Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth
Edited With an Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth: Edited With an Introduction and Notes<br><br>In this edition of the tragedy of Macbeth there is included the customary linguistic explanatory matter, and, in addition, some consideration of the theme of the tragedy and of the significance of the play as a whole. The desirability of some thought on the theme of the play, on the part of the preparatory-school student even, is suggested by the character of some of the questions set by many colleges and universities in their entrance examinations on the English texts. Indeed, the only question on Macbeth set by Vassar at the last entrance examination was, "Does Macbeth's instigation to crime come from within or from without On what do you base your opinion " And among the recommendations of late made by Harvard to secondary-school teachers of English is the following, "Pupils should of course be made to understand what they read as they go along; but attention should be fixed, not on unimportant details of substance or of style, but on the significance and spirit of the whole. In studying a tragedy of Shakspere, for example, far less time should be given to the discussion of details than to the march of events, the play of character, the main lines of the plot, the significance of the whole as a work of genius."<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.