Has anybody read or seen "Macbeth"?
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It's been awhile since I've read "Macbeth".  I hope this helps:\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/
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I have read the book and I just saw the movie last night. I am a christian; however, I have read scripture and other religously based works, both fiction and non-fiction regarding almost every known religion in the world. I am a christian by choice, not because it is the only religion I have ever been exposed to or know anything about. \n\nThat said, I loved the book and thought the movie was way underwritten. Definately worth seeing, but the screenplay was terrible and character development was absent. How, people knew what they knew and when they knew it was absurd. And the stupidity (you don't have to let everyone know about your change in flight plans immediately after you decide to change them. You don't buy train tickets on a credit card when your running from the cops....) started to get annoying. The movie sped up when it should of slowed down and left things in that could have been omitted. On the other hand it also had a kindergardenish way of over explaining when it should have moved on (like the mansion scene). This may be okay for those who haven't read the book or aren't aware of who Mary Magdalene was.\n \nI didn't think it was boring, but I'm into this kind of material a lot. As for the fictional/nonfictional status. definately fictional, and I don't say this because it conflict with the Holy Bible whose origins and completeness have its own host of questions. To me, it just doesn't make sense for God to leave a bloodline through Jesus.  It makes sense for Jesus to have a wife or a 'companion' as much as it makes sense for any Jewish carpenter to have a wife. Was this fact entirely omited during the assembly of the Holy Bible???? Possibly.  Just one of many questions. I think the Da Vinci Code is a 'what if' type of work that does not try to affend anyone, but have fun with this question.\n\nI'll tell you what....What if...through DNA testing they found out that Mohammed suffered from severe BiPolar disorder? Imagine the Hoopla that movie would stir.\n\nExplore life...spread peace.
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare\n\nhttp://www.elook.org/literature/shakespeare/macbeth/\n\nAn Introduction to Macbeth \n\nThe Symbolic Pattern\n\nhttp://www.eastdonsc.vic.edu.au/home/pgardner/teaching/Macbeth_notes.html\n\nI have found 13 summaries for you to look at, click the link below. I have included a short extract to give you a taste of what the reviews have to offer and they’re FREE..!!!\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=251\n\nhttp://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=Macbeth\n\nhttp://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xMacbeth.html\n\nhttp://www.clicknotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.schoolbytes.com/summary.php?id=422\n\nAn analysis of the play by Shakespeare\n\nhttp://www.theatrehistory.com/british/macbeth001.html\n\nProtagonist \n\nMacbeth as the personification of greed and resulting evil. He kills the king to seize the throne for himself and continues to murder to protect himself from discovery. \n\nAntagonist \n\nHis conscience and guilt, which are his undoing (and the forces of good at work) \n\nhttp://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmMacbeth04.asp\n\nMacbeth Literary Analysis\n\nhttp://www.freeessays.cc/db/42/sra201.shtml\n\nEnjoying "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare\n\nhttp://www.pathguy.com/macbeth.htm\n\nMacbeth Symbolism, take inspiration from this essay and beware of plagiarism.\n\nhttp://www.freeessays.cc/db/42/sra216.shtml\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Are you working on anything else beside Macbeth
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Look at the Stratford-upon-Avon website they had a whole section on Shakespeare, when i was researching him.  Or buy one of his plays in the Arden edition books, they are really good, i use them they really help me.
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To please James Ist of England and 4th of Scotland who had recently succeeded Elizabeth. The play includes\na. witchcraft which James hed written on in a short book.\nb. 'proof' that James was the legitimate air of Banquo in the play in the witches' pronouncememnts: the line of kings reflected in the glass represents James' ancestors.\nc. A scene showing the healing powers of being a good king. Note the allusions of sickness surrounding Macbeth with the air of goodness around Banquo and Malcolm.(English scenes, Act 4). Note also the play includes two physicians. Goodness, health and a legal King go together.\nIn the unstable situation following the huge succession doubts at the end of E1R's reign, a play demonstrating James right to rule would have been warmly welcomed.\nThe irony that James was certainly dissolute, probably homosexual and certainly not a nice person means he certainly needed all the help he could get (and no one wanted a return to the ping-pong religious faddists pre-Elizabeth.)\nThe chaos and evil Shakespeare generates in this play : unparalleled in his output, may hold up the mirror to England of what an Unstable government might mean, especially as the gunpowder plot had tried to do just this.
