Intro Quiz: The natural order (Part 2/2)

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﻿Hello, everybody, Miss Power here today for our next lesson on Macbeth and this is lesson two of Natural Disorder. Do not worry if you haven't watched the first lesson about natural disorder, because you'll be learning lots of great stuff today that will be really useful. For today's lesson, you'll need paper, or a book and a pen. And obviously, I want you to bring your memory with you, because I want you to try and remember as much stuff as possible by the end of the lesson. It'd be really great if you could find somewhere quiet where you could concentrate and you won't be disturbed. And ideally, if you could turn your mobile phone off, then that would be even better because I know those notifications can be distracting too. So if you're ready to start lesson, let's go. Today's key question is, how does Shakespeare present the consequences of disrupting the natural order? Today's lesson is going to be in five parts. The first part I share with you some key vocabulary. And in part two, I'll give you some key character information. In part three, I will share with you some key moments and you'll answer some questions. And in part four, we'll apply our learning by completing a short writing task. We will finish the lesson by completing a short review quiz. Ready? Here we go. Part One: Key Vocabulary and Terminology. Now, I did share this with you in the last lesson, so do not worry because remember, when we revise and revisit, we go over things again and again until it becomes part of our long term memory. But if it's the first time you've seen this, no problem at all, I will read it out to you. It was believed at the time that the goodness of a king directly affected the condition of the natural world. The natural world refer to the idea that kings were chosen by God they had a divine right to be king. A king chosen by God would be good moral and therefore the natural world would be as it should be. Macbeth has not been chosen by God to be king. He does not have a divine right to be king. By killing Duncan and becoming king, Macbeth has disrupted the natural order. Because of this, when Macbeth becomes King, the natural world is plunged into chaos and disorder. For example, storms appear, and animals behave unnaturally in order for the natural world to return to its rightful state, Macbeth, but must be sorry, must be removed from the throne. So here are some questions just to test your understanding of the natural order, because I know that was a lot to take in. It was believed at the time that the goodness of a king directly affected the condition of the natural world. Is that true or is that false? Three, two, one, true. Macbeth has a divine right to be king. Is that true or is that false? Three, two, one. That is false. He doesn't have a divine right to be king because he wasn't chosen by God. Macbeth has not disrupted the natural order? Three, two, one. That's false. Since Macbeth has become king, the natural world has been plunged into chaos and disorder. Is that true or false? Three, two, one. That's true. And really hope that you get in these right? Particularly if you studied this with me last lesson. Macbeth must be removed from the throne for the natural order to be restored. Is that true or false? Three, two, one. That is true. He absolutely cannot be king, if everything needs to go back to the way that it should be. So here's our second word of the day and it's chaos again, just like it was last lesson, and it means complete and utter disorder. I've given you exactly the same sentences because I think there's really obvious sentences that really help you learn the word chaos and how to use the word chaos properly. The train journey to London was complete chaos as it was full of football fans. And during the Jacobean era, it was believed that the witches had the power to cause chaos and destruction wherever they pleased. So let's apply the key vocabulary of today. And that's the word chaos to a little task that test your understanding. So I'm going to read out two sentences to you. One of them uses the word chaos correctly, the other incorrectly and as know as always, it's your job to spot the right answer. So this penalty shoot out resulted in chaos. The chaos was the penalty shoot out, which sounds grammatically correct which fields in the correct order? Okay, please pause the video now to complete your task. Yes, absolutely it was number one, the penalty shoot out resulted in absolute chaos. Part two, key character information. So it makes sense that after looking at Macbeth, last lesson, we look at Lady Macbeth this lesson. So as we know she, is his wife. And at the start of the play, she's able to influence her husband. And she like her husband, is ambitious and desires to become queen. Lady Macbeth has no children. She behaves unnaturally at times, which is the opposite of the Jacobean sorry, Jacobean female stereotype. So she's not what we would expect, or what a Jacobean audience would expect. Lady Macbeth does at points, try to protect her husband. But eventually guilt consumes her and she kills herself. let's answer a little question here to see how much we remember about the journey of becoming a tragic