Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 creator Guizot, François 1787-1874 text utu 2004 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy first performed in 1606. A Scottish general receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become king. Consumed by ambition and urged on by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and seizes the throne. But his violent rise to power unleashes guilt, paranoia, and further bloodshed. As the body count rises, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth descend into madness, discovering that political ambition exacts a terrible psychological price. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth Wikipedia page about this book: https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth Release date is 2004-10-25 Produced by Paul Murray, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr Original publication data not identified Tragedies (Drama) Regicides -- Drama Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century -- Drama Scotland -- Kings and rulers -- Drama PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13868 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13868 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133328.0 13868