MacbethIn its concentration of interest upon the protagonists, Macbeth can be seen as Shakespeare's experiment in unity of focus, whose chief appeal arises from the struggles of the central characters with each other and with the infernal powers that inspire or govern them. Over the centuries, the vision of directors like Welles, Nunn and Polanski, as well as the eloquent talents of actors like Garrick, Siddons, Olivier and McKellen have contributed to the central debate of the play: Who or what is culpable? Bernice W. Kliman, in her analysis of Macbeth in performance, examines major productions of the play on both stage and screen, thereby inviting the reader to contemplate directors' and actors' choices for what is arguably Shakespeare's most compelling play. |
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... King's mouth as ap- proximate equals , and there is no suggestion that one is superior in rank to the other . They are alike in dignity and in bravery ; the Witches salute both of them . The essential difference appears in response to ...
... King's mouth as ap- proximate equals , and there is no suggestion that one is superior in rank to the other . They are alike in dignity and in bravery ; the Witches salute both of them . The essential difference appears in response to ...
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... king , why chance may crown me Without my stir and Come what come may , Time and the hour runs through the roughest day , nevertheless the effect is that of a man gradually waking out of a dream , a dream that turns the ' reality ' of ...
... king , why chance may crown me Without my stir and Come what come may , Time and the hour runs through the roughest day , nevertheless the effect is that of a man gradually waking out of a dream , a dream that turns the ' reality ' of ...
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... King and for his wife intertwine in his journey to prepare a welcome in Inverness . The indivi- dual will - to - good is paralysed ( or anaesthetized ) inside him ; but the sense of social obligations and virtues seems to re- main ...
... King and for his wife intertwine in his journey to prepare a welcome in Inverness . The indivi- dual will - to - good is paralysed ( or anaesthetized ) inside him ; but the sense of social obligations and virtues seems to re- main ...
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... King and Queen , now alone , slumped in their finery amid the debris of the ' great feast ' , while guilt , horror and relentless resolution pass before their minds . Lady Macbeth , exhausted by the terrible events just passed and by ...
... King and Queen , now alone , slumped in their finery amid the debris of the ' great feast ' , while guilt , horror and relentless resolution pass before their minds . Lady Macbeth , exhausted by the terrible events just passed and by ...
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... king or some great prince , with his courtiers of several kinds , amongst which three ladies were in special grace with him ; and they , keeping him in delights and pleasures , drew him from his graver counsellors , hearing of sermons ...
... king or some great prince , with his courtiers of several kinds , amongst which three ladies were in special grace with him ; and they , keeping him in delights and pleasures , drew him from his graver counsellors , hearing of sermons ...
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Alarums Banquo Birnan Wood blood Cleanth Brooks daggers dare Davenant's dead death deed DOCTOR Donalbain Dunsinane E. M. W. Tillyard Edward the Confessor Enter Lady Macbeth Enter Macbeth equivocator evil Exeunt Exit Exit Ghost eyes face father fear feast Fleance Folio GENTLEWOMAN Ghost give Glamis grace green one red Hail hand hath heart heaven Hecat honour i'the instruments of darkness King of Scotland Knock Lady Macduff LENNOX look lord Macduff MALCOLM MENTETH MESSENGER mind mislineation moral MURDERER MACBETH nature night noble o'the Penguin Books play pray printed ROSS royal scene Scotland SECOND WITCH seems sense Servant Seyton Shake Shakespeare sleep song speak speech stage direction strange sword Thane of Cawdor thee There's thine things THIRD MURDERER THIRD WITCH thou thought three Witches throne traitor tyrant Weird Sisters wife word write to Penguin YOUNG SEYWARD
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