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You're looking for information on Shakespeare on the Internet.

Before we begin with Macbeth, let us first pause a moment to remember Will. For if it was not for him, you wouldn't have to be doing this essay in the first place.

I've only started with the basics, and if you find anything more interesting just e-mail me. BUT for heaven's sake please do not send your essay or homework questions for me to answer. Don't waste email space! I won't answer your email!

Many teachers know about this site and the information that is contained in the links that run from my page. By a request I have started to post their names and high schools with my site. If you are a teacher you can add your name just by emailing me, if you are a student you can check out the page. In case you were wondering, there are no links to papermills or other sites of that sort.


General Information on Shakespeare

Online Shakespeare. Don't pass by this site. Not only does it have info on the man himself but has tons of information on his plays (including character profiles) and sonnets.

PBS (WGBH Boston) has a extensive site on the Shakespearen authorship issue. Impress your parents by visiting the site!

Need the basics? A beginner's guide to the debate about the authorship of the "Shakespeare's" plays.

This page had a little bit of everything....including pictures, information on clans, the real Lord Macbeth story, and the script.

The debate continues....who really wrote Macbeth?

General information on Shakespeare from Shakespeare.com.


General Study Guides for MacBeth

All Shakespeare.com's guide to MacBeth....quotes, essays and plot summaries!

You don't need Cliff Notes, you need PinkMonkey.com

Sparknotes! An online study guide done for students by students! Has everything you could want including message boards and suggested further reading!

Amazing questions to test your knowledge on the play. You can email the author for the answers.

Clicknotes for only the first two Acts of the play. you can subscribe to this service and get the rest of the play...A must see!

A novel guide to Macbeth. This site includes a quote list, metaphor anaylsis and character information.

Brought to you by TheatreHistory.com. Oh my. If you need more general information about Shakespeare check out the other essays they have listed.

A very large page called Birnam Woods on the Net. It's got just about everything here including quizzes and character information. I wouldn't pass by this site.

Macbeth Unplugged! An award winning web site with a load of information on the play, characters and themes.

More Macbeth from the folks participating in ThinkQuest! This site has vocabulary, quizzes, plot summaries and essay ideas!

Mcbeth plain and simple as brought to you by the PathGuy. It loads as one full page so it may take awhile.

Absolute Shakespeare's Study Guide for MacBeth includes textual explanations and commentary on scenes.

A site with all the basics, and a really annoying background.


Character Information

Ye olde essay topic of Lord Macbeth as a tragic hero.

So the family had issues...doesn't everyone? Here is a Freud-like take on the Macbeth family.

A little history of the actual MacBeth family and then some character outlines of the folks from Shakespeare's play.


Author's Tool Kit

A student essay on Macbeth, dealing with the topic of irony and symbolism.

Ever wonder if Macbeth was really a satire in hiding? Well wonder no longer! An essay exploring Macbeth as a satire and a tragedy.

Darkness....does it scare you too?! Well it brings about chaos in the play.

Attitudes change during the play. Check out this essay on the topic.


Texts

Online version of the entire play thanks to MIT.

Forgot the text in your locker? Macbeth online!

Don't want to read the play? How about listening to it in Real Audio format?

Famous quotes from the play from Barlett's.

An online version of A.C. Bradley's Shakespearen Traegdy. The best you could ask for.

A short and sweet summary of the play.

A few noteworthy criticisms about Shakespeare's play. There's a whole index, not just Macbeth, so GO NUTS!


Other Stuff

Glamis Castle as it stands now, and some history about one of it's more famous Lords.

A bunch of paintings that illustrate Macbeth, but none of Macbeth's head...pity.

Macbeth artwork. Comic panels of Macbeth's adventures.

Macbeth as reviewed by Mortimer the sock monkey.

The witching animals of Macbeth from National Geographic.

Star Wars: Macbeth! A 17 minute video, in many formats, which had me laughing!

Wikipedia's entry for Macbeth.

A guide to the production of Macbeth which includes notes from the scene designer, costume designer and the sound designer.

A guide to proper Elizabethan accents which all should know. Good morrow.



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