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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... Witches , and the Witches must be supposed to be evil ; but the mode of evil they can create is potential only , not actual , till the human agent takes it inside his mind and makes it his own by a motion of the will . This is ...
... Witches , and the Witches must be supposed to be evil ; but the mode of evil they can create is potential only , not actual , till the human agent takes it inside his mind and makes it his own by a motion of the will . This is ...
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... Witches salute both of them . The essential difference appears in response to the salute . ... why do you start , and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair ? says Banquo to his partner ( I.3.50-51 ) . Thus Innocence greets Guilt ...
... Witches salute both of them . The essential difference appears in response to the salute . ... why do you start , and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair ? says Banquo to his partner ( I.3.50-51 ) . Thus Innocence greets Guilt ...
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... Witches ' starts ' Macbeth ( in more senses than one ) because it finds an answering image inside his own mind . ' Macbeth has al- ready contemplated the murder , ' say literal - minded critics . Whether or not this is so seems not to ...
... Witches ' starts ' Macbeth ( in more senses than one ) because it finds an answering image inside his own mind . ' Macbeth has al- ready contemplated the murder , ' say literal - minded critics . Whether or not this is so seems not to ...
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... Witches hold up a mirror in which Macbeth sees his powers fulfilled in a quite contrary way , and the fear - and- joy that this evokes in him is such that he cannot wrench his will into a denial . He is ' possessed ' by the image of him ...
... Witches hold up a mirror in which Macbeth sees his powers fulfilled in a quite contrary way , and the fear - and- joy that this evokes in him is such that he cannot wrench his will into a denial . He is ' possessed ' by the image of him ...
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... Witches show him , comes back into a world of shared responsibilities and paternal affection , so luminously benevolent , so joyfully held together - even at the point of the traitor Cawdor's execution - that the dream seems im ...
... Witches show him , comes back into a world of shared responsibilities and paternal affection , so luminously benevolent , so joyfully held together - even at the point of the traitor Cawdor's execution - that the dream seems im ...
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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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