Focus On Macbeth

First published in 1982. Macbeth exercises a strange influence over readers and theatre audiences: the words of the text offer no easy clue to meaning or significance and in dramatic structure the play is very different from other Shakespearean tragedies. Many kinds of study are needed in order to understand the tragedy of Macbeth and this book provides a wide range of studies that respect the individuality of the text and examine it from different viewpoints. Contents include: Themes and Structure; Characterization and Narrative, Visual Effects, Performance in the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Historical and Political Background; Role of Witchcraft; Game Theory. Contributors include: John Russell Brown, Derek Russell Davis, Gareth Lloyd Evans, R A Foakes, Michael Goldman, Robin Grove, Peter Hall, Michael Hawkins, Brian Morris, D J Palmer, Marvin Rosenberg and Peter Stallybrass.

Murder mayhem and magic.Pushed by his wife to seize the throne Macbeth kills his rightful liege and then tries desperately to hold onto the kingdom that he has wrongfully usurped. Prophesy and magic abound in this dark moody and atmospheric play.Out damned spot! Out I say!One- two -why then 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie my lord fie! A soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call ourpower to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?

Gill Shakespeare Focus: Macbeth - a new and beautifully illustrated edition of the play - expertly assists students in understanding Shakespeare's great drama and thoroughly prepares them for the Leaving Certificate exam. Focused scene-by-scene analysis: Summary and in-depth Critical Analysis Detailed study of Shakespeare's Language Key Quotes plus commentary Exam-style questions and Sample Paragraphs with Examiner's Comments Essential study notes: Characters - concise analysis Central Themes and Issues Dramatic Techniques (Imagery, Soliloquies, Dramatic Irony) Macbeth as a Comparative Text - modes defi ned, detailed explanatory notes, exemplar paragraphs, using key quotes, essay plans and FAQs on successful answering Exam Focus - purposeful use of key scenes, paragraphing succinctly, quoting eff ectively Writing Top-Grade Essays - advice and prompts for responding to the question and planning the essay Full Sample Essays - marked and graded with invaluable Examiner's Comments Sample Leaving Certificate exam questions relevant to the latest changes in the exam Teacher's Resources Additional Teacher's Resources are available on GillExplore.ie, our smart, reliable and easy-to-use resources platform: ◆ PowerPoints ◆ Quizzes ◆ Worksheets ◆ Weblinks Each Gill Shakespeare Focus: Macbeth comes with a FREE eBook!

Containing annotated extracts from key sources, this guide to William Shakespeare's Macbeth explores the heated debates that this play has sparked. Looking at issues, such as the representation of gender roles, political violence and the dramatisation of evil, this volume provides a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Shakespeare's text.

This book reinterprets Macbeth by returning it to the context of its own time, recreating the theological and political crises of Shakespeare's era.

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems.

'And when I shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars.' This collection of Shakespeare's soliloquies, including both old favourites and lesser-known pieces, shows him at his dazzling best. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.