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William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat: Tragedy of Macbeth (2013, Simon & Schuster)

304 pages

English language

Published April 9, 2013 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-1-4516-9472-7
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The play concerns a trusted general who secretly lusts for power. Encouraged by the prophecies of three witches and urged on by his ambitious wife Macbeth commits regicide. Left fearful and superstitious by this desperate act he is driven to a spiralling course of murder and outrage, almost inevitably culminating in his own death. One of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedies, Macbeth is ostensibly based on the Scottish king although the story represented in the play bears no relation to historical fact as the true King Macbeth was well respected by his contemporaries. This book includes the hero Macbeth becoming more and more evil after he gets told his "destiny" by the witches and becomes greedy with power.

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Blut, Schuld und Schatten – Mein innerer Abstieg mit Shakespeares Macbeth

Macbeth von William Shakespeare zu lesen war für mich wie ein kontrollierter Sturz in die Dunkelheit. Ich kannte die groben Züge der Handlung – ein schottischer General, eine Prophezeiung, ein Königsmord –, aber nichts hatte mich auf die Wucht vorbereitet, mit der mich diese Tragödie getroffen hat.

Macbeth beginnt als Held. Tapfer, loyal, verehrt. Und doch reicht eine Begegnung mit drei Hexen, ein Hauch von Machtversprechen, um ihn in Bewegung zu setzen – hin zu einem inneren Abgrund, der mit jedem Schritt dunkler wird. Ich konnte nicht anders, als ihn zu begleiten. Und dabei wurde mir schnell klar: Der wahre Kampf spielt sich nicht auf dem Schlachtfeld ab, sondern im Kopf.

Was mich am meisten erschüttert hat, war die Sprache. Shakespeares Worte sind messerscharf, poetisch und grausam zugleich. Die berühmten Monologe – „Ist dies ein Dolch, der vor mir schwebt?“ oder „Morgen, und morgen, und wieder ein Morgen“ – haben …

Review of 'Macbeth' on 'Storygraph'

A quick and cute love story between a witch and a ghost. I was curious about the how/why, which cost the last star, but it works just fine without it.

Due to the short format, it's fast-paced, but not hectic. I really enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone who likes paranormal sapphic spice.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. 

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I'm going to go out on a limb a bit here and say that Macbeth is not only an amazing work, but it's an absolute masterpiece of the English language and might be the greatest work of literature ever written. And now I have to try and justify that. Oh boy.

Have you ever read a sentence that made you shiver and go "holy shit, that was some good words" and then you sort of have to repeat it to yourself a couple times to make sure you get all the depth of those words, the dire implications, the beautiful cadence and construction, the ties to the plot and characters and themes, the evocative imagery playing with the perfect setting and timing? Macbeth has a lot of those sentences. Even by Shakespearean standards, this play has some good fucking English in it. And I would rank this as one of …

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