hero. What is the second stage in the journey of becoming a tragic hero after be a noble and respected? So last lesson, we agreed that the first stage would be being noble and respected. Now you can only choose one of the answers. So let's have a look at them. Would the next stage be to become even more noble and respected? Would it be to have a flaw? Would it be to commit a sin or would it be to transform and improve? So which is the second stage after be a noble and respected? Okay, three, two, one. Is to have a flaw and we know that Macbeth flaw is his blind ambition. So let's look at some true or false statements. Lady Macbeth is a gentle and nurturing woman. Is that true? Or is that false? Three, two, one. That's absolutely false. Lady Macbeth is ambitious just like her husband. Is that true? Or is that false? Three, two, one. It's true. Next one, Lady Macbeth has two children. Is that true? Or is that false? Three, two, one. That's false. So how did you do, I hope that you scored really highly. And if you managed to get three out of three, give yourself a big tick. So here is part three, where we look at some key moments from the text links to the natural order. We'll look at Act One, Scene Five to start off with and this is all focusing on Lady Macbeth. And Lady Macbeth is calling upon darkness to help her behave naturally come thick night. And so she can behave ungodly and actually can commit regicide, but obviously that nobody will be aware of this, and that it's all done, in darkness and hidden away. Her words are unnatural or sorry unnatural, and therefore her evil deeds need to be shrouded in darkness, which is the blanket of the dark that she refers to. In Act Three, Scene Two Macbeth states "come seeling the night." So he also knows that his actions must be hidden from nature. So that's a really good link to be able to make. So you've got Act One, Scene Five here, and you've got this idea that darkness is hide in the evil deeds. And then in Act Three, Scene Two, you've got that same kind of concept there as well. And then we have Malcolm in Act Five, Scene Nine where he says of his dead butcher when his fiend-like wife, sorry fiend-like queen, who, as lady thought by self and violent hands. Took off her life, this and what needful else that calls upon us the grace of Grace. So the death is an evitable consequence for disrupting and betraying the natural order of the world. That is the punishment, that is how natural order is restored. Now, Malcolm reasserts good Christian values, and condemns the actions of the sinners who committed regicide. But most importantly, for this section, we take away the fact that God's order has now been restored. Here's our developed example answer. Macbeth destroys the natural order of events by committing the ultimate sin of regicide. When the audience first meets them, the witches state that "fair is foul and foul is fair" suggesting their intention is to create chaos and disorder. Once we have met the witches, Shakespeare peppers, the play with the words "Foul and Fair" to emphasise this idea. Macbeth refers to a foul and fair day and Banquo fears that Macbeth played most foully to become king, Lady Macbeth and continues to plot the death of King Duncan and attempts to hide her unnatural urges and thoughts from everyone, but her husband and a blanket of dark as she knows it's a crime against nature. Her husband to keeps his actions in the dark as he understands that they are betraying the natural world. On the night of the murder, Scotland disintegrates into chaotic storms, and unnatural behaviour. Emphasising the Macbeth murdering the king is an ungodly act that would disrupt the natural world. Lennox also describes how the earth did shake in the night, a phrase which has meant literally but also has a metaphorical meaning. The disruption of the natural order is going to cause massive upheaval. Ultimately, Macbeth, the butcher and his fiend-like queen must die. So that natural order is restored and he gracious rightful heir to the throne is safe and able to rule fairly and well. I really like this one, because there's lots of quotations use. Well, there's lots of detail in there. So clearly the plot and the characters are understood. But also, we've got all the key words, and we're answering the question really, really tightly. So if there's something that you want to work on next time, make a little note. Otherwise, we'll move on to the final part of the lesson. So here we are part five, the review quiz. The quiz is only five questions long as you know. So it will take you literally minutes to complete and it also gives you your score. So it will tell you how much you can remember from the lesson, which is really, really useful. All that's left to say for me is goodbye from Miss Power. Take care of yourselves and I can't wait to see you in our next lesson, take care.

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In this lesson, we will focus on how Shakespeare presents the consequences of disrupting the natural order. We will examine another two key moments in detail and how they highlight the importance of the natural order.

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The natural order (Part 2/2)

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