100% Essay on Macbeth and the Supernatural Mr Salles

[@gracesmith1480]

I hope I can be one of those people that say "I got a 9 in my exam due to your videos" - my first english gcse is in five days!!!!

[@tibi8592]

How was it?

[@gracesmith1480]

@@tibi8592 my inspector calls went good - i got eric which i hoped for, my macbeth was a weird question on “guilt” and i wrote some weird inferences so idk. i have my jekyll and hyde on wednesday ☺️

[@radia4227]

sorry for asking, but have you already done your macbeth exam? do you do AQA? I have my macbeth on Wednesday and I’ve already done Jekyll so I’m a bit confused.

[@gracesmith1480]

@@radia4227 don’t be sorry aha! i do eduqas so we are different exam boards 💗

[@radia4227]

ohhhhh i see! thank you and good luck on your Jekyll and Hyde!!

[@alice.holmes.5946]

This is an amazing SA, I’d love to get a grade 9 but I can’t Invision myself being capable of writing something like this.

[@lewisedmunds9332]

You can do it! (By the way you spelt envision wrong)

[@anshulkhandelwal3679]

@@lewisedmunds9332 and essay* but no worries, in literature theres no marks for SPaG

[@lewisedmunds9332]

Anshul Khandelwal actually yes there is; also- *there’s

[@anshulkhandelwal3679]

@@lewisedmunds9332 Well, if you want to get technical it's there're but whatever. In my board there isn't, I do CIE.

[@anshulkhandelwal3679]

also *; not comma splice because I'm pretty sure you're gonna correct that.

[@jaredbaines7745]

Between Mr Salles and Mr Brooker's 'Macbeth in 10 quotes' series I think I'll actually be alright. Thank you!

[@zlogyxide]

Shhh keep the secret lore of Mr Brooker a secret

[@callumwhelan4877]

Thanks for the help with Macbeth revision, I just got my literature mock back and got 32/34 in Macbeth and a 9 overall

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Brilliant, well done!

[@olivepharaoh8152]

amazing job!

[@mollyr1762]

How did you revise for it?? Mine’s coming up next month 😩

[@callumwhelan4877]

Molly R what texts do you do

[@laurenx4734]

@@callumwhelan4877 macbeth, Lord of the flies and a Christmas carol

[@nyah.m5164]

I literally just got a 9 in English Lit thanks to your vids!! Thankyou so much

[@proterminator50]

Can you tell me what question was on Macbeth and Christmas carol this year Thanks

[@eleanorhuxley6959]

@@proterminator50 what

[@c_fletch9325]

Just chuck in a reference to on daemonologie and it’s perfect 😂

[@ch3riebby]

lmaooo

[@ch3riebby]

you know whats unbelievable? i went from a 3+ to a 7- this is just.. woah.

[@J.246]

oh woww, well done!

[@dylan74837]

really? that’s awesome

[@xtrasss]

how? could you give tips please? im really strugglig with english rn

[@eleanoraedy91]

Amazing example. I got some great notes out of this video. Would love to see more!

[@sylviecox6823]

23:56 "Shakespeare is going to become king?"

