Download or read book Manhood and Masculine Identity in William Shakespeare s The Tragedy of Macbeth written by Maria L. Howell and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2008 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Maria Howell's Manhood and Masculine Identity in William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Macbeth" is an important and compelling scholarly work which seeks to examine the sixteenth century's greatest concern, echoed by Hamlet himself, "What is a man?" In an attempt to analyze the concept of manhood in Macbeth, Howell explores the contradictions and ambiguities that underlie heroic notions of masculinity dramatized throughout the play. From Lady Macbeth's capacity to control and destroy Macbeth's masculine identity, to Macbeth himself, who corrupts his military prowess to become a ruthless and murderous tyrant, Howell demonstrates that heroic notions of masculinity not only reinforce masculine power and authority, paradoxically, these ideals are also the source of man's disempowerment and destruction. Howell argues that in an attempt to attain a higher principle, the means (violence and destruction) and the ends (justice and peace) become fused and indistinguishable, so that those values that inform man's actions for good no longer provide moral clarity. Howell's poignant and timely analysis of manhood and masculine identity in Shakespeare's Macbeth will no doubt resonate with readers today."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Macbeth written by and published by Ernst Klett Sprachen. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Download or read book Shakespeare s Tragedies written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare s The Comedy of Errors written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brick Shakespeare written by John McCann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy four of Shakespeare’s tragedies told with LEGO bricks. Here are Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar enacted scene by scene, captioned by excerpts from the plays. Flip through one thousand color photographs as you enjoy Shakespeare’s iconic poetry and marvel at what can be done with the world’s most popular children’s toy. Watch the brick Hamlet give his famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy, and feel brick Ophelia’s grief as she meets her watery end. Lady Macbeth in brick form brings new terror to “Out, out, damn spot!” and brick Romeo and Juliet are no less star-crossed for being rectangular and plastic. The warm familiarity of bricks lends levity to Shakespeare’s tragedies while remaining true to his original language. The ideal book for Shakespeare enthusiasts, as well as a fun way to introduce children to Shakespeare’s masterpieces, this book employs Shakespeare’s original, characteristic language in abridged form. Though the language stays true to its origins, the unique format of these well-known tragedies will give readers a new way to enjoy one of the most popular playwrights in history.
Download or read book Shakespearean Tragedy as Chivalric Romance written by Michael Louis Hays and published by Ds Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare's tragedies reinterpreted through the figures and motifs of medieval romance.
Download or read book A Midsummer Night s Dream written by Andrew Matthews and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over two million Shakespeare Shorts sold! Discover the world of Shakespeare with this collection of brilliant stories - perfect for readers of all ages. In ancient Athens, Hermia finds herself in love with Demetrius, who is engaged to Helena, who has run off with Lysander! The path of true love definitely does not run smooth for these young lovers... Could the powerful king and queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania, solve this tricky problem of unrequited love? A brilliant retelling of Shakespeare's famous romantic comedy.
Download or read book The Tragedies of Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespearean Tragedy written by Andrew Cecil Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare s Tragedies written by Janette Dillon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macbeth clutches an imaginary dagger; Hamlet holds up Yorick's skull; Lear enters with Cordelia in his arms. Do these memorable and iconic moments have anything to tell us about the definition of Shakespearean tragedy? Is it in fact helpful to talk about 'Shakespearean tragedy' as a concept, or are there only Shakespearean tragedies? What kind of figure is the tragic hero? Is there always such a figure? What makes some plays more tragic than others? Beginning with a discussion of tragedy before Shakespeare and considering Shakespeare's tragedies chronologically one by one, this 2007 book seeks to investigate such questions in a way that highlights both the distinctiveness and shared concerns of each play within the broad trajectory of Shakespeare's developing exploration of tragic form.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Tragedy Macbeth and How to Write a Truly Impressive Essay on It written by Ticking Mind and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A student textbook on Macbeth.
Download or read book Shakespeare and Tragedy written by John Bayley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every generation develops its own approach to tragedy, attitudes successively influenced by such classic works as A. C. Bradley’s Shakespearean Tragedy and the studies in interpretation by G. Wilson Knight. A comprehensive new book on the subject by an author of the same calibre was long overdue. In his book, originally published in 1981, John Bayley discusses the Roman plays, Troilus and Cressida and Timon of Athens as well as the four major tragedies. He shows how Shakespeare’s most successful tragic effects hinge on an opposition between the discourses of character and form, role and context. For example, in Lear the dramatis personae act in the dramatic world of tragedy which demands universality and high rhetoric of them. Yet they are human and have their being in the prosaic world of domesticity and plain speaking. The inevitable intrusion of the human world into the world of tragedy creates the play’s powerful off-key effects. Similarly, the existential crisis in Macbeth can be understood in terms of the tension between accomplished action and the free-ranging domain of consciousness. What is the relation between being and acting? How does an audience become intimate with a protagonist who is alienated from his own play? What did Shakespeare add to the form and traditions of tragedy? Do his masterpieces in the genre disturb and transform it in unexpected ways? These are the issues raised by this lucid and imaginative study. Professor Bayley’s highly original rethinking of the problems will be a challenge to the Shakespearean scholar as well as an illumination to the general reader.
Download or read book Shakespeare Tragedies Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Macbeth Othello and King Lear written by William Shakespeare and published by Sta. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder Mayhem and Madness--Collected here are five of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Macbeth Othello and King Lear. These are the plays that made Shakespeare's reputation. Murder deceit treachery and madness play out on the grand stage. Stories for the ages!Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out out brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot full of sound and fury Signifying nothing.
Download or read book Five Great Tragedies written by William Shakespeare and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume of five of Shakespeare's most enduring works of tragedies, offering perennial insights into human emotion as well as telling inscriptions of the particular concerns of Shakespeare's own day.
Download or read book Three Tragedies written by William Shakespeare and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative edition of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. The star-crossed lovers of Romeo and Juliet, the madness and vengeance of Hamlet, and the corrupting lust for power of Macbeth—this collection of three of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies is based on the acclaimed individual Folger editions of the plays. This edition includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes -Scene-by-scene plot summaries The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
Download or read book Macbeth written by Voyager Company and published by Voyager. This book was released on 1995-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account of the theatre history of Shakespeare's Macbeth from 1607 to the present day.
