William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-93-87472-45-7
Verlag: PHI Learning

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Paperback

The Tragedy of Macbeth is the shortest tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Macbeth, the protagonist of the play, is portrayed as a successful Scottish general in the army of King Duncan. Macbeth, one day, gets politically instigated by a trio of witches that he would become the King of Scotland soon. Encouraged by his wife (Lady Macbeth) and taken over by greed and action, Macbeth murders King Duncan, and becomes the King of Scotland.

Key Features - Clear language with complete annotations.
- Act-wise Scene-wise summary given at the end of every Act.
- Plot-wise Commentary given at the end of the text.
- Critical Essay explaining 'Themes that emerge out of Macbeth' and 'Under the Critics' Lens' have been provided.

Target Audience - B.A. / M.A. English

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- Text with Annotations and Commentary
- Aspects of Macbeth
- Critical Essays - Themes that Emerge Out of 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
- Under the Critics' Lens

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Gautam Sengupta is former Professor and Head, Department of English, Gurudas College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Presently, he is Visiting Faculty at Shri Shikshayatan College, Department of English, University of Calcutta and School of Women's Studies, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Author of Myriad-minded Shaw (PHI Learning, 2016), he has been the lone academician to represent the Indian sub-continent in the International Shaw Conferences, South Florida, USA (2004) and London, UK (2013).