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| Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 5575
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0743477103
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780743477109
ASIN: 0743477103
Publication Date: July 1, 2003
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 Macbeth February 4, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What to say about Macbeth? Words cannot describe the ultimate spine-tingling, soul-shaking nature of it until you've read it. Then you know that there is only one way to describe this terrifying yet amazing play: by reading it. Shakespeare captures a whole new age and style with this harsh tragedy about the powers of evil.
Riding home from battle, Macbeth is told by three mysterious witches that his future holds great things-he will be king. When Lady Macbeth hears the news, she prays for the spirits of evil to infect her heart so she will have the courage to kill King Duncan and assure the prophecy's carrying out. After the awful deed's been done, Macbeth goes mad, although he is also granted the title `King.' Evil and madness soon holds sway over both Macbeth and his lady's will, and the kingdom falls apart. Will there be a way to triumph over this man who cannot be slain by a man born of woman? Who will not be slain until a forest moves up a hill? This seeming immortal demon?
So... "When shall we three met again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurly-burly's done, when the battle's lost and won. That will be ere the set of sun. Where the place? Upon the heath. There to meet with Macbeth..."
 Not my favorite Shakespeare... December 12, 2003
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am a fan of Shakespeare, and I have a lot more reading to do until I've completed all his works. However, I have to say out of the plays I have read, Macbeth is one of my least favorite. I feel like you know almost everything that is going to happen after the three witches appear. I understand the themes, but sometimes I feel like they are so blatant, and hardly masked by the characters and the rest of the story. I think people should read Macbeth, but I don't think it's his best work.
Nothing Much February 13, 2004
2 out of 34 found this review helpful
Rather bleak play with a pessimistic storyline. Mediocre plot, mediocre characterization. I don't recommed it.
My favourite of the tragedies. January 23, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have always loved the story of Macbeth. Yes, it is bleak, but there is still hope expressed throughout. The comic breaks within the play are memorable. Who can forget the drunken porter? What about the three witches stirring their cauldron? Shakespeare's little gems throughout his tragedies are the soliloquies, and Macbeth has a number of memorable ones. The play explores the nature of ambition and the complexities of moral responsibility. It is a story of a nobleman driven to murder at the bequest of his power-hungry wife. Then we follow these two as each of them slips deeper and deeper into madness. Shakespeare sets the scenes so well in this play - the cold, draughty castle, the lonely moors. Because this play is so short, the action moves along quite quickly. And this also has the effect of showing Macbeth's descent into madness very quickly too, which makes it seem so much more horrible. Wonderful!
Folger is a good series December 31, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It would be ridiculous for someone to come on here and give Bill a bad review. When a person writes a review on a Shakespeare play, Shakespeare is not on trial, the reviewer is. So, I have no comments on the play, just the series. This is the second Shakespeare work I have read out of the Folger Library series. The running commentary and essay at the end of the play are well done and beneficial. If you enjoy reading Shakespeare, but find the archaic language hard to grasp at times, this is a good series for you.
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