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This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 3, Scene 5 and 6.
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 scene 5: — Hecate, queen of the witches, chastises the 3 witches for not inviting her to help torment Macbeth. — She lays out her plan to fill Macbeth with over-confidence.
CHARACTER scene 5: — Hecate: not very nice.
THEME/SYMBOLISM scene 5: — Hubris summons Nemesis
PLOT scene 6: — Plot recap scene — Lennox sarcastically/cynically relates recent murders — Lennox repeats rumour that Macbeth is angry with MacDuff because he skipped Macbeth’s feast — A random Lord tells Lennox that MacDuff has gone to meet Malcolm in England where they have gained the support of Northumberland and Siward — War’s a-brewin’!
CHARACTER scene 6: — Lennox: cynical; deeply concerned for Scotland; aligned with good — Random Lord: same
THEME scene 6: — Equivocation; in corrupt state, everyone must lie; lords here use sarcasm to say the truth without saying it — Moral Dualism; England as holy/good, Scotland as evil
