About this title: A title in the FOLIO TEXTS series of original Shakespeare texts with notes as to subsequent changes that have been made to editions, subtly altering Shakespeare's intended meaning.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: APPLAUSE THEATRE BOOKS
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781557832900ISBN:1557832900
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"Macbeth is best read as a look at a certain kind of marriage: a man and a woman, both ambitious, who partner-up to propel forward their joint fortunes. Neither would have achieved royalty without the other---and neither would have become a murderer in the process. The synergy between them is fascinating. As usual, Shakespeare has a genius for human psychology.
Teaching the play throughout the 1990s, I was continually struck by how strongly the play reminded me of one well-known American marriage."
""Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble!" {pg. 82}
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 successfully in battle, and hence will get a new title. The witches flatter his ego by telling him of the titles he will receive - more than he could ever have hoped - and that he will become king, ultimately.
From then on, Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth become 'evil', and pursue the witches' prediction, and plot to kill Duncan. They have become greedy from the prediction. The play then follows their corruption, the murders they commit, and their ultimate downfall.
I prefer to watch Shakespeare's plays rather than read them, especially when they're very long. Lucky for me, The Tragedy of Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's shortest plays and probably has the easiest message to comprehend-the corrupted nature of power and greed, and the terrible affects it can have. However, The Tragedy of Macbeth is Shakespeare's equivalent of a summer blockbuster. Entertaining with lots of action (fight scenes, murder), oddities (witches, ghosts, prophesies, hallucinations, and insanity) but poor character development and nothing intellectual to take from the play."
"My first Shakespeare and I shall say it won't be my last. At first I was daunted by the language and thought it would be a hard read but after a while I understood how to read the play and fully enjoyed myself. The essays at the end brought to my attention clarification, in parts some much needed clarification, but all in all it was nice to know that I was on the right track. I must say it started out a bit strange, having never read Shakespeare before, but as the play went along I found myself turning the pages faster and faster wanting to read the next words in great anticipation. A play about power and how unbecoming it can be to those who misunderstand power's ulitimate power and who do not appreciate the true ramifications power can hold unto one's consciouness."
"I reread this play in advance of our trip to Scotland. Rivers of blood. Egged on by his resolute and scheming wife, Macbeth kills his King, seizes the throne, and proceeds to massacre his rivals. But ghosts arise, witches prophesize, and the steely queen is left roaming the castle in her sleep "out out, dam spot". And Macbeth upon her death, realizes,
tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time, and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle! life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
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