Reviews

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

magda_the_reader's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

mt1203's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

emegallego's review against another edition

2.0

Me van a quitar el pin de cultureta, pero me ha costado acabar esto. Dicen que es una obra incompleta y, ciertamente, lo parece.

idont's review against another edition

i hate it negative 10 stars
he kills duncan
lm commits suicide

coffeequasars's review against another edition

4.0

When I first started reading this, I quite honestly thought that "Macbeth" wouldn't be the kind of play I'd want to read. After a couple of pages, however, the plot kind of grew on me. If I would need to describe it in one sentence: short, yet very powerful!

whimsicalmeerkat's review against another edition

5.0

Edit to below, discovered after re-reading. I confused my passages, I meant the passage that includes "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more."


I can never decide if I like Macbeth, Hamlet, or King Lear best. I've given up trying. This story is haunting. It also contains one of my favorite passages of Shakespeare. It is the part that contains the overused phrase "all the world's a stage," but most people seem to not understand that it was spoken by a madwoman prior to her death. Either way, fantastic as Shakespeare almost always is.

janetmf3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power. 

My favourite play written by Shakespeare, I have loved this play for the last ten years after studying it for my own leaving cert, and now I have the privilege to teach it to my own students setting out to sit their leaving cert. 

Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, Macbeth most clearly reflects his relationship with King James, patron of Shakespeare's acting company. This can be seen through the themes of kingship and loyalty; what makes a good king?

njesenicka26's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

4.25

sumayyaha's review against another edition

3.0

(Assigned Reading)
For the record I played,
Witch 1
Son
Caithness

catherine392's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0