Lady Macbeth is said to be cunning by other characters throughout the book, but she never displays these clever ways. On the contrary, all that she seems to do is watch over her son and pace back ...

The cast of characters in Macbeth is not particularly large but each has an important part to play in the unfolding drama. Many of the characters are from the Scottish ruling class. Other ...

But in revisiting the play via Bloom's recent book, I found myself occasionally granting Tolstoy's points. The witches prophesy that "none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth," who is eventually killed ...

Gallery Books. Who hasn’t wondered at one time ... Hopping from year to year helps the reader to engage with the characters on a personal level. Readers who enjoy a good old-fashioned romance ...

However, Ava Reid's "Lady Macbeth" offers a different perspective on Shakespeare’s tale, one that surprised me at first but grew on me as I connected to the character. "Lady Macbeth" is an ...

Paste: Lady Macbeth is my favorite character in all of Shakespeare, so I cannot tell you how excited I am for this book! What about her story spoke to you as a writer? What did you want most to ...

Val McDermid PIC: Lisa Ferguson / The Scotsman Macbeth is a necessary hero, treated with some liking as he is presented to us through Gruoch’s eyes, but no more that a cardboard character ...

His play centers on the title character's inner turmoil. Power and guilt are woven into Macbeth's dilemma and ... delivering a book that plays off of Shakespeare's work but succeeds as his own.