Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare

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Paperback | 1 March 2000 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

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The newly revised signet classic Shakespeare series. The world of the world's greatest dramatist edited by outstanding scholars.

A man's thirst for power ends in tragedy in this Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare's most powerful works.

When a trio of witches foretell that Macbeth will become King of Scotland, the brave general is consumed by ambition. Encouraged by his wife to seize the throne, their quest for power leads down a blood-strewn path that ends in madness and death in this play that explores the consequences of guilt and corruption.

This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes-

. An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
.A special introduction to the play by the editor, Sylvan Barnet
. Selections from Raphael Holinshed's The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the source from which Shakespeare derived Macbeth
. Dramatic criticism fromA. C. Bradley, Elmer Edgar Stoll, Mary McCarthy, and others
. A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Macbeth
. Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format
. Recommended readings

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Introduction
A Note on the Text
The Text of Macbeth	p. 1
The Slaughter of the Holy Innocents and the Death of Herod	p. 85
Medea	p. 94
Duff and Duncan	p. 98
An Attack on Free Will	p. 115
A Defense of Free Will	p. 123
The Discovery of Witchcraft	p. 131
News from Scotland	p. 138
An Homily against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion	p. 148
A Defense of Disobedience and Tyrannicide	p. 154
A Treatise on Equivocation	p. 159
Macbeth	p. 161
uMabatha	p. 185
Eyewitness Account of Macbeth, 1611	p. 205
Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth	p. 206
The Genius of Shakespeare	p. 211
On David Garrick's and Hannah Pritchard's Eighteenth-Century Performances	p. 216
On Macbeth	p. 217
Characters in Macbeth	p. 220
On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth	p. 229
On Playing Lady Macbeth	p. 232
The Tragedy of Macbeth	p. 237
Image and Symbol in Macbeth	p. 254
Two Scenes from Macbeth	p. 266
Culture, Character, and Conscience in Shakespeare	p. 282
Escaping the Matrix: The Construction of Masculinity in Macbeth	p. 293
'What do you mean?': The Languages of Macbeth	p. 316
Macbeth	p. 328
Macbeth and the Antic Round	p. 342
"Stands Scotland Where It Did?": The Location of Macbeth on Film	p. 357
Selected Bibliography	p. 381
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