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‘Macbeth’ Grade 9 Example Response

Grade 9 – full mark – ‘Macbeth’ response

Starting with this extract (from act 1 scene 7), how does Shakespeare present the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?

In Shakespeare’s eponymous tragedy ‘Macbeth’, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship is a complex portrait of love, illustrating layers of utter devotion alongside overwhelming resentment. Though the couple begins the play unnaturally strong within their marriage, this seems to act as an early warning of their imminent and inevitable fall from grace, ending the play in an almost entirely different relationship than the one they began the play with.

In the exposition of the play, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth initially appear immensely strong within their marriage, with Macbeth describing his wife as ‘my dearest partner of greatness’ in act 1 scene 5. The emotive superlative adjective ‘dearest’ is a term of endearment, and acts as a clear depiction of how valued Lady Macbeth is by her husband. Secondly, the noun ‘partner’ creates a sense of sincere equality which, as equality within marriage would have been unusual in the Jacobean era, illustrates to a contemporary audience the positive aspects of their relationship. Furthermore the lexical choice ‘greatness’ may connote ambition, and as they are ‘partner(s)’, Shakespeare suggests that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are equal in their desire for power and control, further confirming their compatibility but potentially hinting that said compatibility will serve as the couple’s hamartia.

However, the strength of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship falls into a rapid downward spiral in the subsequent scenes, as a struggle for power within the marriage ensues. This is evidenced when Macbeth, in act 1 scene 7, uses the declarative statement ‘we will proceed no further in this business’. Here, Macbeth seems to exude masculinity, embracing his gender role and dictating both his and his wife’s decisions. The negation ‘no’ clearly indicates his alleged definitive attitude. However, Lady Macbeth refuses to accept her husband’s rule, stating ‘when you durst do it, then you were a man’. She attempts to emasculate him to see their plan through. The verb ‘durst’ illustrates the risk taking behaviour that Lady Macbeth is encouraging; implying an element of toxicity within their relationship, and her harsh speech makes the cracks in their relationship further visible to the audience. It is also probable that a contemporary audience would be made severely uncomfortable in the presence of Lady Macbeth’s unapologetic display of power, and it is possible that Shakespeare attempts to paint Lady Macbeth as the villain of the play, playing upon the audience’s pre-determined fears of feminine power. Though Lady Macbeth appears to be acting entirely out of self-interest, another reader may argue that she influences her husband so heavily to commit the heinous act of regicide, as she believes that he crown may as a substitute for the child or children that Shakespeare suggests she and Macbeth have lost previously, and in turn better Macbeth’s life and bring him to the same happiness that came with the child, except in another form.

As the play progresses, Shakespeare creates more and more distance between the characters, portraying the breakdown of their relationship as gradual within the play but rapid in the overall sense of time on stage. For example, Lady Macbeth requests a servant ‘say to the king’ Lady Macbeth ‘would attend his leisure/ for a few words’. Here she is reduced to the status of someone far lesser than the king, having to request to speak to her own husband. It could be interpreted that, now as king, Macbeth holds himself above all else, even his wife, perhaps due to the belief of the divine right of kings. The use of the title rather than his name plainly indicated the lack of closeness Lady Macbeth now feels with Macbeth and intensely emotionally separates them. This same idea is referenced as Shakespeare develops the characters to almost juxtapose each other in their experiences after the murder of Duncan. For example, Macbeth seems to be trapped in a permanent day, after ‘Macbeth does murder sleep’ and his guilt and paranoia render him unable to rest. In contrast, Lady Macbeth takes on an oppositional path, suffering sleepwalking and unable to wake from her nightmare; repeating the phrase ‘to bed. To bed’ as if trapped in a never-ending night. This illustrates to the audience the extreme transformation Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship undergoes, and how differently they end up experiencing the aftermath of regicide.

In conclusion, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin the play almost too comfortable within their marriage, which seems to invite the presence of chaos and tragedy into their relationship. Their moral compositions are opposing one another, which leads to the distancing and total breakdown of their once successful marriage and thus serves as a warning to the audience about the effects of murder, and what the deadly sin of greed can do to a person and a marriage.

