Name: Vojtech's review of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Item: Macbeth
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Author: Vojtech

William Shakespeare

Offers explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play, as well as an introduction to Shakespeare's language, life, and theater.

Macbeth

Carol Rutter

karissa 

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. 

Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about.

rhea ⸆⸉

What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.

Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky 

Martha Thompson

"the grief that does not speak, whispers the overfraught heart and bids it break"

Vojtech

doxi 

Makbet

pussaydestroyer

I like the Scottish setting, and how the theme of guilt and Macbeth’s loss of sanity is portrayed. Lady Macbeth was a really interesting character. 

Wiktoria

cyndi petronel

Brooklyn Montri

had to read it for school, was absolutely terrible, but if i read it on my own probably wouldn’t be as bad

Maite Alarcon Leon

It may be too cliché to say "I love Shakespeare" but I did so love Macbeth.

Jacob Salyer

boy, did big ol’ shakespeare d e l i v e r !!

matylda<3

King Duncan’s closest generals, Macbeth and Banquo, have just defeated two invading armies and the Irish rebel Macdonwald. Out across the misty moor, they encounter three witches who reveal to Macbeth a powerful prophecy: “All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” They not only claim that Macbeth will eventually become King of Scotland, but that Banquo will father a line of Scottish kings—though ominously, Banquo will never be king himself. This shocking tragedy—a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake—is, to this day, one of Shakespeare’s most popular and influential masterpieces. This Standard Ebooks production is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wright’s 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

stef

The tragedy of Macbeth

had to read this for school and thought it was very compelling story and interesting to see how shakespeare writes characters that are so complex. 

darby

Even thought I had to read it for GCSEs it was amazing 

Keira tanya

Andrew Matthews

Out, damned spot! A brilliant retelling of this classic tale of witches, murder and madness. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Evil in Macbeth.

I loved the pictures in the book, and how it's so simple and easy to read.

Hana 

Maria Elkoro-Iribe

** spoiler alert **
           cómo es posible que teniendo un plot twist tan chulo como lo de la cesárea lo haya ejecutado tan mal

Favourite character was Lady Macbeth. As for Macbeth something about his change in personality did not hit right. All the 3.5 stars are for Lady Macbeth!

Vedha Chelot

Stella 

lady macbeth slayed - minus points for killing her off stage

Millie

It is really hard to understand sometimes and I read a version where there’s English next to my mother tongue and that was really helpful and otherwise and wouldn’t have been able to understand it. I think I couldn’t fully enjoy it because we watched a short film on it, so I already knew what would happen. But overall for a school read it’s quite good. But I also usually dislike reading Theater pieces because they weren’t intended for being read as a normal book.  

Jule Böttcher 

Marta

Życie jest cieniem ruchomym jedynie
Nędznym aktorem, który przez godzinę
Pyszni i miota się po scenie, aby umilknąć później na zawsze
Jest bajką opowiedzianą przez głupca, pełnego
Furii i wrzasków, które nic nie znaczą.

megan

This description of complete desolation of human soul and everything he stands for might be my comfort book. Love the pace, the symmetry, the language. My favorite Shakespeare.

Leinen mit Goldprägung

Nelson Zagalo

Li antes “Hamlet”, e por comparação não consigo colocar “Macbeth” ao mesmo nível. Apesar da escrita belíssima, apesar de trabalhar muito bem a ação e psicologia dos personagens, o texto sobrevive dificilmente sem a encenação, tudo aquilo que é o contributo do ator, mas também de todo o ambiente, luzes, roupas e cenário. Podemos imaginar, mas o texto não trabalha suficientemente a caracterização destes elementos, limitando-se mais à essência da história, o que fazem os seus personagens.


“The Sleepwalking Lady Macbeth” (Séc. XVII ) de Johann Heinrich Füssli

Shakespeare trabalha bem o enredo, e ao fim de poucas páginas já nos tem imersos no universo ficcional, desejando saber mais sobre Macbeth e Lady Macbeth. O conflito é bem desenhado, colocando um personagem que nunca nos parece encaixar no papel negativo, a realizar ações negativas, o que converte o conflito da peça num conflito nosso. Aliás Macbeth faz lembrar Raskolnikov, o protagonista de “Crime e Castigo” de Dostoevsky, ainda que Shakespeare não tivesse os meios técnicos, em termos literários, para ir tão fundo como Dostoevsky consegue ir, e também porque Shakespeare escreveria já pensando na encenação. Por outro lado, talvez por esta ser uma das suas peças mais curtas, acaba por nos dar um desenlace demasiado breve, o trabalho de caraterização da loucura de Macbeth e Lady Macbeth são muito rápidos, e o fim aparece em poucas páginas. De certa forma sinto um desequilíbrio entre toda a intensidade imposta na primeira metade, e a segunda na qual somos claramente confrontados por uma espécie de anticlímax.

nonchi

3.8 estrelitas. O problema é que foi muito corrido...

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