0:01 Hello everybody welcome to this video
0:03 it's another in the student Exemplar
0:06 series we're looking at the M Beth
0:09 question act 5 scene3 extract bring me
0:12 no more reports let them fly all onwards
0:14 and the question was how far is MC Beth
0:17 presented as a hero so let's get right
0:19 into it in this speech MC Beth demands
0:21 bring me no more reports let them fly
0:24 all appearing unfaced by the threat of
0:26 the English army his bravery in the face
0:28 of danger could serve as evidence for
0:31 his heroic nature courage is a key
0:33 attribute of a hero and its importance
0:34 would have been Amplified in the
0:36 Elizabethan times men were expected to
0:38 be brave and it was an attractive
0:41 quality to have the audience is reminded
0:42 of this near the beginning of the play
0:44 When the THS talk highly of Brave MC
0:47 Beth and his battle prowess
0:48 alternatively whilst MC Beth's words
0:51 make him seem Brave almost arrogant
0:52 Shakespeare contrasts this with
0:54 structure to show that M Beth may be
0:57 more unsettled than he seems the enement
0:58 throughout the extract gives the
1:00 impression of rambling and suggests that
1:02 perhaps MC Beth is more unsettled and
1:05 panicked than he seemed at first this
1:07 idea of structure betraying MC Beth's
1:09 true fear is epitomized in N lines 10
1:12 and 11 he States the mind I sway by and
1:14 the heart I bear shall never sag with
1:17 doubt nor shake with fear the lines are
1:19 almost entirely in I Amit pentameter
1:21 which gives them a certain Rhythm
1:23 therefore the audience almost expects
1:25 these two lines to be a rhyming coulet
1:27 as is used on occasion throughout the
1:29 rest of the play however the final words
1:31 on each line bear and fear whilst
1:33 appearing like they should rhyme do not
1:36 when spoken aloud thus Shakespeare
1:38 contrasts with Beth's Brave words with
1:40 the breaking of the rhyme scheme perhaps
1:42 reflecting a contrast between how M Beth
1:44 wishes to appear brave but does not
1:47 actually feel this way in this way
1:48 Shakespeare suggests that Beth is no
1:52 longer Brave and therefore is not a hero
1:54 so in this part of the answer the
1:57 student has identified the nature of the
1:59 question about the hero linked to a
2:00 little bit about context and the
2:03 importance of Bravery in being a hero
2:05 and then written about how the language
2:08 contrasts the structure and perhaps
2:11 that's you know yet another example I
2:13 might add of the theme of appearances
2:15 versus reality that we see Within the
2:18 play Rather Shakespeare presents M Beth
2:20 is quite villainous in the extract so
2:22 you can see this idea has a this answer
2:24 has a conceptualized response it's got a
2:27 two-part line of argument firstly no M
2:28 Beth is not a hero and once we've
2:30 established he's not a her hero let's
2:32 look at what he actually is which is a
2:35 villain after a servant enters M Beth
2:37 cries the devil damn thee back thou
2:39 cream-faced loon the insult occurs as
2:41 the servant appears to have done nothing
2:43 wrong and so McBeth is portrayed as
2:45 malicious and irrational certainly not
2:47 heroic moreover the use of the noun
2:49 devil creates a link between M Beth and
2:51 the symbol of complete evil this would
2:53 have been especially shocking for a
2:55 God-fearing Elizabethan Audience by
2:57 stating the devil Dam black Shakespeare
2:59 presents M Beth to almost have the devil
3:01 his command which would have been a sure
3:03 sign of evil for the superstitious
3:07 elizabethans and arguably still is today
3:08 so what I love about this answer is the
3:10 way the student is just dripping in
3:13 little bits of context you know context
3:15 is six marks and so many students send
3:17 me questions saying how much should I
3:18 write about context and I think this is
3:21 a great example of just dripping in
3:22 little bits of
3:25 context however May Beth is certainly
3:26 not presented as a villain throughout
3:28 the whole of the play so this is the
3:30 wider text reference now remember you've
3:32 got to write about the extract and The
3:35 Wider text at the beginning Shakespeare
3:37 portrays him as quite heroic referred to
3:40 as Valor minion and brave McBeth whilst
3:42 perhaps still Brave the contrast is
3:43 clear between McBeth at the beginning
3:45 and him now he's lost the primary
3:48 attribute of a hero goodness and has
3:50 instead become a sort of courageous
3:54 villain so this bit my tongue then this
3:57 is um an interesting idea here because
4:00 if you're given an extract that is from
4:03 right at the end of the play I think
4:04 when you're looking at the wider text to
4:08 refer to it's it makes sense to look at
4:09 before it doesn't it the beginning of
4:12 the play so if you're given an extract
4:13 from the beginning it might make sense
4:15 to think about what how things have
4:16 changed in reference to that question by
4:18 the end and that's exactly what this
4:22 student is doing here therefore it could
4:23 be argued that Shakespeare presents much
4:26 Beth as a tragic hero instead a tragic
4:28 hero is one whose Fortune appears to be
4:30 increasing and until their fatal flaw
4:32 undermines them and becomes their
4:34 undoing but bet hamasha could be his
4:36 ambition his one evil deed of killing
4:38 Duncan to ascend to the throne Sparks
4:40 his evil spiraling out of control until
4:42 this point in the play where he appears
4:45 entirely Wicked This would explain what
4:46 Beth's Journey from hero to villain in
4:48 such a short space of time he brings
4:51 about his own downfall in summary while
4:53 Shakespeare portrays M Beth with some
4:55 heroic qualities in the extract at this
4:56 point in the play he definitely appears
4:59 more villainous than heroic however by
5:01 showing that bravery in the scene
5:03 Shakespeare draws parallels between MC
5:05 Beth in act one scene one and him now
5:07 and by doing so contrasts his heroism
5:09 and villainous qualities showcasing his
5:12 Arc as a tragic hero instead and serving
5:14 to have a cathartic effect on the
5:16 audience that you your fortune can
5:19 quickly reverse if you give into evil so
5:21 here's a nice mention of the idea of the
5:23 tragic hero and I think you know any
5:25 question that is about a hero would lend
5:28 itself to two different analyses number
5:30 one what we think of as a hero is a good
5:32 person but of course number two the idea
5:34 of a tragic hero and that's what the
5:36 students writing about here and that
5:37 would come under the fact that this is a
5:39 tragedy the genre of the play is a
5:42 tragedy and genre remember now comes
5:46 under AO3 context so writing about the
5:48 the tragedy aspect of MC Beth would be
5:51 seen as writing about context I think
5:53 this is a really good answer I think it
5:57 has language structure form analysis I
5:58 think it's got some lovely bits about
6:01 context uh links everything to the
6:03 writer's wider ideas and themes
6:05 challenging the audience really good
6:08 succinct but very very good please do
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