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Digireads.com Macbeth (Annotated by Henry N. Hudson with an Introduction by Charles Harold Herford) by William Shakespeare Introduction by Charles Harold Herford Text by Henry N Hudson
Set in Scotland Macbeth is the story of its titular character a general in the army who conspires with his wife to murder the King and usurp the throne. One of Shakespeares most powerful and deeply tragic plays the work explores the psychological consequences when an immoral path is taken to advance ones personal position. Among Shakespeares tragedies Macbeth is noted for the exceptional simplicity of its plot and the directness of the action. Here there are no subplots to complicate the drama hardly more than a glimpse of humor to relieve the dark picture of criminal ambition only the steady march toward an inevitable catastrophe. This may explain its brevity given it is one of Shakespeares shortest works it has been suggested that what survives of the text may have been heavily cut from an earlier edition for the purposes of a particular performance. This tragedy illustrates in its close a conventional poetic justice that demands the triumph of the righteous cause and the downfall of the wicked. A classic study of character Macbeth is regarded to this day as one the finest examples of Shakespeares literary genius. This edition is printed on premium acidfree paper is annotated by Henry N. Hudson and includes an introduction by Charles Harold Herford.show more