Résultats pour "Folge 81 Macbeth" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Macbeth est un noble écossais. Il vient de combattre glorieusement contre les Norvégiens, au service de son roi : Duncan, roi d'Ecosse. Sur le chemin, il rencontre des sorcières qui lui font d'étranges prédictions. Il apprend ainsi qu'il portera le titre de "sire de Cawdor" et même celui de "roi". C'est alors que le roi Duncan le remercie en lui attribuant effectivement le titre de "sire de Cawdor", après avoir fait exécuter le noble qui portait auparavant ce nom et qui l'a trahi.

Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom investigates Macbeth's interiority and unthinkable actions with razor-sharp insight, agility, and compassion. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character. The book also becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity.

Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get rid of anyone who could stand in his way – including committing regicide. As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody murder, he becomes a tyrant consumed by fear and paranoia.

Experience Macbeth as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds. To help you get the most out of Shakespeare, the narrator offers historical insights and background information, so you can enjoy the jokes, appreciate the references, and get a real sense of Shakespeare's world.