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The Tragedy of Macbeth

English BooksWhale Edition by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's stark tragedy of prophecy, murder, conscience, and the political ruin born from unchecked ambition.

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

In The Tragedy of Macbeth, a victorious Scottish general hears a prophecy, seizes power through murder, and is consumed by fear, guilt, and further bloodshed. Shakespeare compresses kingship, temptation, supernatural suggestion, and psychological collapse into one of the darkest and most forceful tragedies in English drama.

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William Shakespeare died in 1616, and The Tragedy of Macbeth was first published in 1623. These dates support the public-domain basis for this English original-language edition.

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ACT I

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Thunder and Lightning. Enter three Witches.

FIRST WITCH. When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

SECOND WITCH. When the hurlyburly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.

THIRD WITCH. That will be ere the set of sun.

FIRST WITCH. Where the place?

SECOND WITCH. Upon the heath.

THIRD WITCH. There to meet with Macbeth.

FIRST WITCH. I come, Graymalkin!

SECOND WITCH. Paddock calls.

THIRD WITCH. Anon.

ALL. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.

[_Exeunt._]

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02ACT I
  3. 03SCENE I. An open Place.
  4. 04SCENE II. A Camp near Forres.
  5. 05SCENE III. A heath.
  6. 06SCENE IV. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
  7. 07SCENE V. Inverness. A Room in Macbeth’s Castle.
  8. 08SCENE VI. The same. Before the Castle.
  9. 09SCENE VII. The same. A Lobby in the Castle.
  10. 10ACT II
  11. 11SCENE I. Inverness. Court within the Castle.
  12. 12SCENE II. The same.
  13. 13SCENE III. The same.
  14. 14SCENE IV. The same. Without the Castle.
  15. 15ACT III
  16. 16SCENE I. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
  17. 17SCENE II. The same. Another Room in the Palace.
  18. 18SCENE III. The same. A Park or Lawn, with a gate leading to the Palace.
  19. 19SCENE IV. The same. A Room of state in the Palace.
  20. 20SCENE V. The heath.
  21. 21SCENE VI. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
  22. 22ACT IV
  23. 23SCENE I. A dark Cave. In the middle, a Cauldron Boiling.
  24. 24SCENE II. Fife. A Room in Macduff’s Castle.
  25. 25SCENE III. England. Before the King’s Palace.
  26. 26ACT V
  27. 27SCENE I. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
  28. 28SCENE II. The Country near Dunsinane.
  29. 29SCENE III. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
  30. 30SCENE IV. Country near Dunsinane: a Wood in view.
  31. 31SCENE V. Dunsinane. Within the castle.
  32. 32SCENE VI. The same. A Plain before the Castle.
  33. 33SCENE VII. The same. Another part of the Plain.
  34. 34SCENE VIII. The same. Another part of the field.

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