but i am glad with it
MinecraftSinss school pretty much forced us to read it. However Romeo and Juliet was the one we looked at constantly. Year after year it was always Romeo and Juliet and I got sick of it.
I have just complete reading it
The best part of Macbeth is the fact that j.r.r Tolkien was so disappointed that the trees didn't actually move, he made the Ents.
This book, plus lord of the flies and other books you have mentioned I have never read them in school mainly because I thought it was boring and never wanted to do a project on them. I felt like they were forced on , I felt like they didn’t wanted to teach you the actual meaning of it, just read do the exam and blah blah blah so we can move on. This video alone makes me want to read and dive in the human psyche and consciousness especially the lord of the flies one. I’m going to read all of them.
I’m guessing you still didn’t?
You wouldn't be applauding it so much if you had to learn this play in your exam
Studied it for 4 weeks straight with 2 essays on it, still applauding it lol
The Overlord I have to study it for 2 years. Its getting pretty tedious now...
sorry to hear Karina, paying my respects
The Overlord Thank you... I get through it
Read it for an entire year, doing multiple essays on a number of different aspects and characters in the play... and still could not get enough of it :) Can't decide which one I love more though, this one or Julius Caesar!
To read or not to read. That isth thy question
[Yoshikage_Kira] aka Handy Man, Duwang Man, *chew* that's the wrong quote your using Hamlet instead
Matthew Blairrains I know
To read the manga or to wait 1000 years for part 5?
[Yoshikage_Kira] aka Handy Man, Duwang Man, *chew* you mean the question. Thy means your.
kingjojo I also know that
I thought someone would correct me sooner
pov: it’s 10:25pm and i- your watching this for m- your honors english assignment
This play made my heart pulped faster than ever before happened. Lady and Lord Macbeth's ambigiuties are quite philosophical. You should think that why a man commits a horrible betrayal even if he know that he would be regret. Lord Macbeth is the mirror of many politicians throughout the history.
One of TED-Ed's finest videos to date. Gorgeous animation, riveting voice over and excellent pacing, making for not only educational, but truly dramatic telling, which makes learning a captivating experience.
*_W.Shakespeare is the original Q.Tarantino._*
I never thought about it that way. Interesting.
Just watch movie version en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Andronicus
I almost picked English for grad school over Sociology. I wanted to study how Shakespeare, Hitchcock and Tarintino were linked😋NERRRD!!!! 😛😛😛
Komala Hayes Did you read Erich Fromm?
That would be a great “Change My Mind” challenge
“Some of the most memorable passages in English literature”
Me: “what, you egg [he stabs him]”
Another excellent line from Macbeth:
"Blow, wind, come, wrack,
At least we'll die with harness on our back."
Another perspective on Macbeth would be to look on him as a brave and intelligent man, misled bt a conspiracy of circumstances and misguided by his own frailties. His courage and honesty are obvious in the beginning, obscured and tainted in the middle, and come out again in the end. This is clear from the two great soliloquies towards the ending:
1) My life has fallen into the sere and the yellow leaf
And all that should accompany old age
Such as love, honour, troops of friends
These I must not look to have, but in their stead
Mouth-honour, breath, curses not loud but deep
Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not."
2) The famous soliloquy beginning : Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow....
These two monologues show him to be an essentially decent man trapped in a dreadful situation.
As a retired English teacher, I couldn't agree more. Many of Macbeth's lines show his soul-searching and ambivalence. The "yellow leaf" speech is my favorite. You point out all this quite nicely.
English teacher, too. I agree with you, generally, except for your reluctance to put the consequences of Macbeth's life upon himself. If he was "trapped in a dreadful situation," it was one of his own making. Yes, he has heroic qualities, but his ambition overcame his conscience, his integrity, and his dedication to duty. He dishonored himself, the very definition of a tragic hero.
@@jeannadysart5243 not a hero anymore , he is now the villain , the protagonist villain
@@njrom2975 In Shakespeare's history plays, you can use the term "protagonist villain," though in all my years of teaching Shakespeare, I've only seen that term in a few scholarly papers. But Richard III does comes to mind. In Shakespeare's tragedies, however, you misunderstand the meaning of "tragic hero" if you don't recognize Macbeth (or Hamlet, King Lear, Othello . . . ) as a tragic hero. There are villains in the tragedies, to be sure: Iago, Goneril and Regan, Claudius, Lady Macbeth ...
