Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind

As much as I respect Bloom's scholarship, and have enjoyed other of his work, this reader's digest of Macbeth falls short of expectations with very little insightful commentary or analyses scattered in between the long quoted passages. I expected this type of book to be a deep character analysis of Macbeth, but it ended up being a beginner's guide to the play.

I would not recommend this book to fellow scholars who are looking for critical insight into Macbeth. However, this would be a good introductory look at a complex play, and it might make the work more accessible to every day Shakespeare readers and enthusiasts.