08 Macbeth Act 2 Scene 2 Full Commentary and Anlaysis

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This video is a line-by-line walkthrough guide for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 2.

I provide a close reading of the entire scene, including:
— Detailed explication
— Commentary
— Literary analysis

All commentary is supplemented by in-text, line-by-line study notes designed to help students:
— Prepare for GCSE, A-Level, IB, and AP evaluation
— Prepare for general high school and college quizzes, exams, and essays
— Generate ideas for analysis essays
— Participate knowledgeably in class discussions
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This video discusses :

PLOT:
— Lady Macbeth nervously waits for Macbeth to kill Duncan, says she couldn’t kill Duncan herself because he looked like her father
— Macbeth emerges from Duncan’s chamber with bloody hands and bloody daggers, deeply regrets killing Duncan
— Lady Macbeth calls Macbeth cowardly for his regrets, takes the daggers from Macbeth and puts them with the drugged guards
— Knocking at the gate…

CHARACTER:
— Lady Macbeth: lacks “manly” courage to kill Duncan = lack of self-knowledge; stronger presence of mind than Macbeth;
— Macbeth: regretful, remorseful; alienated from self; understands he has murdered himself

THEME:
— Alienation from self: horcruxes
— Wasteland: social and psychological; the Great Chain of Being disrupted
— Hubris summons Nemesis: knocking
— Appearance vs reality