| Edition |
2007 (Reprint)
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| Publication |
Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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| Description |
128pYellow Spine
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| Series |
Cambridge Student Guide
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| Summary/Abstract |
Macbeth is a story of appalling crime and retribution and is unusual in giving greater focus to the tormented criminals than to their victims. It is based on events in remote eleventh century Scotland adn portrays Macbeth's tragic fall from greatness to catastrophe.
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| Contents |
Commentary
Contexts -
What did Shakespeare write?
What did Shakespeare read?
Drama: the influence of genre
Miracle plays
Morality plays
Tragedy
Masque
What was Shakespeare's England like?
Witchcraft
Women
Prophecy
The succession to the throne
The divine right of kings
Language
Critical approaches
Organising your responses
Resources
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| Standard Number |
97805210082666 Pb.
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