Shakespeare Stories (Audio Cassette)

Author: Lamb
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book includes three of Shakespeare's "Four Great Tragedies." Among them, Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's most familiar tragic works, and the famous line "To be or not to be, that is the question" comes from this play. The story depicts Prince Hamlet of Denmark, who, after encountering his father's ghost, learns the cause of his father's death and ultimately exposes the conspiracy of his uncle Claudius, avenging his father. The second part, Macbeth, tells the tragic tale of Macbeth, who, after murdering the king and usurping the throne, is tormented by his conscience and ultimately meets his downfall. Macbeth, misled by the witches' prophecies, kills the king but later discovers he was deceived by them. This leads him from emptiness and fear to the ultimate despair. The third part, King Lear, is a tragedy about King Lear, who, unable to discern truth from falsehood, ultimately faces a fate. The aging and frail King Lear decides to hand over his kingdom to younger, capable rulers. His eldest daughter Goneril and second daughter Regan both deceive him with sweet words to gain a portion of the king's territory. His youngest daughter Cordelia, unable to speak flatteringly, is stripped of her rights. As a result, after Goneril and Regan seize the kingdom, they instead expel King Lear. Cordelia, in the process of avenging her father, dies in prison, and King Lear also dies of grief.