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Shakespeare's Macbeth: with the chapters of Hollinshed's "Historie of Scotland" on which the play is based by Dalgleish, Walter Scott, 1834-1897. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Shakespeare's Macbeth: with the chapters of Hollinshed's "Historie of Scotland" on which the play is based about?

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.

Author

Dalgleish, Walter Scott, 1834-1897.

Publisher

AMS Press, [1976]

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780404019181

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Music, Arts

Rating

3.97 / 5 (140 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24