Macbeth: A Guide to the PlayThough written nearly 400 years ago, Shakespeare's Macbeth continues to capture the interest of modern audiences. Laden with political intrigue, supernatural elements, and complex psychological issues, Macbeth is a play of contemporary relevance, despite its tale of witches and ancient Scottish kings. While the play reflects seventeenth-century theological and political concerns, it also explores enduring themes, such as fate and free will, appearance and reality, order and disorder, ambition and obedience, and madness and sanity. Macbeth has been staged countless times, and it has also been produced for film and television. Numerous editions of the play exist, it is one of the most widely taught dramatic works, and scholars have written an enormous amount of criticism about it. This reference book is a comprehensive guide to the play. |
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... appearance , according to David Garrick , " with a recovering mind " ( quoted in Furness 1873 , 221 ) . The one shape Macbeth cannot abide or stand up to , however , is " that , " that is , the image of his own guilt , the archetype of ...
... appearances " ( Diehl 1983 , 193 ) which should reflect grace . But Lady Macbeth knows how to control the " brows of ... appearance we are drawn away or turn aside from God ... riches , power , honors ... often dull men's keenness of ...
... appearance . " Goes Fleance with you ? " Macbeth's " Tomorrow " speech is a moving expression of grief , accented by a tear . At the end , he tosses his shield aside , crosses himself , and accepts Mac- duff's sword . He sighs " enough ...
Contents
Critical Approaches | 117 |
The Play in Performance | 139 |
Selected Bibliography | 199 |
Copyright | |
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Shakespeare's Visual Theatre: Staging the Personified Characters Frederick Kiefer Limited preview - 2003 |