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Year 10 Academic Support

SparkNotes-Graphic Novel

Shakespeare’s play about a Scottish nobleman and his wife who murder their king for his throne charts the extremes of ambition and guilt. Explore our Macbeth graphic novel to find illustrations of every scene in the play paired with helpful line-by-line translations of the original text. 

BBC Teach and Bitesize

Shakespeare's play of murder and witchcraft is told in 8 video clips

Macbeth by William Shakespeare tells the story of one man's violent rise to a position of power as king of his country and of his even more violent downfall.

LitCharts

The Theme Wheel visualizes all of Macbeth's themes and plot points on one page.

How does the Theme Wheel work?

  • Each wedge of the blue ring represents a scene.
  • Each row of colored boxes extending from a wedge represents a part of the scene. The closer to the blue ring, the closer to the beginning of the scene.
  • The colors in each row indicate which themes are “active” in that part of the scene.

The Theme Wheel is interactive.

  • Themes: Hover over or tap any of the themes in the Themes and Colors Key to show only that theme. Click a theme in the Themes Key to lock it.
  • Summary: Hover over or tap any row of colored boxes to read the summary associated with that row. Click the row to lock the summary.

YouTube

MACBETH BY SHAKESPEARE // SUMMARY - CHARACTERS, SETTING & THEME

A short look at the character of Macbeth as a tragic hero.

An entertaining and concise summary of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Infographic

Course Hero Infographic

MacBeth Characters

MacBeth Infographic

Shakespeare’s play about a Scottish nobleman and his wife who murder their king for his throne charts the extremes of ambition and guilt. Explore a visual summary of Macbeth with our infographic.