Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare)

by SparkNotes

• ISBN13: 9781586638467
• ISBN10: 1586638467
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-15
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

The classic Arden editions of Shakespeare's best-loved plays have been specially selected for the collector and theater-goer in a handsomely produced Playgoer's edition. With the full Arden text, as edited by an established scholar for the second series of Arden Shakespeare editions plus an authoritative introduction and a wealth of helpful and incisive explanatory notes on the same page as the text, Arden Playgoer's bring Shakespeare's dramas to life. They are sewn in simulated leather with decorative gold blocking on the spine and the cover, with a ribbon page marker (includes jacket).

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Note on the Text
The Text of Macbeth	p. 1
The Slaughter of the Holy Innocents and the Death of Herod	p. 85
Medea	p. 94
Duff and Duncan	p. 98
An Attack on Free Will	p. 115
A Defense of Free Will	p. 123
The Discovery of Witchcraft	p. 131
News from Scotland	p. 138
An Homily against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion	p. 148
A Defense of Disobedience and Tyrannicide	p. 154
A Treatise on Equivocation	p. 159
Macbeth	p. 161
uMabatha	p. 185
Eyewitness Account of Macbeth, 1611	p. 205
Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth	p. 206
The Genius of Shakespeare	p. 211
On David Garrick's and Hannah Pritchard's Eighteenth-Century Performances	p. 216
On Macbeth	p. 217
Characters in Macbeth	p. 220
On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth	p. 229
On Playing Lady Macbeth	p. 232
The Tragedy of Macbeth	p. 237
Image and Symbol in Macbeth	p. 254
Two Scenes from Macbeth	p. 266
Culture, Character, and Conscience in Shakespeare	p. 282
Escaping the Matrix: The Construction of Masculinity in Macbeth	p. 293
'What do you mean?': The Languages of Macbeth	p. 316
Macbeth	p. 328
Macbeth and the Antic Round	p. 342
"Stands Scotland Where It Did?": The Location of Macbeth on Film	p. 357
Selected Bibliography	p. 381
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