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1) Macbeth
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English
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A classic tragedy about the lust for power and its ultimate bloody consequences. Macbeth is a Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is then goaded by his lady into slaying King Duncan in order to assume the throne. He plunges further into murder and moral decay to keep the unsteady crown on his head.
2) Macbeth
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Language
Español
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Concebida por muchos como el punto más alto del pensamiento trágico de Shakespeare. Los cinco actos de esta obra logran una tensión dramática inédita, la experiencia de valores morales invertidos, una secuencia cronológica y trama impregnadas de crueldad, cinismo, aflicción y remordimiento. Editorial Universitaria, a partir de la edición Oxford de Wells y Taylor, publica esta versión a cargo del poeta y ensayista Armando Roa Vial, a quien...
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Edition
Washington Square Press new Folger edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents Shakespeare's drama about a man who kills the king of Scotland in order to claim the throne for himself, and includes explanatory notes, plot summaries, a key to notable lines and phrases, and other reference information.
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When her father betrays the Scottish king and is hung as a traitor, Lady Mary's future is bleak after she loses her only true protector and ends up locked away in the tower by the powerful and deadly Lord and lady Macbeth.
5) Macbeth
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A thrilling interpretation of one of Shakespeare's most famous and compelling characters, Macbeth is a dramatic re-imagining of the realities of war-torn times and a tale of all-consuming passion and ambition.
7) Macbeth
Publisher
Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Driven by ambition and an unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as they crumble beneath the weight of their crimes. "Sexy, high-octane retelling of the classic Shakespeare story"--Container.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Language
English
Description
After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain's history, Parliament had overpowered King Charles I and now faced a problem: What to do with a defeated king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of Kings and hold Charles I accountable for the appalling suffering and slaughter endured by his people. A tribunal of 135 men was hastily gathered in London, and although Charles...
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