Macbeth
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Primary Sources:
Music to listen to while you read: Click here
Digital versions of Macbeth:
Basic Format, no notes: Click here
Chilton's Recommended online format: Click here
Gutenberg Project e-book options: Click here
Shakespeare Words Version: Click here
No Fear Shakespeare of Macbeth: Click here
PDF from English teacher: Link
Great online annotated book: Click here
Audio recording of this book: Click here
Spotify Audiobook: Click here
Libravox Audiobook: Click here
Quotes compiled from this book: Click here
Quotes compiled from this author: Click here
Quotes about this book/author: Click here
Sparknotes of Macbeth: Click here
Searchable database of Shakespeare's works: Keyword Search or Advanced Search
Classroom Sources:
Act 1 Speech Resources:
Chilton's copy of Macbeth, Act 1: Click here
Group 1: Click here
Group 2: Click here
Group 3: Click here
Group 4: Click here
Group 5: Click here
Group 6: Click here
Group 7: Click here
Group 8: Click here
Group 9: Click here
Specific Speech Resources:
Time Analysis Essay by Sandra Clark: Click here
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Speech Analysis:
Arden 2nd edition: Click here
Arden 3rd edition: Click here
Everyman Library: Click here
Analysis from Arden 3rd edition introduction: Click here
EXTRA CREDIT:
Scholarly Essays about Macbeth:
"Macbeth" from The Meaning of Shakespeare by Harold Goddard: Click here
"Macbeth" from Shakespeare by Mark Van Doren (Columbia University): Click here
"Macbeth" from Shakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber (Harvard University): Part 1 and Part 2
"Macbeth" from Shakespearean Tragedy by A.C. Bradley:
"Macbeth" from Lectures on Shakespeare by W.H. Auden (Oxford University): Click here
"Macbeth" from Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom (Yale University): Click here
"Brutus and Macbeth" from The Wheel of Fire by G. Wilson Knight: Part 1 and Part 2
"Macbeth and the Metaphysic of Evil" from The Wheel of Fire by G. Wilson Knight: Click here
"The Natural World" from A Thousand Times More Fair by Kenji Yoshino (Law Professor at NYU): Click here
"The Many Faces of Macbeth" from Everybody's Shakespeare by Maynard Mack (Yale University): Click here
"The Milk of Concord" from The Imperial Theme by G. Wilson Knight (University of Leeds): Click here
"Macbeth" from Shakespeare's Language by Frank Kermode (Cambridge University): Click here
"The Necessity of Interpretation" from Shakespeare and Modern Culture by Marjorie Garber (Harvard University):
"The Naked Babe and the Cloak of Manliness" from The Well Wrought Urn by Cleanth Brooks: Click here
Classic scholarly essay about Shakespearean tragedy with an extended discussion of this play by A.C. Bradley: Click here
Video Lecture by Mr. Chilton: Click here
Time Essay: Click here
Macbeth Searchable Database: Click here
Useful for searching for key words or concepts within the play.
Resources for Historical Analysis Essay:
Holinshed / Source analysis: Click here
Holinshed: Click here
King James Demonology: Click here
The Politics of Prophecy in Macbeth: Click here
Censorship: Click here
Macbeth Essay Feedback: Click here
Secondary Sources::
Why you should read Macbeth, TED Talk: Link
Scholarly Essays about this play:
From Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom: Click here
From Shakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber: Part 1 and Part 2
From The Meaning of Shakespeare by Harold Goddard: Click here
From Shakespeare by Mark Van Doren: Click here
Macbeth on Trial: Click here
"The Macbeth Murder Mystery" by James Thurber: Click here
Dr. Marjorie Garber, Professor of English at Harvard University discusses this play in a lecture: Click here
Video versions of the "dagger scene":
Tragedy and the Common Man by Arthur Miller: Click here. Original NY Times Article: Click here
Essay--"On the Knocking at the Gate" by Thomas de Quincey: Click here
Analysis of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow speech: click here
"Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" Short Story by Kurt Vonnegut: Click here
Machiavelli's The Prince: Click Here
Analysis of how Donald Trump is like Macbeth: Click here
Royal Shakespeare Company's AWESOME, visceral, emotional, modern interpretation of Macbeth, starring Patrick Stewart (Live long and prosper, trekkies): Click here
Macbeth Documentary: Click here
Clan Badge Maker: Click here
Animated Version of play: Click here
Image collection from the Folger Library of everything pertaining to this play throughout history: Click here
Family tree from the real historical Macbeth: Click here
Macbeth Act 3, scene 3 (skip?!): One Page Summary or Shmoop
One of the coolest websites (education-wise) I've ever seen about Macbeth, created by the Globe Theater: Click here
Click on the image below to see a full size "character map":
*Remember: You bought this documentary on Amazon Prime!
For this week's writing assignment, I would like you to respond to the following scenario in a short 1-2 page paper:
"A world-famous director has come to you and has decided to hire you to play a part in his new Hollywood blockbuster adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. He wants to cast you as a character you don't want to play, so your job is to write a letter to him describing which character you would prefer to play and why. In your letter you need to tell him what draws you to this character and what specific things you understand about the character that would make you the best choice for this role. Tell him how you would prepare for the role and what it is about your personality/individuality that helps you understand or play the part."
note to self: Crossroad blues rob Johnson and Faust : macbeth