Macbeth By William Shakespeare

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Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare written around 1606, and it is one of the most commonly read and adapted Shakespearean tragedy. Its also the shortest of his authorship. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) the modestly educated writer and actor left behind only plays, which still form the basis of repertory theaters around the world. He also created several symbolic figures of European culture, such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet. He wrote tragedies and comedies. Frequently, he used motifs from the history of England. The theme of Shakespeare's plays is human nature that he wrote without humanistic studies. In people, he often finds a monster rather than an angel. In our more modern version of Macbeth we were challenged to show

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