![]() ![]() He examines its many layers of illusion and interprets its linguistic turns and echoes, arguing that the earliest surviving text is an adaptation, perhaps carried out by Shakespeare himself in collaboration with Thomas Middleton. In his introduction Nicholas Brooke relates the play's changing fortunes to changes within society and the theatre and investigates the sources of its enduring appeal. In the theatre, this tragedy remains perennially engrossing. The cruel ironies of their destiny are conveyed in poetry of unsurpassed power. ![]() ![]() Macbeth himself, a brave warrior, is fatally impelled by supernatural forces, by his proud wife, and by his own burgeoning ambition.Īs he embarks on his murderous course to gain and retain the crown of Scotland, we see the appalling emotional and psychological effects on both Lady Macbeth and himself. Shakespeare's Macbeth is one of the greatest tragic dramas the world has known. Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. ![]()
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