GCSE English Literature for AQA Macbeth Student Book (GCSE English Literature AQA)

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Although examiners do reward the use of memorised quotations in your essay, you will also be rewarded for your ability to mention plot points from various points of the play. Thought to have been educated at the local grammar school, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he went on to have three children, at the age of eighteen, before moving to London to work in the theatre. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

You can learn quite a few core quotations that you can use to answer questions on multiple characters and themes. To Lady Macbeth following the murder of Duncan – “ O gentle lady, ‘tis not for you to hear what I can speak: the repetition, in a woman’s ear, would murder as it fell. The work here is largely focused around my interpretation of Shakespeare's play, which is that Macbeth's actions were the result of a magic spell.

Lady Macbeth’s intelligence and power over Macbeth is clear from their first meeting at the beginning of Act II. Macbethrealiseswhathehasleftbehindanddestroyedandhe'sleftwitha"fruitlesscrown"inwhichthismurdercomestonouseanymore. Usestudyguidesandresources-inadditiontowatchingMrSalles'videos,youcanalsousestudyguidesandresourcessuchasSparkNotesorYorkNotestohelpyouunderstandtheplay.

If you know what comes before and after the extract, you can better explain its wider significance, and what important developments have happened, or will happen. Macbeth Text Guide – the ultimate guide, packed with stacks of essential notes and practice questions. Mike Gould is a former Head of English and an experienced author who has written over 150 books and other resources for teachers and students, including GCSE and IGCSE textbooks and digital support material. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Nothing in this Agreement limits liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or our liability to you in the event of death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees agents or sub-contractors.

He started his career in journalism and publishing, working as an editor on a political magazine and a number of books, before training as an English teacher. The ambition to destroy Macbeth is presented as positive and contrasts with Macbeth’s extreme ambition.The audience hears how Macbeth and Banquo bravely won a battle to save Scotland from rebels and invaders.

Purchasing a CGP Online Edition title grants you access to the title and Online Extras for three years from the date of purchase. Shakespeare makes them speak in riddles and concoct potions on stage to ensure they appear sinister to the audience. Examiners always praise students who clearly know the plot of the texts they are studying, as having this base of knowledge leads to the best exam responses.York Notes’ Macbeth GCSE Study Notes and Revision Guide provides all the information you need to craft exam answers that will earn high marks, and will help you to gain a thorough understanding of key elements in William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, including the play’s plot, major characters, historical context and underlying themes. Each text guide is based on our ‘active’ approach to revision – giving students lots of tips and tricks to help the knowledge (and those tricky quotations! His death at Macduff’s hand is the final betrayal of the witches’ prophecies that exploited Macbeth’s fatal flaws and destroyed him. In this post you will find everything you need to know about the characters, as well as some key quotations to remember.