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It is also probable that a contemporary audience would be made severely uncomfortable in the presence of Lady Macbeth’s unapologetic display of power, and it is possible that Shakespeare attempts to paint Lady Macbeth as the villain of the play, playing upon the audience’s pre-determined fears of feminine power.

Also ref to ‘divine right of kings’

Thank you! This is a brilliant response. Just what I needed. Could you also please include the extract in the question.

We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon.

—> until end of scene

She did (Act 1 Scene 7)

Another great resource for grade 9 Macbeth analysis https://youtu.be/bGzLDRX71bs

In order to get a grade 9 for a piece like this would you need to include a wide range of vocabulary or could you write the same thing ‘dumbed down’ and get a 9.

If the ideas were as strong then yes, but your writing must AT LEAST be ‘clear’ for a grade 6 or above.

This is really great, I’m in Year 10 doing my Mock on Thursday, a great point that i have found (because I also take history) Is the depiction of women throughout the play, during the Elizabethan era, (before the Jacobean era) many people had a changed view of women as Queen Elizabeth was such a powerful woman, glimpses of this have been shown in Jacobean plays, in this case Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is depicted as powerful although she had to be killed of to please King James (as he was a misogynist) women are also depicted as evil in the play, such as the three witches, I also found that the Witches are in three which could be a mockery to the Holy Trinity.

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Macbeth Essays

There are loads of ways you can approach writing an essay, but the two i favour are detailed below., the key thing to remember is that an essay should focus on the three aos:, ao1: plot and character development; ao2: language and technique; ao3: context, strategy 1 : extract / rest of play, the first strategy basically splits the essay into 3 paragraphs., the first paragraph focuses on the extract, the second focuses on the rest of the play, the third focuses on context. essentially, it's one ao per paragraph, for a really neatly organised essay., strategy 2 : a structured essay with an argument, this strategy allows you to get a much higher marks as it's structured to form an argument about the whole text. although you might think that's harder - and it's probably going to score more highly - i'd argue that it's actually easier to master. mainly because you do most of the work before the day of the exam., to see some examples of these, click on the links below:, lady macbeth as a powerful woman, macbeth as a heroic character, the key to this style is remembering this: you're going to get a question about a theme, and the extract will definitely relate to the theme., the strategy here is planning out your essays before the exam, knowing that the extract will fit into them somehow., below are some structured essays i've put together., macbeth and gender.

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Macbeth – A* / L9 Full Mark Example Essay

This is an A* / L9 full mark example essay on Macbeth completed by a 15-year-old student in timed conditions (50 mins writing, 10 mins planning).

It contained a few minor spelling and grammatical errors – but the quality of analysis overall was very high so this didn’t affect the grade. It is extremely good on form and structure, and perhaps could do with more language analysis of poetic and grammatical devices; as the quality of thought and interpretation is so high this again did not impede the overall mark. 

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MACBETH EXAMPLE ESSAY:

Macbeth’s ambition for status and power grows throughout the play. Shakespeare uses Macbeth as an embodiment of greed and asks the audience to question their own actions through the use of his wrongful deeds.

In the extract, Macbeth is demonstrated to possess some ambition but with overriding morals, when writing to his wife about the prophecies, Lady Macbeth uses metaphors to describe his kind hearted nature: “yet I do fear thy nature, / It is too full o’th’milk of human kindness”. Here, Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a more gentle natured being who is loyal to his king and country. However, the very act of writing the letter demonstrates his inklings of desire, and ambition to take the throne. Perhaps, Shakespeare is aiming to ask the audience about their own thoughts, and whether they would be willing to commit heinous deeds for power and control. 

Furthermore, the extract presents Macbeth’s indecisive tone when thinking of the murder – he doesn’t want to kill Duncan but knows it’s the only way to the throne. Lady Macbeth says she might need to interfere in order to persuade him; his ambition isn’t strong enough yet: “That I may pour my spirits in  thine ear / And chastise with the valour of my tongue”. Here, Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as a manipulative character, conveying she will seduce him in order to “sway “ his mind into killing Duncan. The very need for her persuasion insinuates Macbeth is still weighing up the consequences in his head, his ambition equal with his morality. It would be shocking for the audience to see a female character act in this authoritative way. Lady Macbeth not only holds control of her husband in a patriarchal society but the stage too, speaking in iambic pentameter to portray her status: “To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great”. It is interesting that Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth in this way; she has more ambition for power than her husband at this part of play. 

