Specifically designed for students, Oxford School Shakespeare is a best-selling series ideal for contextual reading and exam preparation. Oxford School Shakespeare: Macbeth is presented in an accessible format and offers clear notes, detailed explanations and a range illustrations.
Oxford School Shakespeare: Macbeth - Bestselling GCSE Student Edition
The Oxford School Shakespeare series is trusted by teachers and loved by students worldwide. This bestselling student edition of Macbeth is designed to make Shakespeare accessible, engaging, and fully supported in the classroom or at home.
Packed with clear on-page notes, helpful illustrations, and authoritative academic insight, it is ideal for GCSE and secondary students aged 11+ across all exam boards.
Key Themes Covered
This edition explores essential ideas needed to understand Macbeth's character, including:
¿ Macbeth as the noble warrior
¿ The power and consequences of ambition
¿ Macbeth's approach and relationship to murder
¿ Macbeth the tyrant
¿ Macbeth's downfall and defeat
Key Features
¿ Accessible notes and commentary to support understanding
¿ Clear two-column layout for quick reference and explanations
¿ Wide margins for effective annotation and note-taking
¿ Additional background material, reading lists, and website recommendations
¿ Contextual and explanatory illustrations throughout
Free Bonus Resources
Includes access to a free teaching pack and 'Shakespeare in Context' video resources filmed at Shakespeare's Globe. Simply scan the QR code on the back of the book.
Suitable For
¿ Students aged 11+
¿ All UK exam boards (GCSE and KS3)
The Oxford School Shakespeare series includes over 20 of Shakespeare's plays, as well as revision resources for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.
The book contains not only the script of the play, but also very good summaries of all the scenes and characters. Before purchasing this Oxford version of what must rank as one of Shakespeare's greatest and well known plays, I looked at a number of different versions of the play, but it was this one that stood out above all others. For example, it is slightly wider than other versions and has plenty of space on each page so that notes can be written in the margins alongside the script. This is an excellent version of the play and ideal for class study. Highly recommended.