@@njrom2975 ‘Protagonist villain’ sounds pretty clunky, and only Shakespeare tragedy in which ‘protagonist villain’ is truly applicable is Richard III (but I would still rather call Gloster a Machiavellian Villain than a protagonist villain, because it‘s more accurate and sounds better). He revels in his villainy and his downfall is glorious. Macbeth, on the other hand, is a tragic hero rather than a villain.
Fairplay to the narrator.That was magnificent
Suggestion: *Niccolo Machiavelli's Prince.*
Or why not the man himself?
Sure.
Warren Peace Or the book he wrote about Ezio Auditore
Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood.
The Essays of Montaigne.
The switches in the accents are just too good. Mad respect.
Dear TedEd, your team is doing literally magical work, please never stop!
Recently read Macbeth in school. Although many of my classmates were probably disinterested, I couldn't get enough of the story and was completely sucked in. Although I probably wouldn't be able to understand the language without my teacher's help, I'm in love with it. I did, however, accidentally curse my school theater by absentmindedly saying to a friend, "You know, I love Macbeth." One of my favorite hobbies is reading lines of the play when I'm alone (I'm an amateur actor). Anyway, great video. I highly recommend Macbeth to anyone interested in literature!
Macbeth is my favorite tragedy. King Lear is a close second.
@@jeannadysart5243 I don't remember ever writing this comment wtf
@@boldandbrash1990 You know what they say about the Internet . . . you words live on forever!
the Gunpowder Plot...
and today is 2nd November...The timing could not be more perfect...
'Remember, Remember the 5th of November...'
Priyank Jain Would it be more perfect on the 5th of November?
*Wouldn't
and yes, It would be. But What's done is done ;)
(Now who is witty) :P :P
Priyank Jain what is that from?
The Poem? www.potw.org/archive/potw405.html
visit the link. Its an English Folk Poem
Priyank Jain today is
my English teacher keeps assigning videos like this (Julius Caesar) and little does she know I’ve already seen these..
1:22 the way they placed the crown was beautiful
School gives me a bad impression on these stories the channel recommends because of how school forces us to read and memorize them without any give on the matter, but I might just give them another chance thanks to these videos...
I read Macbeth at Uni and instantly got hooked to it. The gripping drama and tale of deceit was told in a way i had never come across in classic English literature before. Shakespeare's Macbeth was way ahead of its time exploring the depths of human psychology. I loved it.
I can't agree Macbeth is ahead of its time; it's more like it's behind its time. Although it is psychological, psychology as a science hadn't been developed yet. It's main focus is spiritual, and specifically Christian, which, for the most part, has gone out of fashion these days. Has drama improved since Shakespeare? Has sculpture improved since Michelangelo?
@@Finarphin You trying to be different so bad
2:12
Did people do this (🤘🏻) in Shakespeare's time?
"Something wicked this way comes" - didn't know that was from MacBeth! We must have studied this play in high school, as I can recall the Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow speech and subsequent lines from it. How chilling!
oh my..the animations are stunning 😍
Come on you guys, I love these literature recommendations but I can't keep up! I haven't even started the Aeneid yet
omg... "Aeneid" by Virgil would take a lot of your time ...but trust me it is worth every second ...
Omar Almubayd definitely, I just recently started reading these classics, I mean Ulysses sounds really interesting as well, but so do the tale of Genji, in search for lost time, the divine comedy, Don Quixote, the Canterbury tales, crime and punishment, Oedipus Rex and the epic of Gilgamesh! All books worth a video like this, all books I own, but all monsters worth a lot of time!
Have you read the Essays of Montaigne? It is by FAR my favorite of the "classics."
Fyuch I'm hot. By,
Great job!!! This is a very good series. How beautifully you compressed the 5-Act play in 6 minutes. That's a fantastic job! Keep it up!
ted-ed 's animators are like the most creative people everrr
Because it's AWESOME
Okay Ted-Ed, now for your more in-depth answer
Perfect answer.
The essence of McBeth, man's rebellion against nature is an eons old one. Think of something so ancient as the Babylonian creation myth, and you'll see the same themes repeated again and again.
hasábburgonya What rebellion?
The King represetns the natural state of things. KIlling him is rebelling against what's natural and makes you unnatural.
hasábburgonya What make him natural?
