Macbeth Author:William Shakespeare The Shakespearean Originals Series takes as its point of departure the question: "What is it that we read Shakespeare?" The answer may seem self-evident: we read the words that Shakespeare wrote. But do we? In the case of all the major editions of Shakespeare available in the market, the fact of the matter is that many of the words that we read... more » in an edition of, say, Hamlet, never appeared in the text as it was printed during or shortly after Shakespeare's own lifetime. They are the interpetations and interpolations of a series of editors who have been systematically changign Shakespeare's text from the eighteenth century onwards. Series has caused much debate, interest and favorable reviews within the academic community. Each volume in the series follows the same format and is produced to the same design. Students, researchers, teachers of Literary Studies and Shakepeare Studies. A Harvester Wheatsheaf Book.« less
This is a good book for those interested in Macbeth or Shakespear. Gives good excercies, is clear and clean and organized, and asks proper questions for learners to consider.
This is a clasic work that will leave you wondering, who is the tale's true villian? Is this just a tale of the dangers of false assumptions? Or, if you choose a Freudian reading, is this a tale about role reversal between men and woemen? No matter which, this play will make the time you spend looking at it more than worth while.