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Title: The Tragedy of MacBeth (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine ISBN: 0671722751 Publisher: Washington Square Pr Pub. Date: August, 1992 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.99 Amazon Price(USD): $3.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28169
Rating: 4
Summary: foul is fair...
Comment: Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's more gloomy plays. It is downright grim. It starts grim and only gets blacker... ...It is one of Shakespeare's better plays
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's more ambiguous main characters. Motivation is always a big question with him. Sure, he is hungry for power. Yet he also needs prodding from several quarters to take most of his actions.
Lady Macbeth is really no different. She comes off as eager for evil early on, but is utterly shocked by its repercussions. Her attempt to go against nature leaves her absolutely unhinged and thirsting after guidance--only to find despair. In this regard, Shakespeare anticipates the psychology of Dostoevsky.
Macbeth is also one of Shakespeare's most supernatural plays. Regardless of whether one wants to debate the reality of Banquo's ghost, there are forces at work in Macbeth that are often unseen, but which drive the plot. The witches and all the unnaturalness come up against the forces of nature (the trees) and the divinely appointed King.
The most remarkable thing about this play is, for me at least, that it becomes a true tragedy only in its last moments. Only when all the stuff has hit the fan, and he has realized his doom is eminent, does Macbeth show the courage and nobility of a true tragic hero.
Macbeth is a great place to start if you are new to Shakespeare. It is a fun place to return if you're not.
Rating: 5
Summary: Shakespeares Depressive Play
Comment: I think we all who've read this book can agree Shakespeare was depressed while writing macbeth. Full of murder, duplicity, betrayal, insanity, Shakespeare covers it all in a disturbingly good look at a consience full of guilt betrays the two plotters.
To Sum it all up:
Long complicated story, but Macbeth is forced by his wife, Lady Macbeth to kill his king, Duncan, so he will be king. She believes this will be true because of a prophecy that Macbeth would be Thane of Cawdor, then King. Macbeth, lo and behold is made Thane of Cawdor. After he kills the king, he blames it on Duncans sons, malcom and Donaldsbane. Sohortly after, macbeth is made kig and hires these murderers to kill his best friend Banquo and his son Flayonce, because according to the witches, Banquo will have a long line a kings. So they kill banquo, but Flayonce gets away. Macbeth, meanwhile, sees Banquos ghost at his party and goes insane.
Macduff goes to get Malcolm to come back to be king and Malcolm says:
a.) I need sex
b.) I need Moolah
c.) I'm an all around bad person
But he's testing Macduff to see if Macduff trust him.
Macbeth, meanwhile, has heard from the witches he can be killed of no man born of a women and his house will not fall until the forest marches against it. He then sends for Macduffs family to be killed. They are all killed (Lady Macduff, Macduff Jr., the otherkids and servants).
Lady macbeth sees the blood on her hands and kills herself. Her consience finally caught up with her.
Macduff and Malcolm disquise themselves and their army as trees and start walking towards Macbeths house so it looks like *GASP* the forest is marching against his house. But Macbeth knows he's immortal, so he kills lots o' people, and then sees Macduff. he's very arrogant, but Macduff says:
"I was born from my mothers womb, untimely ripped." Translation: He was born of a C Section.
So Macduff kills Macbeth and Malcolm is made king
Now, if you are even mildly interested in this play based on my *COUGH* Weak *COUGH* description, you should buy it. It's not Shakespeares greatest tragedy, that title belongs to Romeo and Juliet, nor is it his best play, thats probably Hamlet, but to me it is, and I loved this play. Go buy it. You won't regret it
Rating: 5
Summary: Cleverly crafted and tragicaly true
Comment: Shakespeare's cleverness shows through in Macbeth, in my mind one of his greatest plays. By appealing to ALL components of his audience, from James I (via Banquo's royal progeny) to the uneducated and superstitious groundlings (via witches and ghosts), Shakespeare created a timeless classic. Macbeth's tragic flaw, "vaulting ambition," ultimately causes his downfall; this downfall serves as an ultimate, meaningful, and universal warning: while ambition may cause a person to rise in status and prestige, too much ambition may cause a person to both lose touch with reality and improve his/her status by any means possible (including murder). Suspense and mystery, combined with mystical superstition, believable characters, eerily vivid descriptions, and universal themes, make Macbeth a wonderful play to read, to interpret, and to analyze.
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Title: Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy: Modern English Version Side-By-Side With Full Original Text) by William Shakespeare, Alan Durband ISBN: 0812036387 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: February, 1986 List Price(USD): $6.95 Amazon Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (New Folger Library) by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine ISBN: 0671722816 Publisher: Washington Square Pr Pub. Date: July, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.99 Amazon Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine ISBN: 0671722719 Publisher: Washington Square Pr Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $3.99 Amazon Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Tempest (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine ISBN: 0671722905 Publisher: Washington Square Pr Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $3.99 Amazon Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Tragedy of King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine ISBN: 0671722727 Publisher: Washington Square Pr Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.99 Amazon Price(USD): $3.99 |
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