How to use literary criticism in a top grade essay

I recently did a community poll on the topics you guys want covered, and this came out top! So here it is - how to incorporate literary criticism in an English Literature essay. I use 'Macbeth' as my example here, but these strategies apply to all texts.

Critics cited include Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard, and Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford.

TIMESTAMPS:
01:00 - What is the difference between primary texts and secondary texts?
02:45 - Why bother with literary criticism???
04:33 - 3 steps to including literary criticism in your essay
09:10 - Quick demo on how to include literary criticism in an essay on 'Macbeth'

Mary Klages' 'Key Terms in Literary Theory': https://www.amazon.com/Terms-Literary...
Stephen Greenblatt's 'Shakespeare Bewitched' essay: http://faculty.humanities.uci.edu/sbk...
Stephen Greenblatt's profile: https://english.fas.harvard.edu/peopl...
Emma Smith's 'This is Shakespeare':
https://www.amazon.com/This-Shakespea... (I quote from Chapter 16, 'Macbeth')
Emma Smith's profile:
https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/p...[]=&filter_series-43231[]=

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