Shakespeare in Seven Minutes: Macbeth Summary
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0:00 hi everyone and welcome to my channel this first series is all about macbeth so if you haven't got a copy already check out the links in the description
0:08 for some of my recommended versions i'll be doing follow-up videos to this summary on themes character analysis notable quotes and
0:18 everything you will need to not only learn but have fun as well so if you enjoy this video make sure to like comment and subscribe
0:26 for more content easy as gcse presents shakespeare in seven minutes macbeth
0:41 macbeth is one of william shakespeare's most popular tragedies and it is likely that you may already be familiar with some aspects of it
0:49 even if you have never read or watched the play before it is nicknamed the scottish play because you guessed it
0:55 it's set in scotland sometime during the 11th century shakespeare's plays can be quite daunting to study but after this video
1:03 i hope you'll see that all of his works are simply stories that are easy to understand with a little practice
1:10 with that said let's jump straight into macbeth act one macbeth is the title character of the play
1:21 which means that his name is also the name of the play and he along with his friend banquo are generals in the army of king duncan
1:30 while returning from a battle they run into a group of witches in a bog who tell macbeth that he will be the thane of cordor
1:36 a high-ranking title and later king of scotland banquo is told that he will not be king of scotland but
1:44 that his descendants will be because of this rather good news they are keen to find out more details but annoyingly the witches disappear not
1:54 long afterwards macbeth actually does get promoted to thane of corridor which makes him think that the witches may have been onto something
2:01 on top of that good fortune king duncan also plans to honor macbeth with a visit to his castle in inverness macbeth promptly writes home to tell his
2:10 wife lady macbeth about his new position and also about the strange encounter with the witches now unfortunately lady macbeth happens
2:19 to be far more ruthless than her husband so she is immediately determined to help him fulfill his destiny by whatever wicked means necessary
2:29 [Music] act two when the king arrives at macbeth's castle lady macbeth is quick to suggest that
2:38 they use this opportunity to murder him macbeth is hesitant but agrees after a lot of pressure from his wife she does her bit by sedating the guards
2:48 with spiked wine but leaves macbeth to do the dirty work of actually killing duncan as any normal person would macbeth is
2:56 overcome with guilt at what he has done but lady macbeth sets him straight by berating him for his cowardice she then frames the poor guards with the
3:04 daggers covered in the king's blood at this critical moment the nobleman mcduff decides to turn up at their gates
3:14 unexpectedly so after a bit of frantic running around they make a great show of finding the king's corpse and
3:21 executing the unlucky guards guessing quite rightly that whoever has killed their father is bound to come after them next
3:28 the dead king's sons malcolm and donalbain managed to escape the castle and macbeth's murderous grasp
3:37 act 3 now that duncan is dead or rather murdered macbeth is crowned king of scotland and the witches prophecy comes true
3:47 however his pesky conscience keeps him from enjoying his success as he is plagued by paranoia his biggest worry is that his friend
3:55 banquo has a son freyance and the witches did mention that banquo's descendants would be kings to rectify this macbeth puts a hit out
4:06 on the two unsuspecting men and banquo is murdered but flance is able to escape plunged even further into his pit of
4:14 guilt macbeth sees the ghost of banquo at a banquet that night and is scared nearly out of his mind causing lady macbeth to begin to have a
4:23 few doubts of her own [Music] act four to calm himself down after these traumatic incidents
4:33 macbeth decides to return to the source of these events the mysterious witches they reassure him that no harm will come to him
4:42 unless burnham wood the surrounding forest marches to fight him even better no man born of a woman will be able to defeat him
4:51 these two statements at the time were the equivalent of saying when pigs fly so macbeth is suitably calmed
4:58 however the witches reiterate that banquo's descendants will still be king which puts macbeth into a state again
5:05 he goes on a murderous rampage killing all those associated with the opposition including mcduff's family but not mcduff as he had joined up with malcolm and
5:15 donalbain to fight against macbeth act 5 holed up in his castle at dunsinane
5:24 macbeth is shocked to learn that burnham wood from the witch's prophecy appears to be marching towards him malcolm's army cleverly cut down
5:33 branches from the trees and held them in front as camouflage to create this illusion adding to macbeth's misery is the news
5:41 that lady macbeth has taken her own life after being tormented by sleepwalking and visions of blood on her hands that cannot be cleaned
5:50 macbeth and his army are on the verge of defeat but there is one last glimmer of hope given to him by the witches no man born of a woman can kill him
6:02 armed with this prophecy he accepts a challenge from mcduff only to learn mid-battle that mcduff was born via c-section
6:10 so technically he is not born of a woman realizing that the witches had craftily foretold his doom rather than assure him of security
6:18 macbeth is defeated and mcduff takes his head to malcolm who ends the play promising peace and going off to a city called scone to
6:27 be crowned the new king of scotland see that wasn't so bad and now that you're familiar with the basics of
6:35 macbeth stay tuned to my channel for a more in-depth study coming soon don't forget to like comment and
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