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19 hours ago · In Macbeth, the shortest and most compressed of Shakespeare's tragedies, uncontrollable ambition incites Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, to murder the rightful king and usurp the throne until their own guilt destroys them in turn. In this play, Shakespeare adds a supernatural element to the tragic structure.
5 days ago · In a long-overdue return to the stage, Australian actor Bojana Novakovic is playing Lady Macbeth in a new reimagining of the play, which puts her character front and centre as the Macbeths attempt ...
1 day ago · In Macbeth, greed plays a crucial role as it drives the main characters, especially Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, to commit heinous acts to gain power. Macbeth's insatiable desire for the throne leads ...
3 days ago · Fans of Celtic fiction should enjoy Susan Fraser King's Lady Macbeth, based on historical research about the real Macbeth and his queen.Historical records suggest that, unlike the character in Shakespeare's play, the real King Macbeth was a popular leader with broad support in Scotland who challenged Duncan only after the latter's unprovoked aggression against a Viking chieftain threatened to ...
5 days ago · Lady Macbeth’s desire to “pour [her] spirits” into her husband’s ear, poisoning him with words that justify her own murderous lust for power, echoes Claudius’ pouring of physical poison into the ear of Hamlet’s father, his murderous modus operandi serving as a metaphor for the way that he and other characters pour the ...
5 days ago · Among her greatest roles were Isabella, Belvidera in Venice Preserv’d, Jane Shore in The Tragedy of Jane Shore, Katharine in Henry VIII, Constance in King John, Zara in The Mourning Bride, and Volumnia in Coriolanus; but it was as Lady Macbeth that she excelled.
5 days ago · Lady Macbeth urges and forces her husband to achieve their shared ambition by killing King Duncan when he comes to visit them. In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth tells her husband: "To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't.
