Macbeth

by Shakespeare, William; Raffel, Burton

• ISBN13: 9780300106541
• ISBN10: 0300106548
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-03-08
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does Macbeth. A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Western imagination.

Author Biography

Burton Raffel is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities and emeritus professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain, all published by Yale University Press. Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, is the author of many books, including The Western Canon and Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
William Shakespeare, 1564-1616	p. 6
Shakespeare's Theater	p. 8
The Sound of Shakespeare	p. 10
Publishing Shakespeare	p. 12
Macbeth	p. 15
Introduction to the Play	p. 15
Macbeth's Sources	p. 17
The Text of Macbeth	p. 18
The Play	p. 19
The Characters	p. 21
	p. 22
Pre-Act Notes	p. 22
Text of Act I and Modern Version	p. 24
Post-Act Activities	p. 68
	p. 70
Pre-Act Notes	p. 70
Text of Act II and Modern Version	p. 72
Post-Act Activities	p. 106
	p. 108
Pre-Act Notes	p. 108
Text of Act III and Modern Version	p. 110
Post-Act Activities	p. 154
	p. 156
Pre-Act Notes	p. 156
Text of Act IV and Modern Version	p. 158
Post-Act Activities	p. 200
	p. 202
Pre-Act Notes	p. 202
Text of Act V and Modern Version	p. 204
Post-Act Activities	p. 242
Additional Resources	p. 245
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