![]() A story of war, witchcraft and bloodshed, Macbeth also depicts the relationship between husbands and wives, and the risks they are prepared to take to achieve their desires. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him. ![]() Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, and spurred on by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan to ensure his ambitions come true. 'By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes'. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by George Hunter with an introduction by Carol Rutter. ![]() Referred to by superstitious actors as 'the Scottish play', William Shakespeare's Macbeth is a tragedy in which appalling earthly crimes have lasting supernatural repercussions. ![]()
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