The Tragedy of Macbeth

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf play
gptkbp:adaptation film adaptation
ballet adaptation
opera adaptation
gptkbp:character gptkb:Macduff
Duncan
The Witches
Banquo
gptkbp:conflict internal conflict
external conflict
gptkbp:criticalReception widely studied
performed frequently
adapted into various media
gptkbp:culturalImpact popular culture
literary references
film references
music references
gptkbp:finish tragic ending
gptkbp:genre tragedy
gptkbp:hasPerformance 1606
gptkbp:historicalContext Jacobean era
political commentary
regicide
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Tragedy of Macbeth
gptkbp:influence Western literature
theater
gptkbp:language Early Modern English
gptkbp:legacy remains a staple in theater repertoire
influenced countless adaptations
considered_one_of_Shakespeare's_greatest_works
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Lady_Macbeth
Macbeth
gptkbp:motif loyalty
deception
prophecy
supernatural
gptkbp:notableQuote Is this a dagger which I see before me?
Out, out brief candle!
Double, double toil and trouble.
gptkbp:performance Shakespearean theater
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:structureType five acts
gptkbp:symbolism darkness
blood
weather
gptkbp:theme fate
ambition
guilt
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:William_Shakespeare