LiteratureBook · 1606
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Three witches tell a general he will be king, his wife makes sure of it, and the murder solves nothing because the crown turns out to require more murders. The shortest tragedy, and the one where the language starts to come apart along with the characters.
Why you should read this
This is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, moving from ambition to catastrophe with almost none of the subplots or comic relief found in his longer plays. It is often used as an entry point to Shakespearean tragedy precisely because of that compression.
- Field
- Literature
- Form
- Fiction
- Published
- 1606
- Themes
- DramaLiterature
