Review (PDF) Macbeth (The Pelican Shakespeare)
The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design in time for the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.This edition of Macbeth is edited with an introduction by series editor Stephen Orgel.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Series: The Pelican Shakespeare
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; 1 edition (March 29, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143128566
ISBN-13: 978-0143128564
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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In 11th century Scotland, King Duncan has just put down a rebellion with the help of his thane and cousin, Macbeth. Out of gratitude, Duncan promises to bestow great honors and lands and even greater rewards upon Macbeth. But this is not enough. For you see, after the battle was won, Macbeth happened upon three witches who prophecized that HE will be king of Scotland. While Macbeth might have been content to let the prophecy come true of its own accord, his wife wants to speed up the process a bit. By murdering King Duncan. What happens after that is pretty predictable, summed up by Shakespeare's quote, "...blood will have blood."You would think that from all of the examples from literature throughout the history of the written word that people would have learned by now not to make a deal with the devil. But most people are weak, so we will have tales like Macbeth for as long as we remain human. Greed and avarice always bring about the downfall of man.Word of advice: don't believe in prophecies that spring from evil sources, as embodied by the witches and the goddess Hecate in this play. They pretty much take delight in messing with mortals and making them fall into disaster. Their oracle of Macbeth was the truth....IF he let the darkness in himself take over and killed Duncan, which he does, of course. Lady Macbeth has to goad him a little further by questioning his manhood, but it doesn't take a LOT of prodding to get him to commit murder. I wonder if the witches picked Macbeth BECAUSE they knew they could turn him to evil. It wasn't CHANCE that he came upon them. They are there to meet Macbeth and none other. Maybe they had already seen the future and what he would do?Or maybe they're not there to turn Macbeth to the dark side.
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