The ONLY Ten Quotes You Need To Learn From Macbeth

guys welcome to another video you've got

mr everything english and today guys

today we're gonna fix a problem that

drives me absolutely insane

it's january 2022

and

exams are about four or five months away

and i'll be teaching and i'll say guys

give me a quote from inspector calls

give me a quote from macbeth

and it makes me feel as though i'm

sitting in a library because it's

absolutely pin drop silent

if you're a student

and you're seeing your exams in may june

time

and you don't know your quotes

what are you waiting for guys what are

you waiting for because if you don't

know your quotes

you can't analyze any effects

which means you can't answer any gcse

questions

however

however that being said

i guys have decided that i'm gonna make

a few videos

where i'm gonna give you the quotes that

you need to learn off my heart

i'm just gonna give you them and i'm

gonna briefly break down each quote as

to what you're supposed to say about it

now you only need to learn 10 quotes

i've had some teachers say learn 30

quotes learn 40 quotes guys no one's got

time for that and that's a massive task

if we're learning 30 40 quotes per text

that means we're learning approximately

100 ish 120 quarts

that's not feasible

when i give my advice guys i'd like to

make it realistic so i'm going to give

you guys 10 quotes from macbeth

learn these 10 quotes and forget about

everything else

just learn these 10 because in the exam

they will give you an extract which will

have quotes in it already

and then if you've learned the 10 that

i'm going to give you now that is enough

for you to produce four paragraphs two

on the extract two on the whole text

now guys these quotes are from different

characters and they can be applied to a

range of characters and a range of

themes so for example just because lady

macbeth is the one that says unsex me

here we can also use that quote about

the witches and the supernatural and so

on so don't look at quotes as one

dimensional look at quotes as having

different purposes so these 10 quotes

guys are from different characters and

from different themes and therefore they

can be applied to different exam

questions

guys i'm begging you learn your quotes

i'm going to give you 10 quotes

if you learn one quote a day

for the next 10 days

by the end of the 10th day you're done

none of these quotes are very long i've

written

in front of me on purpose i've chosen

realistic quotes that you can remember

now guys i'm an old man you guys are

way younger than me if i can learn these

quotes of my heart

trust me so can you

now without further ado guys let's pick

the first quote guys that i'm going to

use guys is from act one scene two and

it is said by ross and ross says guys

this is when we first introduce macbeth

he says brave macbeth

when he deserves that name

now guys this quote can be used to talk

about the character of macbeth primarily

because you can see from the very

beginning macbeth

is seen in a very high regard by the

king and the people he's surrounded with

because they say he is brave macbeth

number two he deserves that name he is

not being called brave just because he's

strong and muscular he deserves it he's

put in the work more in particular he's

been fighting for the king as a worthy

and valiant soldier

however as the play develops this quote

guys this quote

it can be used in two ways number one it

shows how the royals in particular the

king were a terrible judge of character

because the old thing of cordo betrays

him and then macbeth betrays him as well

but what's the bigger point here

how did they judge people it's based

upon the word brave

patriarchy guys patriarchy meant that a

man's character wasn't judged upon his

his his values it wasn't judged upon how

honest and trustworthy he was

it was judged upon his bravery and just

because macbeth was seen as brave

they thought he must be perfect

because that was the measuring stick

that is how you judged the quality of a

man number two guys

this quote you can argue is also a

little bit foreshadowing what is it

foreshadowing of brave macbeth macbeth

is brave on the battlefield but what

does the brave what does the word brave

mean for me guys the word brave is the

idea he's courageous he's daring he's

willing to do things that others are not

hence why he kills the king because

brave macbeth yes he's brave on the

battlefield but also his life also in

life his bravery

allows him to do things that maybe other

characters would not have done so now

guys at this point i'm going to move on

to quote number two because if i go and

give you guys thorough analysis of each

quote

this video will be like 30 40 minutes

long and i know you guys want much all

of it so quote number two guys is from

act one scene four and it's just after

macbeth has been visited by the witches

and it's just after macbeth has been

told that he is now thane of cordo what

does he say he says let not light let

not light and light here guys can be a

metaphor for god can be a metaphor for

people can be a metaphor for the people

around him

let not light see my dark and deep

desires i love this quote why do i love

it because this quote can be used to

smack everyone on the head who says that

lady macbeth influenced macbeth

act 1 scene 4 is this quote

macbeth

already

before he even meets lady macbeth is

having dark desires

dark desires meaning he's thinking of

doing things that are wrong which means

you're thinking of killing the king but

the important part guys they're dark but

they're deep inside him

they almost a part of him

these thoughts it's not just like a far

in the wind that you forget about it

these thoughts are stuck with him

now

that's the first thing guys that it

shows that macbeth was already

