Macbeth Act 1: Masculinity | Shakespeare Play by Play

Complete Macbeth Playlist:    • Macbeth | Shakespeare Play by Play   This video is a thematic analysis of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Specifically, this video focuses on Act 1 of the play and explores competing definitions of masculinity as well as other confused categories. Support this work on Patreon:   / amorsciendi   Original Thumbnail art by Jenna Pallio https://www.instagram.com/jennapalz/?... Original music by August White All quotations and line numbers from the play come from the Folger Shakespeare Library online text since that is the most accessible full text version available online. https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakes... Contents: 0:00 Intro 2:20 Scene 1 3:18 Scene 2 6:39 Scene 3 9:30 Scene 4 10:53 Scene 5 11:57 Scene 7 Soliloquy 16:32 End of Act 1 References Drakakis, J., & Townshend, D. (2013). Macbeth: A Critical Reader. A&C Black. Eagleton, T. (1986). William shakespeare. Wiley-Blackwell. Gossett, S. (2022). Shakespeare and textual theory. Bloomsbury Publishing. Greenblatt, S. (1988). Shakespearean Negotiations: The circulation of social energy in renaissance England. Univ of California Press. Greenblatt, S. (1993). Shakespeare Bewitched. In New Historical Literary Study (pp. 108–135). Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691233369... Macbeth - Entire play. (n.d.). Folger. Retrieved July 1, 2025, from https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakes... Menon, M. (2011). Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare. Duke University Press. Orgel, S. (2013). The Authentic Shakespeare: And other problems of the early modern stage. Routledge. Purkiss, D. (1996). The Witch in History: Early modern and twentieth-century representations. Psychology Press. Schoenbaum, S. (2015). Macbeth: Critical essays. Routledge. Shakespeare, W. (2015). Macbeth: Third series. Arden; Bloomsbury Publishing. Smith, E. (2013). Macbeth: Language and writing. Arden; Bloomsbury Publishing. Smith, E. (2016). Shakespeare’s First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book. Oxford University Press. Thompson, A. (2021). The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race. Cambridge University Press. Tredell, N. (2006). Macbeth A Reader’s Guide to Critical Theory. Arden, Bloomsbury Publishing. #Shakespeare #Macbeth Other Playlists: Romeo and Juliet:    • Romeo and Juliet | Shakespeare Play by Play   Othello:    • Othello   Midsummer Night's Dream:    • A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare Pl...   Twelfth Night:    • Twelfth Night | Shakespeare Play by Play