World Literature Classics -- Macbeth

Author: Shakespeare Qian Hao Yu Jie Tu
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: In medieval Scotland, enemy forces invade, and nobles betray. Macbeth and Banquo, two great generals, turn the tide in battle and defeat the rebels. At the moment of victory, three witches appear, revealing prophecies that change their destinies. King Duncan transfers the title and land of the traitorous Earl of Cawdor to Macbeth, and the prophecy begins to come true. Soon after, King Duncan declares Prince Malcolm as the heir to the throne, and Macbeth's ambition swells. Encouraged by his wife, they conspire to murder King Duncan and seize the throne, forcing their five sons to flee. Fearing Banquo might reveal the witches' prophecies, Macbeth also kills Banquo. But why did the prophecy say Banquo's descendants would become kings instead of Macbeth's? Will the prophecy truly come to pass in its entirety? The two bloodshed incidents leave Macbeth restless, constantly tormented by ghosts. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies. Shakespeare was a great playwright and poet during the European Renaissance. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, a town in central England, to a family of merchants. Around 1590, he joined a theater troupe and worked as a stablehand, a theater attendant, and an actor before beginning his career as a writer. He left behind 37 surviving plays, two long poems, and 154 sonnets, making him a prolific author. The newly released Phonetic Color Illustration Classic World Literature Series is a carefully illustrated and edited series specially dedicated to young readers. Its illustrated format and standardized phonetic annotations, compliant with primary school teaching standards, fully meet the reading needs of elementary school students.