num_pages: 96
description: One of the great Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth is a dark and bloody drama of ambition, murder, guilt, and revenge. Prompted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches and goaded by his ambitious wife, the Scottish thane Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland, in order to succeed him on the throne. This foul deed soon entangles the conscience-stricken nobleman in a web of treachery, deceit, and more murders, which ultimately spells his doom. Set amid the gloomy castles and lonely heaths of medieval Scotland, Macbeth paints a striking dramatic portrait of a man of honor and integrity destroyed by a fatal character flaw and the tortures of a guilty imagination.A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
language: English
title: Macbeth
titlecomplete: Macbeth
characters: Macbeth, First Witch, Third Witch, Lady Macbeth, Fleance, King Duncan, Young Siward, Seyton, Lady Macduff, Second Witch, Seyward
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Read For School, High School, Literature, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 863138
places: Scotland
publisher: Dover Publications