[@huzafah]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh, and here's an essay on Macbeth Ambition: throughout the play, Shakespeare explores the theme of ambition through various characters and the effect it produces on the play as well as their inevitable actions presenting it as an inheritably destructive trait. the extract opens with Lady Macbeth's soliloquy and the theme of ambition constantly revolves around her; she is reading Macbeth's letter that he has sent to her. lady Macbeth immediately agrees to the idea of murdering Duncan. these reflex actions mirror her 'vaulting' ambition as she strikes thoroughly. in Shakespeare's era people were part of a patrician society were women were believed to lack identity and power and were seen as weak. this is mirrored in Lady Macbeth's soliloquy when immediately after reading the letter she asks the spirits to 'unsex' her, connoting that her femininity is an idol of weakness and she must use masculinity to commit such deed. however, ambition is also portrayed in the most vital character in the play- Macbeth. before Macbeth murders Duncan in his soliloquy he relates himself as "I have no spur to prick the sides of ambition..." this connotes as how he sees ambition like a horse that must be tamed before it "vaults". he deeply questions himself before he kills Duncan due to his knowledge which reminds him that there "deep condemnation" on earth, and "judgment" after death. he further goes onto say "...but only vaulting ambition which o'erlaps itself as it falls" the use of biblical reference refers to the Christian faith when Adam and Eve were ordered to "fall" from the garden of Eden owing to the fact that they disobeyed gods command by eating from the 'Tree of Knowledge, Good and Evil' the forceful biblical language reminds Macbeth that the cruel act of murder opposes against gods command. however this does not stop Macbeth from his deed, he immediately sends a letter to his 'partner' about the news. this, in fact, is a simple psychological game that his mind plays on him he does not have the 'spur' himself so by discoursing with his wife and luring her into the prophecy she may create a plan and fulfil his 'spur'. following this ambition is also seen in more noble characters in the play that one might disagree with- Banquo. when Macbeth and Banquo are in discourse with the witches upon the heath Banquo demands them to 'speak to' him and advise him about the 'royal hope'. this hints at his ambition as this is what he yearns for. before Macbeth and Banquo even meet the witches Banquo relates to Macbeth that last night "he dreamt of three weird sisters". this explicitly hints at his ambition and could also further hint that his ambition could be the strongest in the play. this way we can see how Shakespeare explores ambition through the noble character in order to allude that ambition is not something Shakespeare was not critical about in fact one could argue that Shakespear may approve Banquos ideological ambition because simply he does not kill anyone. as his ambition is hidden but not spoken off. further detailed analysis leads us to a striking fact that ambition also rotates around the witches as well! In Act 3 Scene 5 the witches leader Hecate appears and confronts the witches for excluding them out of Macbeth's plan. She attacks the witches decisions for trying to influence Macbeth, she says "...and which is worse all you have done, Hath been for a wayward son, spiteful and wrathful as you do, love for his own ends not for you." Macbeth is a 'wayward son' foolish and ambitious. He does as 'others do' implying at how he parallels with every other man. 'He loves for his own ends, not for you.' these extraordinary paradoxes mirrors and leads us back to the patriarchal society. Hecate makes clear now to the reader the witches purpose. their desire is to is to make Macbeth become loyal to them, currently he 'loves for his own ends, not for you'. the witches strongly desire affection and love, they are normal women that are shunned from this sexist society because of their ugly appearance and inability to please others they turn to witchcraft. this is their only means of attaining love and interest and they still fail. overall we can see how Shakespeare successfully presents and explores the theme of ambition in his tragedy 'Macbeth' due to the fact that it is unchecked by any concept of morality.

[@joea-497kviews2]

@smallshotz0 that essay is a mad one could you also link Macbeth and lady Macbeth as being mirrored characters of Adam and Eve as in both cases the women is more ambitions and tempted?

[@abigail1898]

@@joea-497kviews2 woah thats such a good concept

[@joea-497kviews2]

Abigail thanks mate👊

[@nitashakapoor1111]

@@huzafah did you written by yourself or have you copy pasted from internet. by the way essay is good.

[@lela-biohuoliver6057]

do you think that you could do a video on how to go from writing at a grade 5 to a grade 8/9 please? thanks so much the videos are really helping xx

[@anakinskywalker3777]

That deserves at least a grade 7+

[@cascadeab2359]

mr Salles could you do more of these?

[@hisschoolwork3987]

That would be amazing:D

[@nyah.m5164]

this helped me so much in my exam!! thank you

[@KickingPebbles99]

What was the question?

[@anoushkamishra8608]

Mr salles, Could you do more like this about Kingship and Macduff?

[@iryna3537]

Incredible, this! Thank you!!!

[@beardoll6945]

All your videos look so useful!! I really want to get a good grade so I subscribed!!

[@angelstarfire]

Thank you for this! I'm doing horribly in English so hopefully I can change that (^~^ )

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

You can

[@donnahenry4302]

A really useful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@danielglass2429]

Hi Mr Salles, your videos are amazing :) How many words are in the essay in your video? Thanks.

[@priya200328]

Have you got any videos exploring the relationship between Banquo and Macbeth?

[@theotheoth]

Hi Mr Salles -- all this 'head' stuff is wonderful and all, but is it still on point, addressing the theme of the supernatural?

[@donnahenry4302]

A we ally useful video which I will use with my Year 10 students. Thank you.

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Thank you for letting me know. I find I can teach my students much better in a video than in a lesson, although it does make the videos a bit long!

[@kimichaddah2731]

Loved this play :)

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

I know. I've been trying to make your Lady Macbeth essay into a video, but it is too good for a GCSE audience!

[@sofyestrellam.9038]

@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish you should! I would definitely want to watch that, I need further analysis! As a grade 9 student, the only target to be pursued now is above GCSE! Go for it!!

