TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare,William TI - Macbeth AV - PR PY - 2000/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Tragedies (Drama) KW - Regicides -- Drama KW - Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century -- Drama KW - Scotland -- Kings and rulers -- Drama N1 - There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1533; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth; Release date is 2000-07-01; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy first performed in 1606. When a Scottish general receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become king, his ambition awakens. Spurred by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and seizes the throne. But power corrupts absolutely—consumed by guilt and paranoia, he commits more murders to secure his position, descending into tyranny and madness. This dark exploration of ambition's destructive force remains Shakespeare's shortest and most psychologically intense tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2264 ER -