Htoo Doh adhering to the existing power-structures. The video quite clearly states why that theme was relevant when the play was written.
hasábburgonya The nature of things are always changing.
It's been adapted into a Malayalam film called JOJI and it's freaking amazing.
the Scottish accent of Macbeth is awesome!
*_WHAT, YOU EGG?_*
There's also another nice bird based quotation after one character's family is murdered and he finds out "What, all my pretty chickens and their dam in one fell swoop?" and another about night time when "birds take wing to the rooky wood" ( I may not be wholly right as this is from memory.)
What a mesmerising voice
Not only the animations are incredible, but the background music as well. Very good job 👍🏻
Along with the animation and the perfect voice over, the background score is on point!
This was a great story and has some of the best plot twists ever.I read it for literature class in grade nine in my high school and most people thought it was boring but I loved it
I hope literature has stayed with you since then!
The animation style is just amazing!!!!
Also i love how the dialogues are said in a Scottish accent!!
This video is so frickin' amazing it gives me shivers multiple times viewing it. I am in awe.
Ted ed- why should we read Macbeth?
Me- because it's coming in the exam¿
3:27 "The Shinning" reference
Love these literary recommendations! Please keep ‘Em coming!
The comments:
*What, you egg?*
I was forced to do this in school
Cool animation and good voice acting.
I absolutely love the way he recites the prophecies and curses
Seriously love the animation. Love the narration as well. I have a copy of it, but never got around to reading it, cause I thought it would be boring, this completely changed my mind! Definitely reading it now!
I read the play back in high school. My favorite part of the lesson was when me, and two other boys with the same name, played the ghosts that the witches summon to tell Macbeth his future.
That was so cool . The animation, the sound effects and the voice are just wow
Wow how beautifully this video is created.
Narration, animation, music ,sound , everything is perfect..
_"The Pit?"_ *Starts punching someone and smashing one's body unto someone elses*
This animation is amazing!!!!!🙌 I wish there was a series like this.
Just one correction:
the succession of James VI and I was not a surprise move. He was the next in the line of succession and (in the immediate aftermath of the war of the roses) the english nobles were very heavily invested in sticking to the rules as written.
He had been receiving a pension from the english crown for years prior to Elizabeth Tudor's death to incentivise him not to do anything that would make his succession politically inconvenient.
Everyone knew he was going to be king basically since Elizabeth got to menopause.
If you wish to poison a noble man, do not gift him a snake, gift him power.
Never read or seen the play, but it surely sounds interesting. I loved the animation!
I played the role of lady Macbeth in an annual function at school .
It was such a great and unforgettable experience. Truly memorable ! 😍❤️
Hi!! Not sure if you'll se this but after the play had anything happend? I've heard the play was cursed and the only way to undo is by spinning and spitting over your shoulder than quoting a play of Shakespeare or saying a profanity.
This is an incredibly well done intro to Macbeth and exactly what my students need in this video centric world. I show it to my students every semester and it really piques their interest. Seriously - great job! Thank you so much for this video!
This is so beautifully portrayed. More like these videos please. Let the literature live and breathe into life. Thanks.
omg the art in this is so beautifu!!
Modern day Macbeth : House of Cards
Silvia's Animation on this piece is frigging amazing.
I love his voice so much. So calm
Absolutely beautiful. I got chills multiple times watching this and am wondering how it has taken me so long to read this since I am an English major after all.
"Lesson?" It didn't feel like a lesson! As entertaining as the play itself!
I can't stop watching these animations and the sound effects of the beginning.
Fantastic! Thank you Patreon and TED-Ed.
This and the riddles are my favorite series
Please continue the 'history on trial' series
I love that series, I hope they do more.
Yeeees, brofist! 👊
The animation is out of this world. It’s so brilliant. Cheers to the creators!!
such high quality presentation is much appreciated
Probably my favorite play ever, besides the Crucible. It got to the point I was once able to read Macbeth's monologue off the top of my head, and was overjoyed when ig ot to be him during a reading of it in high school.
"Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Macbeth the wise?"
Underrated comment
"I though not, it's not a tale an Anglo would tell you, it's a Saxon legend".
Breath-taking and gorgeous i could watch this video all day
A perfect combination of the voice over and animation
Wow, the animation and voiceover is top tier amazing!