[@RevanthRoyschannel]

Ocr pupils wishing they memorized this for today...

[@tchalla6680]

Can I steal the ideas but paraphrase them to avoid plagiarism?

[@gabriellapring4933]

How do people write so much in the time !!!

[@uhkoo]

i have been watching through some of your videos and looking at these grade 9 answers and i can never understand what the introductions even mean. for this one i understand the first part of the introduction but i don't know what it means by the 'trials'. could someone explain please :)

[@seanchan08]

words imma steal from this essay: -sorcery (magic) -equivocation (ambigious/euphemism) -structural use of the oxymoronic phrase -de-stabilise one's integrity (reduce integrity) -heresies (against god's teaching)

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Nice idea!

[@dylan74837]

i’m doing this exam tomorrow

[@thipwip2670]

Hi Mr. Salles, May I know the question for this Macbeth paper. My Mocks are on Wednesday and my teachers are telling us to focus on supernatural

[@harrison1153]

exactly

[@laurenm5770]

Hey, I find your ideas for Macbeth's true hamartia interesting. Do you have any videos where you ask questions to help us come to our own conclusions to help with analysis skills?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

No, I haven't considered that approach. I'll give it some thought.

[@stevewhitmill2037]

Excellent.

[@ipshitajee]

I need a perfect abstract for this topic , but I'm out of ideas

[@kristina820]

what question is this on?

[@mm-ic5vf]

Quick question: What is the best method of memorising quotes? Personally to you and grade 9 students Also have you done a video on the structure of the long questions

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

I have a video on how to memorise quotes. Search within my channel

[@patron7520]

was this from the most recent exams?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

yes

[@natrom2006]

Could anyone tell me how much this would be marked. I haven't done many exam type questions like this so i just want someone else' point of view. I just finished Year 10 so i am a little stressed out for next year. If you could Mr Salles or anyone else, could you tell me what grade this would be and maybe give me a few pointers if you won't mind. Shakespeare masterfully portrayed Macbeth as a conflicted character whose ambition and loyalty to his country fight for dominance. At this point in the play, Macbeth’s sense of morality is preventing him from acquiescing to his wife’s wishes to commit regicide in order to become king. ‘We will proceed no further in this business’ shows how adamant and determined he is to put a stop to Duncan’s assassination by the use of a thinly veiled command. Despite his stance in this scene on the matter of King Duncan’s murder, Macbeth’s hamartia, his tragic flaw, his desire to be king Is still in the dim recesses of his mind. Fear of being caught is also having quite a significant impact on Macbeth’s decision, he is wary of the consequences if her were to kill the king. Considering the belief during the Jacobean era of the Divine Right of Kings, the hierarchy in which the king Is personally chosen by God and is directly under him, he has every right to be. Lady Macbeth’s reaction to Macbeth’s decision, from the word ‘coward’ signifies the difference in views of the couple and to also sway Macbeth from his decision by wounding his pride. Lady Macbeth’s view differs from Macbeth due to her belief that men are only defined by their willingness to murder however Macbeth’s response, ‘i dare do all that may become a man, who dares do more is none’ refers to his view of manliness as adherent to the social order in which all killings take place on the battlefield. His recent victory against Norway is spoken with reverence by the people of Scotland and he does not wish to tarnish their views so soon by committing such a heinous act. Throughout the play Macbeth is clearly presented as a flawed and complex character who started off as a brave and noble warrior and a little disembowelment happy even for the battle standards of the time and then ended up as a mass murdering tyrant indifferent to everything but his main objective - to remain king. It could be argued that Macbeth carried with him the seeds of his own self-destruction, while Lady Macbeth’s words had an obvious impact on Macbeth’s final decision, his ambition was what really drove him to commit treason against the crown. Alternatively, Lady Macbeth’s spiteful words that she had spat so callously at him, her use of emotional manipulation when she said, “I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this, “made him cave immediately which conveys how Macbeth is more susceptible to her words because of their mutual care for each other than that of three hideous hags that he just happened to walk upon so it could be said that she was the catalyst to Duncan’s murder and Macbeth’s descent into darkness. Macbeth’s every action in the play is mainly driven by ambition but although he has the intent, he lacks the spur to carry out the deed. He references this himself, “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.” His spur is considered by many to be Lady Macbeth, he knows he needs her help to reach his goal so in the letter he sent her, he wrote, “what greatness is promised thee,” to try and entice his wife into spurring him on and she takes to this role perfectly.

