If you have enjoyed this video, please consider making a small donation: https://www.patreon.com/literature_walkthrough<br /><br />See also my tips on reading Shakespeare’s LANGUAGE: https://dai.ly/x80qtdh<br />You might also find my Romeo and Juliet series interesting: https://dai.ly/x80qt0r<br /><br />This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 6-7-8.<br /><br />I provide a close reading of the entire scene, including:<br />— Detailed explication<br />— Commentary <br />— Literary analysis <br /><br />All commentary is supplemented by in-text, line-by-line study notes designed to help students:<br />— Prepare for GCSE, A-Level, IB, and AP evaluation<br />— Prepare for general high school and college quizzes, exams, and essays<br />— Generate ideas for analysis essays<br />— Participate knowledgeably in class discussions<br />Click here to download the annotated text of Macbeth: https://sites.google.com/view/shakespeare-walkthrough/home<br /><br />Video 25 discusses:<br /><br />PLOT Scene 6:<br />— Malcolm, Siward and MacDuff + armies arrive at Macbeth’s castle<br />PLOT Scene 7:<br />— Macbeth encounters and kills Young Siward; exits<br />— MacDuff enters, looking for Macbeth and revenge<br />— Malcolm and Siward enter<br />— Siward announces that most of Macbeth’s troops have abandoned him, so his defeat is assured<br />PLOT Scene 8:<br />— Macbeth encounters MacDuff; Macbeth is afraid because of the witches’ prophecy (beware MacDuff) and guilty/ashamed because Macbeth murdered his family<br />— Macbeth confidently boasts that MacDuff cannot harm “one of woman born”<br />— MacDuff replies that he was born by caesarean section, “untimely ripped” from his mother’s womb<br />— Macbeth says he will not fight Macduff<br />— MacDuff calls Macbeth a coward<br />— Macbeth and MacDuff fight, exit<br />— Malcolm, Ross, Siward, arrive and mutedly celebrate victory while lamenting their losses<br />— They extoll the virtues of Young Siward’s noble sacrifice<br />— MacDuff enters with Macbeth’s head<br />— Malcolm is pronounced king<br />— Malcolm thanks his supporters and announces restoration of order (Great Chain of Being)<br /><br />CHARACTER:<br />— Macbeth: reduced to animal; dehumanization; desperately clinging to prophesy<br />— Macbeth: genuine remorse for death of MacDuff’s family; also cowardice, remembering the “beware MacDuff” prophecy<br />— Macbeth: Hubris summons Nemesis; MacDuff is final Nemesis<br />— Macbeth: return to pure physical courage; ends as he began, minus the love, honor, he had earned at the beginning<br />— Young Siward: brave; potential worthy hero<br />— MacDuff: man of action; foil; immediately gives kingship to Malcolm = true man: selflessness, dutiful, honourable, purposeful, meaningful actor<br />— Malcolm: first thought after victory is pity for the lost; worthy hero restores order (Great Chain of Being), cures the wasteland<br /><br />THEME:<br />— Manhood definition: MacDuff + Malcolm = ideal man; brute force put to good use + thoughtful compassion for the common good<br />— Hubris summons Nemesis<br />— Equivocation: prophecies all comes true; Macbeth understood meaning A, witches intended meaning B<br />— Manhood; insecure men ea
