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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... effective than the pallid representation of good ( III.2.52-3 ) : Good things of day begin to droop and drowse , Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse . Macbeth falls , but does not do so primarily because 7 I.
... effective than the pallid representation of good ( III.2.52-3 ) : Good things of day begin to droop and drowse , Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse . Macbeth falls , but does not do so primarily because 7 I.
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William Shakespeare G. K. Hunter. Macbeth falls , but does not do so primarily because of the processes or power of his enemies . His black tyranny pro- duces the engines of its own destruction ; the movement that carries Malcolm ...
William Shakespeare G. K. Hunter. Macbeth falls , but does not do so primarily because of the processes or power of his enemies . His black tyranny pro- duces the engines of its own destruction ; the movement that carries Malcolm ...
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... falls on the other . But in his sleep - walking scene ( Act II , scene 1 ) he needs no more than her impulsion ( weak in itself ) to move the whole passive weight of his will - less power into frightening action . As the visionary ...
... falls on the other . But in his sleep - walking scene ( Act II , scene 1 ) he needs no more than her impulsion ( weak in itself ) to move the whole passive weight of his will - less power into frightening action . As the visionary ...
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... fall to singing again , and then discovered his face . that the spectators might see how they had transformed him , going on with their singing . Whilst all this was acting , there came forth of another door at the farthest end of the ...
... fall to singing again , and then discovered his face . that the spectators might see how they had transformed him , going on with their singing . Whilst all this was acting , there came forth of another door at the farthest end of the ...
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... fall , before a foe that cannot be resisted her own conscience ; he cannot put an armour on her heart . Despair , which has turned him to stone , has turned her to water , imprisoned her forever in the horror of the past ; with the only ...
... fall , before a foe that cannot be resisted her own conscience ; he cannot put an armour on her heart . Despair , which has turned him to stone , has turned her to water , imprisoned her forever in the horror of the past ; with the only ...
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