Free Will, Witches, Murder and Macbeth, Part 1 - Crash Course Literature
The Sound! The Fury! Today, we're talking about Shakespeare's Scottish play, Macbeth. So, was Macbeth really predestined to do all the murdering and bad kinging and other terrible stuff? That's the big question in Macbeth, and it's one of the ideas we're going to talk about today, among many. Also, Yoda joins us for the open letter.
SOURCE: Crash Course (2018), posted on YouTube, [12:55 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/VPYOs0EGgJk
Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature
This week on Crash Course Literature, John Green is continuing to talk about Shakespeare's dark, bloody, Scottish play, Macbeth. This time around, we're looking at the play's characters operate, how the play deals with gender, and the Macbeth as an early anti-hero.
SOURCE: Crash Course (2018), posted on YouTube, [12:06 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/4zdkun4xzOs
Why Should you Read Macbeth? - Brendan Pelsue
There’s a play so powerful that an old superstition says its name should never be uttered in a theater. A play that begins with witchcraft and ends with a bloody, severed head. A play filled with riddles, prophecies, nightmare visions, and lots of brutal murder. But is it really all that good? Brendan Pelsue explains why you should read (or revisit) "Macbeth."
View full lesson HERE.
SOURCE: TED-Ed (2017), posted on YouTube, [6:08 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/rD5goS69LT4
Character Analysis: Lady Macbeth
Does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as subverting feminine stereotypes of the Jacobean era or conforming to them?
SOURCE: Mr Bruff (2020), posted on YouTube, [11:05 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/90iY1ku7flA
Bitesize Shakespeare: Macbeth
Macbeth is a spooky horror story set in Scotland. There are gory bits. There are witches and spooky visions. Macbeth and his wife commit so many horrible crimes that towards the end even Lady Macbeth goes mad with the horror of it all. What was it all for? The couple were power hungry and happy to kill their friends and family to fulfil their ambition to become royalty.
SOURCE: BBC (2014), available from ClickView, [5:11 mins] URL: https://clickv.ie/w/oEOp
Ethan Hawke on Macbeth
Ethan Hawke looks at the greatest productions of Shakespeare's Macbeth as he uncovers the true story behind the cursed 'Scottish Play'.
SOURCE: ABC (2014), Rated M, available from ClickView, [52:17 mins] URL: https://clickv.ie/w/0DOp