As the play progresses, in Act 3, Macbeth’s ambition has grown and now kills with ease. He sends three murders to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance, as the witches predicted that he may have heirs to the throne which could end his reign. Macbeth is suspicious in this act, hiding his true intentions from his dearest companion and his wife: “I wish your horses swift and sure on foot” and “and make our faces vizards to our hearts”. There, we see, as an audience, Macbeth’s longing to remain King much stronger than his initial attitudes towards the throne He was toying with the idea of killing for the throne and now he is killing those that could interfere with his rule without a second thought. It is interesting that Shakespeare presents him this way, as though he is ignoring his morals or that they have been “numbed” by his ambition. Similarly to his wife in the first act, Macbeth also speaks in pentameter to illustrate his increase in power and dominance. 

In Act 4, his ambition and dependence on power has grown even more. When speaking with the witches about the three apparitions, he uses imperatives to portray his newly adopted controlling nature: “I conjure you” and “answer me”. Here, the use of his aggressive demanding demonstrates his reliance on the throne and his need for security. By the Witches showing him the apparitions and predicting his future, he gains a sense of superiority, believing he is safe and protected from everything. Shakespeare also lengthens Macbeth’s speech in front of the Witches in comparison to Act 1 to show his power and ambition has given him confidence, confidence to speak up to the “filthy nags” and expresses his desires. Although it would be easy to infer Macbeth’s greed and ambition has grown from his power-hungry nature, a more compassionate reading of Macbeth demonstrates the pressure he feels as a Jacobean man and soldier. Perhaps he feels he has to constantly strive for more to impress those around him or instead he may want to be king to feel more worthy and possibly less insecure. 

It would be unusual to see a Jacobean citizen approaching an “embodiment” of the supernatural as forming alliance with them was forbidden and frowned upon. Perhaps Shakespeare uses Macbeth to defy these stereotypical views to show that there is a supernatural, a more dark side in us all and it is up to our own decisions whereas we act on these impulses to do what is morally incorrect. 

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The Role of the Supernatural in Macbeth

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Whilst the supernatural can be deemed as largely influential in Macbeth's downfall, the " weird sisters' " ambiguity throughout the play, as well as their struggle for power in a patriarchal society, suggest Shakespeare may not have only implemented the supernatural in his play to appease King James I who was his patron. Shakespeare was more interested in the psychology of the characters; the supernatural were simply a symbol of temptation that Macbeth was consumed by. 

Shakespeare introduces the witches in the very first scene of the play which gives them large structural significance. They chant “Fair is foul and foul is fair” . This paradoxical chiasmus is a logical inconsistency that introduces the play's strong underlying theme of corruption and the supernatural. The witches speak in trochaic tetrameter which is distinguishes them from the other characters who typically speak in iambic pentameter. This would unsettle a Jacobean audience who were largely scared of the supernatural. King James was especially interested in it - shown by his book Daemonologie and the witch hunts he organised. The weird sisters continue to use equivocation, declaring “ when the battle’s lost and won”, unsettling the audience with its ambiguity by flipping the conventional order of “won” first. This alludes to the idea of Macbeth’s downfall coming first. 

However, Shakespeare could be diminishing the influence of the witches in the events of the play as they speak in an almost childlike manner due to their short sentences, simple rhymes and choral speech, as if they were children playing a game. This undermines their credibility as it shows the audience their game does not have any real power; they only serve as a mirror for the recognition of each character's true self. 

Shakespeare demonstrates how temptation and the supernatural invokes an irreversible change in character, subverting the audience’s expectations as he implies that a person’s poor qualities are amplified by the crown and supernatural. Macbeth becomes paranoid, but the weird sisters simply reveal his true self, as a killer.