influenced macbeth was already thinking

of certain things before

meeting lady macbeth before speaking to

lady macbeth but number two guys we

learn a lot about the power of the

supernatural

look what they've done to macbeth brave

macbeth the guy who's willing to

sacrifice his life for his country

within one scene at one scene three they

were able to transform his entire

character so when we look at the change

of macbeth you want to say macbeth is

changing but the catalyst in science

guys a catalyst speeds up the reaction

the catalyst for macbeth's change is

when he meets the witches because then

he goes into overdrive

then move on to mrs lady macbeth act one

scene five and this is the famous quote

now i've added to it people always quote

and sex me here i've taken it further

unsex me here and fill me from the crown

to the toe top full of direst cruelty

unsex me here guys now i've spoken about

this so many times

she's not saying make me a man

please don't put that in your exam she

wants to be a man she's saying

reduce my femininity

take away the qualities that make me

feminine and make me more masculine but

she's not saying make me a man

now what were the qualities in that time

that made a woman a woman

being beautiful being soft being elegant

being stuck to your husband's arm like a

trophy wife

what does she know she needs to be to

become powerful she used to be evil

she needs to feel no emotion

she needs to sacrifice what means a lot

to her meaning her looks

her beauty

and sex me here right now

and fill me cause she wants to be fully

covered fully immersed

she's willing to give it all feed me

with what

feel me from the crown

from the head to the toe fill me with

direct cruelty

fill me with the worst possible evil

guy this quote can be used for lady

macbeth this quote can be used for

supernatural this quote can be used for

women in general

where women were suffering so much

because of patriarchy that for a woman

to become powerful she had to sacrifice

so much

she had to become as masculine as

possible

number four guys number four number four

number four and this is where lady

macbeth is poking the bay macbeth act

one scene seven

macbeth guys he goes back and forth at

the beginning of the play he says when

he says but he implies that he wants to

kill the king then he backs out then he

goes back and he commits then he backs

up

the quote that you want to use that

almost

kills macbeth that almost captures

macbeth

is in act 1 scene 7 when lady macbeth

says

when thou darest to do it then you were

a man

this is a quote that can be used to show

the danger of patriarchy

i made a video guys on tik tok talking

about how patriarchy oppresses man

and this is an example

for a patriarchal man

he had to be courageous he had to be

brave he had to be brave and courageous

importantly in the eyes of his wife

and lady macbeth knew that and lady

macabre plays upon that when macbeth

starts to have second thoughts she

basically calls him a coward

she basically says to him guys that if

you dare to do it if you dare to kill

macbeth

then i'll see you as a man but until

then me

you're just some immasculating creature

that i can't even consider manly enough

to be my husband she hits him where it

hurts

and that's what tips macbeth over the

edge

arguably it's the argument you can make

you can argue that macbeth kills duncan

to prove his masculinity to his wife

rather than his desire to be the king

that's just a possible argument i'm not

saying is the truth but in an essay it's

definitely worth a paragraph

that's four guys let's move on to quote

number five

guys this one's from act two scene two

just after mr macbeth has killed duncan

he comes back to lady macbeth and this

brave man who's who's used to killing

and who's used to fighting for the king

he's in an absolute state and he's got

blood all over his hands and blood is a

metaphor for his gate he's carrying his

guilt everywhere he goes and when he

comes to his wife he says to his wife

will all of great neptune's ocean wash

this blood clean from my hands

this quote guys now again guys i could

do a whole video analyzing one quote but

i'm not gonna do that this quote guys

you wanna use it for two main points

number one

in act two scene two macbeth feels

really guilty

but as human nature goes

the first time you commit a bad deed

you feel like absolute poop

you feel terrible

but then you do it again

and then you do it again

and then you do it again

and by the fifth or sixth time it

doesn't feel as bad as it did the first

time

by the tenth time it's normal it's just

who you've become

and that's macbeth guys

yes macbeth was used to killing but he

was used to killing in the army for the

right reason he's not used to killing an

old man sleeping in bed

and when he kills duncan he feels gate

but then he kills banquo

doesn't feel as guilty

then he kills lady macduff doesn't feel

gay at all

he kills her son

doesn't feel gay at all

this

guy's act 2 scene 2

is the very rare moment until the end of

the play act five scene two

where from act two scene two to act five

scene two macbeth becomes almost

emotionless

and number two guys this quote can be

linked to act five scene one when lady

macbeth is trying to wash the blood off

her hands

uh it's almost irony

that she tells macbeth to basically get

over it

and she becomes like this

now guys we move on to my favorite quote

of the play it's in act five scene two

it's my favorite quote guys

macbeth

by the end of the play he shows a tiny

bit of regret

a tiny bit of remorse but he understands

it's too late because the armies are

outside the carson and they're not going

to have a conversation he can't ask for

forgiveness they're going to chop his

head off whether he fights or whether he

surrenders

in act 2 in act 5 scene 2 guys macbeth

