| Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy) | 
 enlarge | Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 18178
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st U.S.
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0812035712
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780812035711
ASIN: 0812035712
Publication Date: April 1, 1985
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 You'll get Shakespeare after reading this May 21, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My World Literature professor suggested the "Shakespeare Made Easy" series after I told her that I would have difficulty understanding the Bard. I not only (finally!) understood what was happening but, in the future, will buy the other books in the series to do some serious catching up on Shakespeare.
The translation was in Modern English but what will surprise the reader is that many things haven't changed from Olde English. As you're reading the Modern English version, take the few seconds to look at the corresponding Olde English (on the left) and see how much you can understand.
In any case, the price is just right for this book and you'll come away with a deeper knowledge and much appreciation for Shakespeare after you're done. - Donna Di Giacomo
Modern MacBeth above the Rest March 10, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very helpful, affordable, and clear. Helped in more ways than I thought.
 Suits our needs March 28, 2004
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
I won't even attempt to critique Shakespeare's work, as some have done here. I'm not reviewing MacBeth, but this particular version of it. As a homeschooling Mom with three highschool students, the only way we could get through Shakespeare's works is by having a copy of Shakespeare Made Easy on hand. As it is, we completed 5 plays this year - all done orally, with each of us taking several parts. While I think it's important that my kids read Shakespeare in it's original format (and they did), I had the Shakespeare Made Easy translation handy so that I could give simple, concise explanations whenever they just didn't "get it". I recommend these books for that purpose - not for the watered down versions of these classics, but to make them understandable to the average student who might otherwise find Shakespeare's works boring and a waste of time (as many students do).
 Yucketh May 3, 2003
7 out of 23 found this review helpful
This version is horrible. I was looking for one of those Shakespeare versions that footnoted the words and phrases you didn't understand, so you could piece together the meaning yourself. Instead, this version gives you very a very simplistic interpretation of the text, every step of the way. I wouldn't recommend this edition to anyone.
Nice translation of Macbeth December 17, 2001
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is a nice translation from Shakespeare's language in Macbeth to the modern easy to read language of today. As a student myself, I recommend this book to other students studying Macbeth, if they feel they do not understand exact phrases from the play. If you are already good at 'translating' the lines from the play i do not recommend this book as strongly...... but still........ it helped me a great deal with my assignments.
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