Macbeth
A Summary by Holly
 Tuesday, April-10-12
This wonderful play is set in Scotland, where three witches are found brewing a magic potion designed to help fulfill an evil prophesy. As they chant famous words, let me introduce you to the other characters. Macbeth and Banquo are Scottish military generals who have currently defeated two separate armies in battle. King Duncan is the king of Scotland. Lady Macbeth is of course Macbeth's spouse. I'm assuming that Macduff is a royal guest at the dinner that plans to overthrow Macbeth. There is also Banquo's son Fleance and King Duncan's son Malcolm.
In the beginning of Macbeth, the two generals Macbeth and Banquo are on their way to meet the king. As they journey to meet the royalty, they come across three witches. The three witches tell Macbeth that
he is soon to be king of Scotland and that Banquo's descendent will become king of Scotland. Some of the Duncan's men arrived soon after that, and as an award for his brave performance in battle; Macbeth has
indeed been made Thane of Cawdor. For some reason, Lady Macbeth convinced Macbeth to murder king Duncan and take the thrown for himself. Which he did. Macbeth planned to murder King Duncan in his sleep, blame it on the chamberlains and kill the chamberlains just to say he killed them out of anger for "killing" the king. At one dinner, Banquo's ghost haunted Macbeth to act insane. Macduff (one of the guests) wanted to overthrow Macbeth. Lady Macbeth killed herself because of her guilt in convincing Macbeth to kill King Duncan. In theend, Macduff beheads Macbeth in battle and King Duncan's son Malcolm becomes king of Scotland. In later years, Banquo's son Fleance becomes king. All the witches' prophecies were fulfilled.
I think this all happened because of immaturity. Why would you kill someone just for the thrown? Especially when you don't even have a problem with the king. That person was somebody's husband, brother, son, uncle, or even cousin; and you killed them over their spot? How inconsiderate. I don't think Macbeth would like to be killed in his sleep. I don't think the chamberlains enjoyed it either. Macbeth got his karma from Macduff, but one day Macduff will get his karma. Whatgoes around, comes around.