Friday, May 20, 2011

No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic 219 page play (Double pages makes it  438 pages. Translated to plain English by Sparknotes, No Fear Shakespeare puts the original text of Macbeth and translates it side by side modern text. I would suggest reading through the original part first, then going back and reading the translated part. Like Hamlet, one thing leads to another person dying. In the end, eight people total died. Three witches try to comfort Macbeth when he returns from a war, but they do not really. The general, Banquo is predicted by the witches that he will become king. Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan. Lady Macbeth then puts Duncan's blood on the swords of the sleeping guards. Macduff discovers Duncan's body and Macbeth kills the guards saying that they obviously murdered Duncan. Macbeth then becomes king. Lady Macbeth then starts to go crazy and kills herself. Then Macduff kills Macbeth and Macduff becomes king.

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