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Macbeth
Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Bevington, David (Editor), Kastan, David Scott (Editor)
ISBN: 0553212982     ISBN-13: 9780553212983
Publisher: Bantam Classics
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Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats
Published: January 1988
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Annotation: No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this compelling tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his "masculinity" by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters' prophecy and kill his king-and thus, seals his own doom. Fast-moving and bloody, this drama has the extraordinary energy that derives from a brilliant
plot replete with treachery and murder, and from Shakespeare's compelling portrait of the ultimate battle between a mind and its own guilt.
Each Edition Includes:
- Comprehensive explanatory notes
- Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
- Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
- Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
- An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Shakespeare
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 822.33
LCCN: 87024090
Series: Bantam Classics
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 4.5" W x 6.9" (0.30 lbs) 272 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 5990
Reading Level: 10.9   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this compelling tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his "masculinity" by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters' prophecy and kill his king-and thus, seals his own doom. Fast-moving and bloody, this drama has the extraordinary energy that derives from a brilliant plot replete with treachery and murder, and from Shakespeare's compelling portrait of the ultimate battle between a mind and its own guilt.

Each Edition Includes:
- Comprehensive explanatory notes
- Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
- Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
- Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
- An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography