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Macbeth
Tragedy — a play, written around 1606William Shakespeare
A successful soldier is told he will be king. Instead of waiting, he murders the king who trusts him. The rest of the play is what that choice does to him.
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Novella, published 1843Charles Dickens
A rich, cold-hearted man is visited by four ghosts in one night. Each one forces him to look at his own life — his past, his present, and where he is heading. By morning he is a changed man.
Open A Christmas CarolAn Inspector Calls
A play in three acts, written in 1945, set in 1912J. B. Priestley
A wealthy family is celebrating an engagement when a police inspector arrives. He tells them a young woman has just killed herself — and, one by one, shows that everyone in the room played a part in her death.
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Anthology and unseenPower and Conflict · Unseen Poetry Skills
Understand each poem first, then learn to compare in six small steps with scaffolds that fade as you get stronger.
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