SUMMARY OF Macbeth    By: Duckboy
   A potion gets brewed by 3 witches, who are using the mixture to discover a prophecy. Macbeth, who had just defeated two armies with his comrade, Banquo, while working for King Duncan of Scotland, is approached by the witches, who alert him that he will first become Thane of Cawdor, and later become the King. The witches also tell Banquo that his son or daughter will also be king, and these two prophecies are believed when King Duncan sends men to tell Macbeth that he has been rewarded as Thane of Cawdor.
   Macbeth invites the King to his castle, and Macbeth's wife convinces him that he must murder the King in order to become King, so while King Duncan is asleep, Macbeth kills him, and kills the King's guards after putting the blame on them. Macbeth is crowned the King of Scotland. But, Macbeth wasn't done killing, because he remembered how Banquo's son or daughter would soon become King of Scotland, and he killed Banquo, though Banquo's son escaped. Soon after, Banquo appears as a ghost in front of Macbeth, driving him insane, and one of his guests, Macduff, sees the insanity as a reason to stop Macbeth from continuing as King.
   Macbeth goes to see the witches, who tell him that no one who is "born of woman" could kill Macbeth, that Macduff is a threat, and that "Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Castle". Using the witches' warning of Macduff, he sends soldiers to kill Macduff's family and to take his castle. Macbeth's wife eventually kills herself from guilt of killing King Duncan, and Macbeth is driven even more insane, though he still feels out of reach of harm. But, Macduff brings an army to kill Macbeth, carrying Birnam Wood tree branches for protection. Macbeth and Macduff begin to fight, while Macduff explains that he was "untimely ripped" from his mother, so he wasn't actually "born of woman", and then he cuts Macbeth's head off.
   Malcolm, the son of King Duncan, becomes the new King of Scotland, and Banquo's escaped son Fleance becomes King after Malcolm- so all of the witches' prophecies are fulfilled.