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Professor Attempts to Repair Macbeth's Image

NPR | By Melissa Block
Published February 7, 2005 at 11:00 PM CST

Melissa Block talks with John Beatty, who teaches a course on Shakespeare's Macbeth at Brooklyn College, about his efforts to rehabilitate the Scottish king's image. Macbeth is portrayed in Shakespeare's play as bloodthirsty, but Beatty says history suggests he was a respected king.

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