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Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Book Overview: 

Murder and madness, witches and war. Perhaps Shakespeare’s best known tragedy, Macbeth, a general in King Duncan’s army, is given a prophecy by a trio of witches: he himself will become king. Fired by ambition and goaded by his ruthless wife, he murders Duncan and assumes the throne. More killings follow as Macbeth attempts to retain his crown, until he discovers that prophecies are not always what they seem.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .By your leave, hostess.

[Exeunt.]

SCENE VII. The same. A Lobby in the Castle.

[Hautboys and torches. Enter, and pass over, a Sewer and divers
Servants with dishes and service. Then enter Macbeth.]

MACBETH.
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly. If the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch,
With his surcease, success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all—here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,—
We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases
We still have judgement here; that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which being taught, return
To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips. He's here in double trust:
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed: then,. . . Read More

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The book presents the story of a nobleman who entered the path of evil. Initially, he was still undecided. Nevertheless decided to murder the king. And thus, he fell into a vicious circle of crime, from which it is impossible to get out because "blood will have blood."

highlights of this play include, but are not limited to:
- the witches! they are the original halloween qweens. they are serving some major spooky realness. also, they went and haunted a woman just because she wouldnt share her hazelnuts. that is the exact level of petty that i aspire to be.

- lady m

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing

هذا في رأيي هو أفضل سطر كتب عن العدمية في التاريخ
وهو السطر الذي استمد منه فولكنز عنوان روايته الشهيرة -الصخب والعنف

هذا هو كتابي المفضل رقم (1)‏
وسيظل كذلك ما حييت

نبوغ شكسبير لا يحتاج أحدا ليدلل عليه
فأكيف بالله عليكم أحلل أو أناقش عملا له
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This play always holds a place in my heart and the top spot of most embarassing moments in my life. To be fair it was probably my fault as I’d never heard the superstition about not calling the “Scottish play” by name, and since it was my role I’d been shouting Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth all day. In fi

عندما تتحرك الأشجار..و على يد رجل لم تلده امه هكذا سيتم قتلك يا ماكبث

عندما يتلاعب شكسبير بالألفاظ الي حدود تقنعني انني بلهاء حقا..لا اتقن الكتابة و لا حتى الكلام !!ا
الاخلاص و عدم الاخلاص ؛تظل ماكبث من افضل ما تم كتابته عن عواقبهما
هل هناك خير ضيق الأفق ؟
هل ماكبث بطل غبي؟
في رأيي نعم☆ فقد تحولت حي

Macbeth is Shakespeare's darkest play not only because of the restricted palette of its images--shades of black varied with bright red blood--but also because, in the play's world of warfare and witchcraft, its hero is half-damned from the start.

Inured to violence, prone to superstition, Macbeth st

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