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

You know the play really well. You need a thesis statement to tell us what you think Shakespeare is up to in relation to the question. Then plan an argument you are trying to prove, rather than a set of different interpretations. The first paragraph is much more academic than the second paragraph, which is fun and colloquial and scores lower. Overall, I'd say a grade 6.

[@natrom2006]

@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you for your advice. I'll endeavour to use it in my work as my current target grade is 8 so i have a lot of improvements to make. You're a great teacher by the way. I have watched so many of your videos and it has helped me a lot, at least more than most of my teachers. Thank you again!

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

@@natrom2006 Good luck - let me see the next version or future essays so I can see if my advice worked!

[@Mixcky_Shadow]

How many paragraphs was this

[@TKM12]

Ty sir

[@asafvirin2181]

if the witches are right, shakespeare is going to become king

[@xtrasss]

please answer sir, was this the full essay or were there other paragraphs not covered?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

I usually do the whole essay, but can’t remember

[@xtrasss]

@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thank you so much for your reply! your videos have been enormously helpful :)

[@olivepharaoh8152]

is this the predicted theme for this year? does anyone know?

[@danielglass2429]

I believe this is based on last years' question.

[@tg.tyrant2302_]

If u did an ambition exam before this then I believe this should be the second one coming up, then it will be guilt and so on

[@theotheoth]

Macbeth did not valiantly fight 'in the path of God'. Before we meet him, he is presented as the ultimate pagan warrior hero -- straight out of Homer -- without qualms and conscience. That is a great part of his problem: Scotland is becoming 'gospelled' (i.e. Christianised), and now the dead (Banquo) are coming back to life...a reference to this crazy Christ story that's going about and infecting the warrior tradition, producing an ineffectual king such as Duncan. Macbeth also becomes infected and begins to fear his punishment in the afterlife, but instead effectively aims to experience heaven (perfection: 'the be-all and the end-all') right here and now ('on this bank and shoal of time'). But to achieve that, he has to kill everyone in his way...which turns out to be...everyone. Or something.

[@BoBo-qx6oq]

cct's looking long man sweating revision rn

[@mm-ic5vf]

Awesome

[@anon4977]

welp my english mock is tomorrow😬

[@jonnysconny7663]

Mines today

[@__ks027]

@@jonnysconny7663 how did it go? :D

[@Filmkid590]

what even was the question

[@rvmiah]

Hello sir I got 59/60 in paper 1 and I’m asking for my papers back! Let me know if your interested in using my paper in a vid like this again, I want to give back to the source of my EIGHT grade progress

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Tpriv 100 Yes, I would be very grateful!

[@vsamvgames9519]

Also how is this a top level answer if he didn’t balance it properly. He didn’t talk much about Banquo? So wouldn’t you loose marks

[@vsamvgames9519]

Yes it is, I’ve got the full paper 1 and 2 and for Macbeth to get full marks you have to talk about Banquo and Macbeth and their attitutudes towards the supernatural. I got full marks so I know

[@vsamvgames9519]

Jake Paterson Do you have discord? I can prove it to you, I basically remember all of what was in the video and copied it and got full marks. That’s how. I did it word for word

[@elijah2185]

@@vsamvgames9519 Can u send to me? Would be appreciated!

[@vsamvgames9519]

Elijah Bamford What I wrote was said in the video I wrote it word for word in my mocks for English lit 2018 and got full marks. I basically copied it

[@elijah2185]

@@vsamvgames9519 ah. Btw this guy did actually get full marks so...

[@zqrah]

Last minute revision here 😢

[@cultishh]

bro one hour to go good luck

[@zqrah]

@@cultishh YOU TOO 😭😭😭

[@mhcgirl]

is this aqa?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Yes

[@kakashi4242]

@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish the practice papers i have, have 2 20 mark questions whereas the one in this video is only 30 marks, im kinda confused lol???

[@ryanthomas1882]

@@kakashi4242 thats (your paper) for english literature GCSE 9-1 paper one next week, this video is for aqa, im not too sure of the differenes.

[@vsamvgames9519]

Is this model answer on the AQA website

[@hajar7893]

is this really 100% tho?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Yes, but if you want to improve it and post your answer, I'll update the video!

[@prxncemx]

ooooh boring stuff

[@katiemiaana]

It is amazing but I am surprised that they didn't knock off a few marks for presentation, the handwriting could be neater.

[@kristina820]

what question is this on?