false<![CDATA[Macbeth]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182456659m/1278983.jpg8852320<I>Each edition includes:</I><P>• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play<P>• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play<P>• Scene-by-scene plot summaries<P>• A key to famous lines and phrases<P>• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language<P>• An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play<P>• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books<P><I>Essay by</I> Susan Snyder<P>The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.1896522book2003Shakespeare's Macbethtotal:38699|5:11719|4:14107|3:10018|2:2433|1:422|38699150365448581104530falsefalseWed Oct 15 05:59:56 -0700 2008Mon Oct 26 06:28:52 -0700 2009
Macbeth. It became enshrined as a staple of high school curricula all across the English-speaking world. If we were to judge such things by merit alone, we'd likely be inclined to say, 'Yes, of course. Macbeth is an amazing work of liter...more...]]>
322falsefalseThu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004Sun May 18 13:32:21 -0700 2008Mon Sep 14 16:04:17 -0700 2009 The Scottish Play, abridged:
WITCHES: Bibbity bobbity boo! Time to fuck with the mortals!
DUNCAN: Isn’t Macbeth great? Now there’s a guy I can al...more...]]>
54falsefalseTue Sep 02 04:56:04 -0700 2008Tue Sep 02 05:03:47 -0700 2008 We studied it in high school in Year Eleven. It was the only Shakespeare we studied in High School. Now, in the last three years of high school, my daughters read a play by Shakespeare every year.
I remember, before I started reading thi...more...]]>
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Macbeth was chosen to be one of the three William Shakespeare plays on my Masters Exam. (Which panics me, because it seems like something I should know.) Macbeth is, in my opinion, the weakest Shakespearean tragedy I've read. It does not have the startling ambiguities or essential ...more...]]>
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Macbeth....
This critical edition of Macbeth puts the play into the context of cultural controversies. One hot topic of Shakespeare’s time was this problem about “Does God determine all things before they begin, or are human beings free to create...more...]]>
52falsefalseTue Mar 25 15:19:07 -0700 2008Sun Oct 19 10:03:12 -0700 2008 How is that possible you ask? Because Macbeth is taking what is rightfully his.
Modern audiences, and perhaps even audie...more...]]>
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How on earth can I ever write a review that does justice to this superlative-defying work of drama? Despite three periods of intense study including research into academic works, I c...more...]]>
21falsetrueFri Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sat Nov 22 05:58:26 -0800 2008Sat Nov 22 05:59:16 -0800 20082 Comprised of five acts, The Tragedy of Macbeth starts as three witches agree to meet up again after a battle is fought. Originally, Macbeth starts off being portrayed as a hero, having led King Duncan’s forces...more...]]>
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On Macbeth’s Ambivalence
“My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes so my single state of man that function is smothered in surmise, and nothing is but what is not . . . If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me w...more...]]>
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Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er."
A sure sign you're totally fucked.]]>
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William Shakespeare. The story starts out in the middle of a war. Macbeth is a commander that leads his army to victory for Scotland. But after his victory on his way back to the kingdom he and his best friend and right hand officer meet three witches Th...more...]]>
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"Dammit. I did didn’t I? Okay, what time?" "Meet at my place around six. Oh, and we’re going to get some wine."
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01falsefalseThu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998Thu Nov 01 07:13:57 -0700 2007Thu Nov 01 07:21:42 -0700 2007 And Macbeth is my favourite of all of them!
"Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear. What's the bo...more...]]>
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William Shakespeare, is one of his finest works. A lot can be learned from reading this book. One thing that can be learned is to never trust anyone, even your friends will turn on you. For example, macbeth turns on his close friend, towards his rise to royalty, simply because he was in ...more...]]>
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