Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
One night on the heath, the brave and respected general Macbeth encounters three witches who foretell that he will become king of Scotland. At first sceptical, he's urged on by the ruthless, single-minded ambitions of Lady Macbeth, who suffers none of her husband's doubt. But seeing the prophecy through to the bloody end leads them both spiralling into paranoia, tyranny, madness, and murder.This shocking tragedy - a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake - is, to this day, one of Shakespeare's most popular and influential masterpieces.
Macbeth "The Annotated Teachers Edition" Revision Guide
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
One night on the heath, the brave and respected general Macbeth encounters three witches who foretell that he will become king of Scotland. At first sceptical, he's urged on by the ruthless, single-minded ambitions of Lady Macbeth, who suffers none of her husband's doubt. But seeing the prophecy through to the bloody end leads them both spiralling into paranoia, tyranny, madness, and murder.This shocking tragedy - a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake - is, to this day, one of Shakespeare's most popular and influential masterpieces.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
One night on the heath, the brave and respected general Macbeth encounters three witches who foretell that he will become king of Scotland. At first sceptical, he's urged on by the ruthless, single-minded ambitions of Lady Macbeth, who suffers none of her husband's doubt. But seeing the prophecy through to the bloody end leads them both spiralling into paranoia, tyranny, madness, and murder.This shocking tragedy - a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake - is, to this day, one of Shakespeare's most popular and influential masterpieces.
Cambridge Student Guide to Macbeth
Author: Stephen Siddall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521008266
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Cambridge Student Guide to Macbeth provides explanatory notes and guidance to help form the basis for the understanding of the play. It is part of a new series aimed at students from 16 years upwards in schools and colleges throughout the English-speaking world. Background information provides support and prompts inquiry for advanced level study by drawing out issues and themes related to the text. The content of each book in the series follows the pattern of an introduction; detailed running commentary on the text; insight into historical, social and cultural contexts; analysis of the language; an overview of critical approaches and different interpretations; essay-writing tips and lists of recommended resources.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521008266
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Cambridge Student Guide to Macbeth provides explanatory notes and guidance to help form the basis for the understanding of the play. It is part of a new series aimed at students from 16 years upwards in schools and colleges throughout the English-speaking world. Background information provides support and prompts inquiry for advanced level study by drawing out issues and themes related to the text. The content of each book in the series follows the pattern of an introduction; detailed running commentary on the text; insight into historical, social and cultural contexts; analysis of the language; an overview of critical approaches and different interpretations; essay-writing tips and lists of recommended resources.
Macbeth: A Critical Reader
Author:
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472517407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
ARDEN RENAISSANCE DRAMA GUIDES offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars provide invaluable insights into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research. Key features include: Essays on the play's critical and performance history A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play A selection of new essays by leading scholars A survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and online Regularly performed and studied, Macbeth is not only one of Shakespeare's most popular plays but also provides us with one of the literary canon's most compellingly conflicted tragic figures. This guide offers fresh new ways into the play.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472517407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
ARDEN RENAISSANCE DRAMA GUIDES offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars provide invaluable insights into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research. Key features include: Essays on the play's critical and performance history A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play A selection of new essays by leading scholars A survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and online Regularly performed and studied, Macbeth is not only one of Shakespeare's most popular plays but also provides us with one of the literary canon's most compellingly conflicted tragic figures. This guide offers fresh new ways into the play.
William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Author: Alexander Leggatt
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415238243
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415238243
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
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.
Shakespeare's Macbeth
Author: Leland Ryken
Publisher: Crossway Books
ISBN: 9781433526121
Category : Christianity and literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Guides readers through the last of Shakespeare's magnificent tragedies, Macbeth, and explores the keys to virtuous behavior as well as the psychology of guilt. Part of the Christian Guides to the Classics series.
Publisher: Crossway Books
ISBN: 9781433526121
Category : Christianity and literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Guides readers through the last of Shakespeare's magnificent tragedies, Macbeth, and explores the keys to virtuous behavior as well as the psychology of guilt. Part of the Christian Guides to the Classics series.
Ready to Teach: Macbeth:A compendium of subject knowledge, resources and pedagogy
Author: Amy Staniforth
Publisher: John Catt
ISBN: 1913808424
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
What is the best approach for helping students to understand higher level concepts? How can specific subject knowledge be implemented in lessons? Ready to Teach: Macbeth brings together the deep subject knowledge, resources and classroom strategies needed to teach Shakespeare’s tragic play, as well as the pedagogical theory behind why these ideas work, helping teachers to deliver a knowledge-rich curriculum with impact. Each chapter contains lesson-by-lesson essays and commentaries that enhance subject knowledge on key areas of the text alongside fully resourced lessons reflecting current and dynamic best practice. The book also offers an introduction to the key pedagogical concepts which underpin the lessons and why they are proven to help students develop powerful knowledge and key skills. Whether you are new to teaching or looking for different ways into the text, Ready to Teach: Macbeth is the perfect companion to the study of ‘the Scottish play’.
Publisher: John Catt
ISBN: 1913808424
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
What is the best approach for helping students to understand higher level concepts? How can specific subject knowledge be implemented in lessons? Ready to Teach: Macbeth brings together the deep subject knowledge, resources and classroom strategies needed to teach Shakespeare’s tragic play, as well as the pedagogical theory behind why these ideas work, helping teachers to deliver a knowledge-rich curriculum with impact. Each chapter contains lesson-by-lesson essays and commentaries that enhance subject knowledge on key areas of the text alongside fully resourced lessons reflecting current and dynamic best practice. The book also offers an introduction to the key pedagogical concepts which underpin the lessons and why they are proven to help students develop powerful knowledge and key skills. Whether you are new to teaching or looking for different ways into the text, Ready to Teach: Macbeth is the perfect companion to the study of ‘the Scottish play’.
Macbeth
Author:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Macbeth
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192862421
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192862421
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems.
Macbeth, an Annotated Bibliography
Author: Thomas Wheeler
Publisher: Scholarly Title
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Surveys the scholarship published from 1940 to the present, as well as major earlier contributions. The introduction traces the history of recent criticism and research. The bibliography itself--fully annotated, cross-referenced, and thoroughly indexed--is divided into sections that indicate the dominant critical and scholarly concerns, e.g. translations, state history, major productions, films, music, television, and criticism. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Publisher: Scholarly Title
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Surveys the scholarship published from 1940 to the present, as well as major earlier contributions. The introduction traces the history of recent criticism and research. The bibliography itself--fully annotated, cross-referenced, and thoroughly indexed--is divided into sections that indicate the dominant critical and scholarly concerns, e.g. translations, state history, major productions, films, music, television, and criticism. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A STUDY GUIDE & ANALYSIS OF Yukio Mishima’s #1 book: THE SOUND OF WAVES
Author: Joe Broadfoot
Publisher: Joe Broadfoot
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
This book is aimed at IGCSE students of Literature who are studying Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves. The focus is on what examiners are looking for and here you will find each chapter covered in detail. I hope this will help you and be a valuable tool in your studies and revision.
Publisher: Joe Broadfoot
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
This book is aimed at IGCSE students of Literature who are studying Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves. The focus is on what examiners are looking for and here you will find each chapter covered in detail. I hope this will help you and be a valuable tool in your studies and revision.