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Timeless Shakespeare were expressly designed to help readers with limited reading ability gain access to some of the world’s greatest literature. This book series retains the essence and stylistic “flavor” of the original.
Macbeth is amazed when three witches prophesy that he will be the next King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth can’t wait! Without considering tragic consequences, she takes matters into her own bloody hands.
“I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep!’” (Act II, Scene I)
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (Act V, Scene V)
Including:
● Introduction and Cast of Characters ● MP3 Audio Recording
Timeless Shakespeare Series:
1.Hamlet
2.Romeo and Juliet
3.Julius Caesar
4.Macbeth
5.King Lear
6.The Tempest
7.The Merchant of Venice
8.Othello
9.A Midsummer Night’s Dream
10.Twelfth Night
當三名女巫預言馬克白將成為下任蘇格蘭國王時，馬克白詫異不已。但馬克白夫人毫無耐心，在完全沒有考慮到悲慘後果的狀況下，她用血淋淋的雙手策畫了一切……
“I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep!’”
我聽見有個聲音大喊：「別再睡了！馬克白已謀殺了睡眠！」(Act II, Scene I)
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
人生只是行走的陰影，在舞台上焦躁踱步的拙劣演員，爾後便乏人問津。這是一個由白癡在敘述的故事，充滿了喧囂和憤怒，毫無意義可言。(Act V, Scene V)
莎翁名劇雋永優美，細膩的角色刻畫讓故事穿越文化與時空，引起廣大世人的迴響與共鳴。本書為英國文豪莎士比亞的著名劇作改寫，並保留劇本格式。經過精心改寫的文字，使莎劇簡明易懂又不失文學內涵，適合英語學習者閱讀，不再受古英文之苦，輕鬆享受閱讀經典的樂趣。
本書附有
● 故事簡介和人物介紹 ● 中文翻譯 ● 全文朗讀MP3
《永恆的莎士比亞劇本改寫》套書
11.《哈姆雷特》Hamlet
12.《羅密歐與茱麗葉》Romeo and Juliet
13.《凱撒大帝》Julius Caesar
14.《馬克白》Macbeth
15.《李爾王》King Lear
16.《暴風雨》The Tempest
17.《威尼斯商人》The Merchant of Venice
18.《奧賽羅》Othello
19.《仲夏夜之夢》A Midsummer Night’s Dream
20.《第十二夜》Twelfth Night
作者簡介
威廉．莎士比亞 William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare（1564－1616）
威廉．莎士比亞出生於英國，被公認是英國文學史和戲劇史上最傑出的詩人和劇作家。父親在他十三歲時因經商失敗而破產，他因此無法上大學。他十八歲時娶了大他八歲的Anne Hathaway，育有三名小孩。莎士比亞在1590年成為劇作家，起初只是模仿別的作家寫故事，藉此磨練寫作技巧，後來他越漸歡迎，最後成為成功的演員與劇作家。
莎士比亞擅於刻畫人物心理，運用生動的戲劇語言扣動讀者心弦，他的故事結構嚴謹、情節豐富多元，更富含人生哲理。他一生共寫了37部作品，可分成四個時期：歷史劇、喜劇、悲劇和浪漫喜悲劇。其中四大悲劇：《哈姆雷特》、《奧賽羅》、《李爾王》和《馬克白》寫於悲劇時期。這些戲劇故事在世界各地不斷地改編、上演，數百年來雋永不朽，為他贏得最偉大的劇作家的聲譽。
Introduction
Cast of Characters
Act 1 Scene 1 ｜ Scene 2 ｜ Scene 3 ｜ Scene 4 ｜ Scene 5 ｜ Scene 6 ｜ Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 1 ｜ Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1 ｜ Scene 2 ｜ Scene 3 ｜ Scene 4 ｜ Scene 5
Act 4 Scene 1 ｜ Scene 2 ｜ Scene 3
Act 5 Scene 1 ｜ Scene 2 ｜ Scene 3 ｜ Scene 4 ｜ Scene 5｜Scene 6 ｜ Scene 7 ｜ Scene 8
Literary Glossary
