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Macbeth

by William Shakespeare · 1606

Classics · ranked #16 in category

A brave general returns from battle to hear a prophecy that he will be king. Driven by his own ambition and his wife's darker will, he murders his way to the throne — and discovers that the crown brings terror, not peace. Shakespeare's shortest and most concentrated tragedy is a study in guilt, tyranny and the corrosion of the self.

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1606 · 1600s
Author
William Shakespeare
Standing
Essential Read

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