Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a dark and powerful tragedy of ambition, prophecy, guilt, and moral collapse.
After hearing a prophecy from three mysterious witches, Macbeth begins to imagine himself as king of Scotland. Encouraged by Lady Macbeth and driven by desire for power, he commits murder to seize the throne. But the crown brings no peace. Fear, suspicion, tyranny, and madness consume both Macbeth and his wife as their actions unleash consequences they can no longer control.
First performed in the early seventeenth century, Macbeth remains one of Shakespeare's most intense and concentrated tragedies. Its language is filled with darkness, blood, hallucination, and supernatural dread, while its central drama explores how ambition can corrupt conscience and destroy the self.
A masterpiece of world theatre, this play continues to fascinate readers and audiences with its psychological force, unforgettable imagery, and terrifying vision of power without moral restraint.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was een Engels toneelschrijver en dichter. Hij wordt door velen beschouwd als de beste schrijver die Engeland ooit heeft voortgebracht. Shakespeare schreef 38 tragedies, koningsdrama's en komedies. Daarnaast schreef hij 154 sonnetten en een aantal langere gedichten.
Over het algemeen is men het er over eens dat de meeste van de aan hem toegeschreven stukken zijn geschreven in de periode 1585–1610.
