OVERVIEWWritten by American poet and novelist Marge Piercy, “A Work of Artifice” was published in her 1999 collection The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems with a Jewish Theme. The poem is an examp...
Summary: Act 5: Scene 1
At night, in the king’s palace at Dunsinane, a doctor and a gentlewoman discuss Lady Macbeth’s
strange habit of sleepwalking. Suddenly, Lady Macbeth e...
Summary: Act 4: Scene 1
In a dark cavern, a bubbling cauldron hisses and spits, and the three witches
suddenly appear onstage. They circle the cauldron, chanting spells and
adding bizarre ing...
Summary: Act 3: Scene 4
Onstage stands a table heaped with a feast. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
enter as king and queen, followed by their court, whom they bid
welcome. As Macbeth walks among th...
Summary: Act 3: Scene 1
In the royal palace at Forres, Banquo paces and thinks about the coronation of Macbeth and the prophecies of the weird sisters. The witches
foretold that Macbeth would ...
OVERVIEWWritten by American poet and novelist Marge Piercy, “A Work of Artifice” was published in her 1999 collection The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems with a Jewish Theme. The poem is an examp...
Summary: Act 5: Scene 1
At night, in the king’s palace at Dunsinane, a doctor and a gentlewoman discuss Lady Macbeth’s
strange habit of sleepwalking. Suddenly, Lady Macbeth e...
Summary: Act 4: Scene 1
In a dark cavern, a bubbling cauldron hisses and spits, and the three witches
suddenly appear onstage. They circle the cauldron, chanting spells and
adding bizarre ing...
Summary: Act 3: Scene 4
Onstage stands a table heaped with a feast. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
enter as king and queen, followed by their court, whom they bid
welcome. As Macbeth walks among th...
Summary: Act 3: Scene 1
In the royal palace at Forres, Banquo paces and thinks about the coronation of Macbeth and the prophecies of the weird sisters. The witches
foretold that Macbeth would ...
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