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"In 1605 a group angry Catholics in England plotted to kill King James I. Believing him to be tyrannical for upholding the recently deceased Queen Elizabeth I's anti-Catholic legislation, they planned to blow up Parliament on the day it opened. \n\nThe plot failed and the schemers were executed. However, what resulted from this attempted assassination of the king was extreme unrest among the citizens of England. Treason became something tangible. \n\nCould anyone be trusted? Could the king be trusted? Partially in response to this political intrigue, around 1606 Shakespeare wrote one of his bloodiest tragedies, Macbeth, to be performed at the court of King James I."
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Yeah i saw it! But i don't know what you're looking for exactly, a review?!! summary?!! or what? So i'm just gonnna tell you what i thought of it .. \nIt was a nice experience because its not like every other romantic comedy we usually see, the story is weird in a way which is what made the movie interesting, a bit funny, and gives a different perspective on love and marriage ...
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I think it's pretty good.  There's definitely good description, even though I don't really follow the story.  That's is probably because I didn't read the part before it.  Maybe you want to put the entire thing on here so it is easier to get revisions.  Good luck!
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Yes! i have read it, its very much like the Kings James version.
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Yeah, I saw it. \nAt the time that I saw it, I was very freaked! But I've seen it a few times since then, and it kind of turns into more of a mystery rather than a horror.\nI don't watch too many horror movies, but this one I can actually stand. It's really good, and it has an excellent plot.\n\n*I see dead people. . .*
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I think that they should be read. Granted, yes, some of the scenes are a bit "racy" but they are great works of literature. But they are accurate as far as human actions go (though Romeo and Juliet were just stupid in my opinion) Anyone who has not read any Shakespeare will be missing out. He was a uniquely clever genius of comedic relief, irony, and double meanings.
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I liked it - saw it Friday, having read the book it hurt the suspense of the movie ( that happens when you know the end), but it was pretty true to book.\nCharacters fit their parts well. It isn't Lord of the Rings but it as good as any movie I have seen this year. Of course, it has been an off year. Everyone complaints on the religions view need to remember it is fiction, there is not a middle earth where they make monsters either - but it did not mean I was not entertained by Lord of the Rings. That is why they call it fiction. My husband & I liked it. (and no one in theater went to bathroom during 2-1/2 hr movie usually means it interesting)
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I loved it.\n\nI've heard that even people who never saw the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" also liked it.
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If you enjoyed the book, you'll like the movie.  they are very similar.  I would recommend seeing it in the theater if possible.  I think all good movies are better in the theater.  But do NOT take your baby!  \n\nIf you can't get out anytime soon though, you may as well save some money and wait for the DVD. \n\nI don't think you'll be disappointed w/the movie though.  Ian McKellan is excellent as Teabing!\n\nAnd just to comment on the person above me...I think it totally depends on where you live and how many showings your theater has.  For me, some showings were sold out, but I just walked up 10 min. before the movie started and was able to get tickets for my showing.  I haven't NOT been able to get tickets for a movie I wanted to see in like 2 years...since less people go to the movies these days.
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i have read the book, and i thought that it was brilliant, as for the film it looks a bit dated now so i have not seen it, i think the reason why its so popular is that it was banned for so long and it caused a lot of hype.\n\nread the book, twice, it great
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I read a translation of the Illiad this summer.  and I thouhg it was pretty good.  You just have to get the translation that isn't as long. I'd say the storyline etc was 5 out of 5.  a bit of a challenge to read it but you just have to get yourself in the right mindset.