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The Enduring Relevance of “Of Mice and Men” in Cinema

This essay about the 1992 film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” highlights its powerful depiction of the struggles faced by marginalized individuals during the Great Depression. Directed by Gary Sinise, the film faithfully captures the novel’s themes of friendship, dreams, and harsh realities through the story of George Milton and Lennie Small. It explores the characters’ deep bond and the pervasive sense of loneliness in their world. The film also emphasizes the unattainable nature of the American Dream for those on society’s fringes. Through its faithful representation of the characters, evocative cinematography, and exploration of timeless themes, the adaptation offers a profound reflection on the human condition.

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The movie version of John Steinbeck’s beloved book “Of Mice and Men” is still a potent and moving portrayal of the hardships endured by those on the margins during the Great Depression. This dramatic adaptation, which was directed by Gary Sinise and released in 1992, vividly depicts the moving story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced ranch hands who long to buy a plot of land. The film is an important work of American cinema because it manages to retain the spirit of the book while incorporating new visual and emotional elements.

“Of Mice and Men” is a story that revolves around themes of friendship, dreams, and the harsh realities of life. The central characters, George and Lennie, are bound together by a deep, albeit complicated, bond. George is the smaller, sharper man who looks after Lennie, a physically strong but mentally challenged giant. Their relationship is one of mutual dependency: George provides guidance and protection, while Lennie offers companionship and loyalty. The film does an excellent job of portraying this dynamic, with Sinise himself playing George and John Malkovich delivering a memorable performance as Lennie. Malkovich’s portrayal of Lennie is particularly noteworthy, capturing the character’s innocence and vulnerability with a nuanced sensitivity.

The 1992 film adaptation stays remarkably true to the source material, retaining the novel’s bleak yet hopeful tone. The cinematography by Kenneth MacMillan enhances the narrative, using the Californian landscape to emphasize the isolation and desolation experienced by the characters. The vast, open fields often serve as a stark contrast to the characters’ confined lives, symbolizing both the freedom they yearn for and the unattainable nature of their dreams. This visual element adds a layer of poignancy to the story, underscoring the futility of their pursuit in a world rife with economic and social constraints.

One of the most striking aspects of the film is its exploration of loneliness and the human need for connection. Each character in the story is grappling with their own form of isolation. Candy, an aging ranch hand, fears becoming useless; Crooks, the black stable hand, is ostracized due to his race; and Curley’s wife, the only prominent female character, is trapped in a loveless marriage and seeks attention from the ranch workers. These characters’ interactions with George and Lennie highlight the pervasive sense of loneliness that pervades their world. The film’s ability to convey this emotional depth makes it a profound commentary on the human condition.

The adaptation also succeeds in showcasing the harsh realities of the American Dream. George and Lennie’s dream of owning a piece of land represents a universal desire for stability and self-sufficiency. However, the film does not shy away from the brutal truth that such dreams are often out of reach for those on the fringes of society. The climactic ending, which remains faithful to the novel, is a poignant reminder of the fragility of hope. George’s heartbreaking decision to end Lennie’s life to save him from a worse fate is a moment of devastating clarity, emphasizing the tragic inevitability of their circumstances.

Gary Sinise’s direction is commendable for its respect for the source material and its thoughtful interpretation of Steinbeck’s themes. The film’s pacing allows for a deep exploration of character relationships and the societal pressures that shape their lives. The dialogue, much of which is taken directly from the novel, retains the authenticity and simplicity that is characteristic of Steinbeck’s writing. This adherence to the original text, combined with the visual storytelling, creates a rich and immersive experience for the audience.

Finally, the 1992 motion picture version of “Of Mice and Men” is a brilliant interpretation of the beloved book by John Steinbeck. The film delivers a devastating reflection on the human condition through its examination of timeless topics, beautiful cinematography, and genuine characterization of the characters. It continues to be evidence of the potency of narrative and the lasting significance of Steinbeck’s contributions to illuminating the aspirations and hardships of those on the periphery of society. In addition to bringing the book to life, this adaptation asks readers to consider the larger ramifications of its story for the modern world.

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    Macbeth's language in this extract is repetitious and unsettled. He uses the word 'sleep' seven times, emphasising his obsessive nature and the fixed state of his mind. He is overwhelmed by guilt to the extent that his command of language is depleted. Here, sleep can be seen as a metaphor for a calm and quiet conscience, but sleep can ...

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