After watching this lesson, you will be able to support your discussion of Macbeth’s themes with detailed textual analysis!

This lesson unpacks the most famous and significant quotes uttered by Macbeth himself. These quotes chart...

After watching this lesson, you will be able to support your discussion of Macbeth’s themes with detailed textual analysis!

This lesson unpacks quotes from characters other than Macbeth, including the spooky witches and the...

Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the tension that exists between order and chaos in Macbeth. See the chaos that breaks out across Scotland when Macbeth becomes king.

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The brave Macbeth meets three spooky witches, who give him the tantalising prophecy that he is destined to become King of Scotland! Surprised yet excited, he is urged on by his wife to kill the king and steal the throne for himself....

Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the corrupting nature of power in Macbeth. See how power can be violent and unstable, leading to the loss of Macbeth’s morality and sanity.

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Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the conflict between fate and free will in Macbeth. Decide for yourself - is Macbeth merely a puppet of destiny, or a man with a dark side who just needed a little nudge in the...

Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the role of gender in Macbeth. Decide for yourself - is Macbeth Shakespeare’s most misogynistic play? Or has Shakespeare subtly challenged the rigid gender roles of his...

Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the tension between appearances and reality. See how Macbeth takes place in a world full of chaos, where what is real often turns out to be very different to how it first...

Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the danger of unchecked ambition in Macbeth. See how ambition warps Macbeth - a noble and loyal hero - into a delusional, evil tyrant.

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Macbeth agonises over whether to kill King Duncan - then in the middle of the night, he brutally stabs the king. The next morning, chaos ensues when Duncan is found dead. Will Macbeth get away with his terrible crime?

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Three spooky witches appear to Macbeth, giving him a crazy prophecy that he is destined to become King of Scotland. Fired with ambition, Macbeth’s wife has a dangerous plot to make sure that the prophecy comes true…

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Now that Macbeth is king, he is terrified that he could lose the throne. He hires two murderers to kill his friend Banquo, a threat to his power. However, at a banquet the next day, Banquo’s ghost comes to visit…

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Macbeth discovers that his wife has gone mad with guilt and has committed suicide. He also learns that an army is attacking his castle, led by Macduff. A great and terrible battle ensues…

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Paranoid, Macbeth visits the spooky witches again, looking for reassurance that his throne is safe. The witches respond with three cryptic prophecies. Increasingly mad with fear, Macbeth murders the innocent wife and children of...

Watch this video to learn about Shakespeare’s fascinating world, and its influence on the play Macbeth. Watch the Jacobean era come to life and come to a deeper understanding of the Great Chain of Being, the Renaissance, religious ideas,...

Shakespeare's tragedies...were tragic. But they had some jokes. They also changed the way tragedies were written. Characters like Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear had tragic outcomes, but they were sympathetic characters in a lot of ways....

Pupil outcome: I can identify the ways in which Macbeth is a tragic hero. Key learning points: - Hubris, hamartia, stubornnesss and self-discovery are all characteristics of a tragic hero - Macbeth displays hubris by disregarding the...

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