says out out brief candy and brief

candle guys can be a metaphor for life

he says out out brief candy

life is but a walking shadow

i love that quote i love it

life is but a walking shadow you can

never catch your shadow you're always

chasing your shadow

now what can the shadow here represent

power

ambition

titles

kingship

money

respect

whatever we chase in life whatever

macbeth chased he's always chasing it

because you always want more first

first he wanted to be king

once he became king he wanted to kill

banco and phillions because he wanted

his lineage to be king

it's a constant pursuit it's a constant

pursuit you're always chasing the shadow

but you can never catch it so macbeth

has a moment of realization

before that he says life is but a candid

he he he

he considers his mortality

this candle guys is a is a metaphor for

his life

and a candle if it's on fire if it's

been lit it's gonna burn

either you blow it out or you naturally

die the wax finishes

now macbeth candle is blown up by

macduff who chops his head off

but is that pointing guys in act five

scene two macbeth for the first time in

the entire play he's questioning damn

was it all worth it

i'm gonna die soon

and i've been chasing a shadow look at

that i can't catch

so for the first time macbeth has a has

a has a sign

of of of regret has a sign of

contemplation

that's one two three four five six

number seven guys one scene five

lady macbeth

look like the innocent flower but be the

serpent under it two face two phase two

face two-faced the queen of two faces

tells macbeth how to be

look innocent look beautiful look happy

but be evil

be a serpent

be

be nasty and that is what i saw look at

my door and that is what she is telling

macbeth to be she is telling macbeth to

be as two-faced as possible

and then guys it moves on to act three

scene two where it says guys full of

scorpions is my mind now by the way this

is why i lock my doors on the record but

some people still want to gain by

banging on the windows anyway guys full

of scorpius is my mind uh what we're

saying guys

this is my breath in act 3 scene 2 full

of scorpions is my mind full cupboard i

want a scorpion guys

scorpions are eating away at his mind

and this quote guys you want to use it

for sure for foreshadowing this quote

guys can be used to foreshadow that it

will be the eventual downfall for

macbeth he will lose his mind and that

he definitely does fine he never commits

suicide but his actions in act 3 and act

4 and act 5 he's a man possessed by his

his hunger and his desire for power

and guys let's move on to the final two

quotes

i've chosen guys act one scene one fear

is fouled and foul is fair why have i

picked up this quote guys i chose this

quote because this quote summarizes the

entire play

in the entire play

fear is foul good is bad and bad is good

everything in this play morality is

twisted up it's not just it's flipped

upside down

what you expect

doesn't happen

brave macbeth becomes nasty macbeth

confident and beautiful lady macbeth is

a broken mess by the end

everything in this play guys the

supernatural

twist it and turn it upside down

and they configure what the audience

what the reader and what the characters

know to be true by changing everything

and last guys is banco banco guys in act

1 scene 3 he says that the witches are

the instruments of darkness and they

tell us truths win us with honest

trifles only to betray us in deepest

consequence

first things first guys the instruments

of darkness an instrument is to be

played it's telling us that the witches

are going to play macbeth and branco

more importantly they play macbeth they

are the instruments of darkness it's

foreshadowing evil is foreshadowing that

something terrible is about to happen

now i've analyzed this quote guys in my

last few videos so do check it out

now he admits that the witches will tell

us truths and his juxtaposition

something so evil something so nasty

will be so truthful it's juxtaposition

but he says they're gonna tell you

truths not because they care about you

but because they want to win your trust

they want to win your win your loyalty

and then once they pulled you in it's

foreshadowing now that once they're

gonna pull you in they're gonna betray

you and put you in the deepest

consequence meaning once you've pushed

you in they're gonna drop you and you're

gonna suffer the consequences of

trusting these witches

look at macbeth

he's like an addict he's like a drug

addict and the witches are the dealer

he goes back for more he goes back for

more and they pull him and they pull him

and they pull him and they tell him that

no man born a woman cannot harm you and

this guest macbeth absolutely gasped he

thinks you know what no one's touching

me

but they knew that mcduff

wasn't born that way

and they pull and they pull and once

they got macbeth exactly where they

wanted him

he is absolutely destroyed

guys this quote foreshadows the entire

play

they're gonna pull you in and they're

gonna drop you when they need to

guys those 10 quotes

those are the 10 quotes have i given you

10

yes guys those are the 10 quotes that i

recommend you learn for your exam now

there may be other teachers other people

saying learn other 10 that's fine here's

what is but in my opinion guys these 10

quotes just these 10 are enough

learn these 10 learn what they mean

learn what language and structural

devices inside them and then do past

papers using these quotes and that's it

guys you will smash your exams

10 is enough for our gcses guys 10 is

the magic number

all right guys i'll end this video here

i hope you found it beneficial

let me go check on the door to see who's

knocking as always guys it's been mr

everything english

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