Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities. Marc Antony comes "to bury Caesar, not to praise him," and his funeral oration unleashes a power struggle among the Roman Empire's mightiest generals and statesmen. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students...

This savage tragedy is one of Shakespeare's most enduringly popular. Told by a trio of witches that he is fated to become King of Scotland, the warrior Macbeth, aided by his wife, in his quest for power murders his king and assumes the throne. The two embark on a guilt-ridden reign of terror.

Republication of the English translation by E.D.A. Morshead under the title: "The House of Atreus" in "Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes" (v. 8 of The Harvard classics), 1909. Agamemnon -- The libation-bearers -- The furies.