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The only Shakespearean tragedy that has a villain as its hero, Macbeth presents a stark and disturbing view of the psychology of wickedness and guilt. The editor, Jesse M. Lander, draws on the early modern literature of witchcraft and demonology to provide an illuminating context for the play.
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Posted Thu Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2011
I loved ithis one . It had stage notes inaddtion to the play. This was the first play I'd read and it is still one of my favorites.
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Posted Fri May 13 00:00:00 EDT 2005
As a teacher of 11th grade English, I ordered this text because I was curious about its supplementary material. Now I am committed to the Norton Critical Editions for EVERY Shakespeare play I teach in the future! My students were amazed and sometimes enthralled with the incredibly rich background material which supplemented their study of Macbeth. They especially loved comparing Lady Macbeth's invocation of evil forces, and her declaration of imagined infanticide, with Seneca's Medea, in which Medea declares she will sacrifice her children to punish her cheating husband. They were incredulous that Macbeth's witches were actually mentioned several times in Holinshed's history. The factual background for Macbeth's rise and fall, set within the context of the eleventh century, gave them a deeper understanding of his inherent brutality. They also were better able to appreciate the modern aspects of his personality as interpreted by Shakespeare by contrasting the Bard's Macbeth with Holinshed's details of the actual historical Macbeth. And they really enjoyed learning that Lady Macbeth's real name was Gruoch. (Several said they're going to name their dog or their first daughter after her! Ha, ha!) WHAT A SUPERIOR SOURCE for any teacher! Please buy this if you are reading, studying, or teaching Macbeth!
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Posted Fri Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2006
I am an English teacher. I don't know how I would have survived without this audio-recording. It is wonderful! Love Lady Macbeth's Scottish accent!
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2010
This is a steal for $2. It's not the bare-bones edition you'd expect for this price - it gives the reader a generous amount of additional material on the play, as well as historical background on the life and times of Shakespeare. The formatting is excellent, and the annotations are surprisingly thorough for a budget edition. Highly recommended.
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Posted Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Welcome to Team Magic! You must post as many reviews as possible on this book. The winner will be announced on Mockingjay on July 1.
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Posted Mon Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2011
love the storyy
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Posted Fri Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2003
As a senior of a high school and strong emphasis on literature, I have personally read Macbeth and found it to be of great dramatized action. It defines many points to human nature and consequences to evil doings. In addition to the lessons that can be learned from Macbeth, it is great literature. It contains many motifs, symbols, and themes such as the theme of unchecked ambition. This book is great for the strong intellectual to the teen-age ambition to read violent and entertaining text but with actually lessons that can teach and grow in the minds of all young.
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Posted Tue Oct 29 00:00:00 EST 2002
This particular publication of Macbeth is the best thing that's ever happened to my curriculum. I teach this particular Shakespeare play in my sophomore English classes, along with Much Ado About Nothing...my favorite comedy! The fact that the left-hand side of the page contains notes, definitions is invaluable to me as a teacher (saves time from having to explain EVERY SINGLE WORD) and makes the student feel more capable of digesting Shakespeare's language. The introductory notes on Shakespeare's life, the theater, his language, wordplay are all invaluable tools to use in teaching. I now only use this version to teach all Shakespeare plays. Bravo!
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Posted Fri Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2001
In my senior English class, we are currently reading this, and I seem to be the only person in the entire class who is enthusiastic. To me, this one from Shakespeare is much more easier to understand. A person may think the withches are evil, but the real villain is the diabolique, Lady Macbeth. Her soliloquies are of absolute brilliance and I love the way she makes Macbeth the way he is. What a sap!
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Posted Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Posted Sat Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Posted Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2013
This is one of the best books hated to turn off my Nook!
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Posted Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2013
Macbeth is sooo evil and its filled with so much of blood
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Posted Wed Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2012
I love Macbeth! I played one of the "Weird Sisters" in my 9th grade production of it. "Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble. Fire burn, and couldren bubble."
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Posted Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2012
I love it and im on the second page of scene 1
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Posted Sat Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2012
Its an amazing tragedy that is presented very well. There are stage notes as well, so you can get a good image of the action onstage.
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Posted Fri Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2012
Great introduction and critical essays that help bring Shakespeare to life.
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Posted Tue Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 2011
This is the best audio recording of Macbeth out right now. They use Scottish accents, there are sound effects, and the text is unabridged. My high school student prefer this over all other versions.
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Posted Sun Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2011
Is this book approprite for someone around the ages of 12-16? im looking for something to read with my 14yr old niece. She reads everything .do you think she could understand it?
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