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[ muh k-beth , mak- ] SHOW IPA
/ məkˈbɛθ, mæk- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun died 1057, king of Scotland 1040–57.
(italics ) a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare.
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Example sentences from the Web for Macbeth I remember being like, “I want to do Shakespeare,” and she suggested Macbeth .
Shakespeare Comes to Hulu with ‘Complete Works’ | Marina Watts| June 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
When I arrived for my audience with Soldera, the story had segued from Macbeth to Characters in Search of an Author.
Brunello’s King Lear: Gianfranco Soldera Reflects on the Attack on His Wine | Alice Feiring| December 8, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Someone will be doing a Macbeth next year and set it in a parking garage in Istanbul and it will make perfect sense.
Ethan Hawke On His Murderous, Seductive Turn as Macbeth | Janice Kaplan| November 23, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The witches generally represent some version of the Fates and make Macbeth believe that life is preordained.
Ethan Hawke On His Murderous, Seductive Turn as Macbeth | Janice Kaplan| November 23, 2013| DAILY BEAST
This Macbeth —electrifying, rich, and strange—exists as an irresistible complement to canonical stagings.
Madbeth: Alan Cumming Plays Almost Every Role in “Macbeth”
| Liesl Schillinger| April 23, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Macbeth went to him, and showed him the door of the King's room.
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare | E. Nesbit
With Macbeth , I am ready to exclaim, “May that pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendar!”
A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres | George Thomas Love
So too with the opera "Macbeth ," written a few years after the composition of the symphony, when the composer was twenty-four.
Musical Portraits | Paul Rosenfeld
What capital, were it even in London, could rumble around it as tumultuously as Macbeth 's perturbed soul?
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The rehearsals for "Macbeth " were very exhausting, but they were splendid to watch.
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British Dictionary definitions for Macbeth noun died 1057, king of Scotland (1040–57): succeeded Duncan, whom he killed in battle; defeated and killed by Duncan's son Malcolm III
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Cultural definitions for Macbeth A tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which the Scottish nobleman Macbeth, misled by the prophecy of three witches and goaded on by his wife, murders the king and usurps the throne. Well-known lines from the play include “Lay on, Macduff” and “Out, damned spot!”
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