Macbeth

E127294

play tragedy

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Scottish nobleman’s bloody rise to power after a prophecy and his own unchecked ambition drive him to murder and tyranny.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Macbeth canonical	50
The Tragedy of Macbeth	8
Macbeth (stage production)	3
Macbeth by William Shakespeare	2
The Three Witches	2
"Macbeth" (tragedy by William Shakespeare)	1
"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare	1
Act 1 of Macbeth	1
Macbeth (Broadway production)	1
Macbeth (RSC stage production)	1
Macbeth (play)	1
Macbeth (stage performance)	1
Macbeth (stage performances)	1
Macbeth (stage)	1
Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5	1
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5	1
Shakespeare’s Macbeth	1
Shakespeare’s Macbeth (as Glamis)	1
Shakespeare’s tragedy "Macbeth"	1
William Shakespeare's Macbeth	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
author	William Shakespeare ⓘ
basedOn	historical figure Macbeth, King of Scotland ⓘ
centralConflict	Macbeth’s ambition versus moral order ⓘ
character	Banquo ⓘ Fleance ⓘ Hecate ⓘ King Duncan ⓘ Lennox ⓘ Macduff ⓘ Malcolm ⓘ Porter ⓘ Ross ⓘ Macbeth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Three Witches
climax	Macduff kills Macbeth ⓘ
compositionPeriod	1603–1606 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
dramaticForm	blank verse ⓘ verse drama ⓘ
famousLine	“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” ⓘ “Is this a dagger which I see before me” ⓘ “Out, damned spot!” ⓘ “Out, out, brief candle!” ⓘ “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” ⓘ
firstPerformanceApproximateDate	1606 ⓘ
genre	tragedy ⓘ
hasSupernaturalElement	prophetic witches ⓘ visions and apparitions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	English Renaissance drama ⓘ surface form: Elizabethan drama English Renaissance drama ⓘ surface form: Jacobean drama
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance ⓘ
mainCharacter	Lady Macbeth ⓘ Macbeth self-link ⓘ
notableScene	Banquo’s ghost banquet scene ⓘ dagger soliloquy ⓘ sleepwalking scene ⓘ
resolution	Malcolm becomes King of Scotland ⓘ
settingLocation	Scotland ⓘ
settingPeriod	11th century ⓘ
structure	five acts ⓘ
theme	ambition ⓘ appearance versus reality ⓘ fate versus free will ⓘ guilt ⓘ masculinity and gender roles ⓘ supernatural ⓘ the corrupting influence of power ⓘ tyranny ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

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Ian McKellen → notableWork → Macbeth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macbeth (stage performances)

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subject surface form: Glamis Castle

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Brian Blessed → notableWork → Macbeth ⓘ

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