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Macbeth by William Shakespeare

127 reviews

maddyisnotilliterate's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Mr Shakespeare has got something. I think he might make it big one day if he keeps up this good work.

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solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.2

lady macbeth x macbeth is the ideal gaslight gatekeep girlboss x manipulate mansplain malewife, change my mind

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book_aesthetic's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emmaa_andrews's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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henyouise's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think this play gets a bad rep. I did not feel like it was slow or boring or just brutal all around. I read whole acts at a time that's how engaged I was with the story! It's a look into man's desire for power and what lengths some will go to in order to gain that power.
Macbeth doesn't necessarily start out as a power hungry noble. He's seen as a loyal member of Duncan's court until he meets the witches who provide him with the temptation of being king. It's very psychological, really.
Also people who say there's no comedy in this play clearly did not make it to the last act:
"Macbeth: Damn the devil black tho cream faced loon! Where got'st thou that goose look?
Servant: There is ten thousand-
Macbeth: Geese, villan?
Servant: Soldiers, sir." (Macbeth V.III.12 - 16)
Is this Macbeth's descent into madness? yes. Is this also hilarious? yes.

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adverb17's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emmafishhh's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was one of Shakespeare’s better plays, but seemed extremely long and unnecessarily drug out. The evolution of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s characters was good, but I thought there were often things that weren’t relevant going on. Pretty good plot, but everything at the end felt extremely rushed when it should have the extended material. It is on a similar quality level with Taming of the Shrew, which disappointed me while reading.

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farah_2007's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Frankly, I assumed that Macbeth would be mirdered in the end. But it was actually unexpected that Macduff killed in the end. Lady Macbeth's death was also unexpected plus it was suicide totally a heavy plot twist. It was actually a good read from Shakespeare but still I struggle reading the original English hence I need to go back and forth from original to translated one.

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