Open Literature

This work is a long critical introduction to Macbeth, divided into the following sections. It will be published here in full over the coming weeks.

• INTRODUCTION

• BACKGROUND

• SYNOPSIS

• CHARACTER LIST

• CHARACTERS STUDIES

• DIFFICULTIES OF THE PLAY

• KEY PASSAGES

  Act I, Scene 1, Lines 1-11
  Act II, Scene 2, Lines 26-56
  Act III, Scene 4, Lines 135-143
  Act IV, Scene 1, Lines 1-38
  Act V, Scene 5, Lines 16-28

• DIFFICULT PASSAGES

  Act I, Scene 7, Lines 1-28
  Act IV, Scene 1, Lines 44-63

• EXTRACTS OF CLASSIC CRITICISM

• MODERN CRITICISM AND CRITICAL CONTROVERSIES

• THE PLAY TODAY

• FIVE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AND WRITING

• BIBLIOGRAPHY, FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS