Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels)

By SparkNotes and Ken Hoshine

Read MACBETH in graphic-novel form—with NO FEAR! 
NOW IN COLOR!
 
Based on the No Fear Shakespeare translations, this dynamic graphic novel—now with color added—is impossible to put down. The illustrations are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and appealing to teens.
 
Includes:
- An illustrated cast of characters
- A helpful plot summary
- Illustrations that show the reader exactly what’s happening in each scene—making the plot and characters clear and easy to follow
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: SparkNotes
• Release date: Aug 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9781411479913

Book preview

ALSO IN THE NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE GRAPHIC NOVELS SERIES:

HAMLET

ROMEO AND JULIET

Macbeth

ILLUSTRATED BY KEN HOSHINE

SPARKNOTES AND NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE

ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF SPARKNOTES LLC.

© 2008 SPARK PUBLISHING

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ISBN 978-1-4114-7991-3

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COVER DESIGN BY ELIZABETH LINDY

Contents

Acknowledgments

Characters

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Act V

About the Artist

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK NINA RASTOGI, GREG JOHNSON, KEVIN BAIER,

Reviews for Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels)

[koryd-2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

“But crimes such as these always have punishments in this world, in that our violence simply teaches bloody lessons to others…and then those students return to plague their teachers.”(no page numbers)Shakespeare’s timeless and bloody tragedy, Macbeth, is featured in this manga-style graphic novel. Elizabethan English is substituted for a more accessible modern day translation in this story of the treacherous and ambitious Macbeth and his rise to power in medieval Scotland. In staying quite true to the original play, he will do almost anything to gain and maintain his power…however fleeting and terrorizing it may be. I always enjoy Shakespeare and I liked delving into this version. The story is told in modern English dialogue making it easy to follow. The illustrations are very character-centered, but I thought that the black-and-white diminished the impact of the story in that I didn’t find it as dynamic or frightening. It would be a great complementary piece to use in a high school English class as a way to help students further understand the story or to help struggling readers to connect with the power of the story without getting hung up on the language and conventions. No matter the platform, the Bard strikes gold again!

[acharters_3 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The illustrations are fairly atrocious, but the book is a good source of a modern English translation.