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This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 4.
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: — Ross, an Old man, and MacDuff guardedly discuss recent events: — the strange weather: disturbances in nature; horses eating each other — because they have fled, Malcolm and Donalbain appear guilty of paying the guards to kill Duncan — as Duncan’s cousin, Macbeth will be crowned king
CHARACTER: — Ross/MacDuff: guarded, distrustful = wise in a time of treachery
THEME: — Recap scene, exposition — Wasteland: the Great Chain of Being disrupted — Appearance vs reality: erosion of trust caused by wasteland/tyranny — Ill-fitting clothes
