Mac Beth                                                                         

By: Megan D'Cunha

Harpier cries: "tis time! Tis time!" Tis time for the three witches of Scotland to fulfill an evil prophesy. The three witches brewing a magic potion that designed to help fulfill the prophesy. Later on, the Scottish King Duncan heard the news about his two generals, Mac Beth and Banquo. They defeated two separate armies in battle. When Mac Beth and Banquo go and meet the King, they come across the three witches. They decided to tell Macbeth and Banquo about the prophesy. The witches told Mac Beth that he will be made Throne of Cawdor, which is a rank of Scottish nobility, and eventually he will be the King of Scotland. Banquo was told that his descendant will become King of Scotland, but not Banquo himself. Mac Beth didn't think that the prophesy was true. Afterwards, a few of the Duncan men arrived. They told Mac Beth that as a reward for his brave performance in battle he has been made Throne of Cawdor.

King Duncan and Mac Beth then started to plan a dinner together at Mac Beth's castle. Once Mac Beth got home, Lady Mac Beth started to convince Mac Beth that he should murder King Duncan so he could take the throne and fulfill the prophesy. At the dinner, Mac Beth and Lady Mac Beth got the kings chamberlain so drunk that they passed out until the next morning. Since the chamberlain were passed out, it was much easier to get to King Duncan. Next, Mac Beth stabs the King in his sleep. He planned to blame the murder on the chamberlain, since they were really drunk, they would not remember much. When the murder got discovered in the morning Mac Beth kills the chamberlains so that he could pretend that he actually killed them because he got angry that they murdered King Duncan. Then, Mac Beth gets crowned King of Scotland. Once he remembered the witches prophesy he also remembered that Banquo's heir would become King of Scotland one day. Mac Beth becomes so paranoid he hires someone to kill Banquo's son Fleance. Instead Banquo gets killed and Fleance escapes.

Banquos ghost visits Mac Beth at a feast on the same night Mac Beth killed him. As a result Mac Beth starts to act crazy in front of all his guests as well as the Scottish nobility. After seeing Mac Beth acting insane, they began to think it wasn't a good idea to have Mac Beth as king. One of them, Mac Duff, then plots to over throw Mac Beth. After, Mac Beth goes to visit the witches. They tell him that he has to beware of Mac Duff that he is incapable of being harmed of any man born of woman and lastly, that he would be safe only until Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane castle. He felt safe because he knew that all men were born of women and that Forests could not move. But he was still worried about Mac Duff and his plot to eliminate the threat. He found out that Mac Duff has gone to England to work on a plan with King Duncan's son Malcolm. The plan was to attack Mac Beth. He ordered that Mac Duff's castle be seized and that his wife and children be killed. Once Mac Duff found out about Mac Beth and his family's murder he vowed to get revenge on Mac Beth. Meanwhile Lady Mac Beth was feeling really guilty after King Duncan's murder. She killed herself in despair. Mac Beth was devastated but still was confident that he doesn't have to feel scared until Mac Duff, Malcolm, and their army approach with branches cut from Birnam wood. Once they approach Mac Beth starts to encounter a vindictive battle with Mac Duff. While fighting Mac Duff said that he was not born of woman, but untimely ripped from his mother's womb. Mac Duff beheads Mac Beth and Malcolm becomes the King of Scotland. Years later, Fleance becomes King of Scotland next.