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

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Both my daughters will use these and I will be topping up with additional GCSE books… very clear and so helpful… am considering trying to take my GCSE’s again…. Inthebeginningoftheplay,LadyMacbethisalsotryingtoensurethatMacbethletshis'vaultingambition'gettohimin. He has been assessing A Level English Literature for over 25 years, and has trained teachers across the world in teaching, learning and assessment. Accessing a CGP Online Edition by using a code from a printed CGP book grants you access to the title and Online Extras for three years from the date of activation of the code.

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. TheJacobeanaudiencewouldbeanxiousforMacbeth,astheywillntwanthimtosuccumbtochoosingthedarknessthathiswifewantshimtochoose,asintheJacobeanera-everyoneknewtheirplaceinsociety,anditisamassiveshockthatLadyMacbethistryingtomakeMacbethdiruptthenaturalPatriarchyinthequestforpower. 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!You can learn quite a few core quotations that you can use to answer questions on multiple characters and themes. He also shows some self-awareness in emphasising his own character flaws and the difficulty of being king.

Macbethhastochoosebetween'Light'-whichhasangelicconnotations,andconnotationsofpurity,whichsuggeststhekindheartedandrespectedleaderthathecanbecomeorhecanchoose'dark'-whichconnotatespain,sufferinganddeath. Shakespeareusestheactofhand-washingasametaphoricaldevicetoportraybothMacbethandhis"fiendlikeQueen"asguilt-ridden. Use the Online Extras (Audio Tracks and Quizzes) for your own personal use, including things like studying, classroom teaching, lesson planning and in-school training. Shakespearusesthisjuxtapositiontopresentthefactthatatthisstageoftheplay,Macbethcanmakejustdecisionsanditisuptohimtochoosebetweengoodandbad. Although we do not know exactly when he was born, we tend to recognise this birthday as the 23 April which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616.

Readsampleessays-youmentionedthatyou'vehadtroublefindinggrade9exemplaressays,buttherearesomeresourcesouttherethatmightbehelpful. 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. When you durst do‘t, then you were a man; and, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man… I have given suck, and know how tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums, and dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this. The audience hears how Macbeth and Banquo bravely won a battle to save Scotland from rebels and invaders.