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Alright I read Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” for quarter 4.
So Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis, and he and his pal Banquo stumble upon three witches. The witches tell Macbeth that he will become King, and they tell Banquo that he will never be king, but his children will sit on the throne. Macbeth starts to obsess over his prophecy, and writes a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth (a legend), to tell her of the prophecy. She knows that he is a little bit of a coward, so she works to convince Macbeth to take action to become king (I can’t spoil). After doing this, Macbeth becomes king, and he feels Extreme Guilt over his actions (which Lady Macbeth convinces him to ignore), and loses his marbles. Macbeth takes more action to secure his throne. His people become suspicious at all of the death happening. Macbeth returns to the witches for reassurance, and he is reassured by their twisty witch prophecies saying that he will live. An epic final battle happens, where the English Army decides to impersonate a forest, and all of the prophecies come true. The end.
I think I would change (spoiler) Lady Macbeth dying because she was a legend. I loved her. She was the man in the house when Macbeth failed. She did so much of Macbeth’s dirty work, like entertaining people at the feast when Macbeth was seeing Banquo’s ghost and returning the murder weapons to the scene of the crime. She deserved better honestly.
I think Macbeth would be beneficial for seniors to read to get more experience with Shakespeare. I liked Hamlet more because I felt like there was more going on with the plot and the characters than with this. Lady Macbeth makes it worth it though, she delivered some Killer soliloquies about being more determined and manly than Macbeth. The play taught a lot about how guilt can be hard to shake and also how being power-hungry is pretty bad. I wouldn’t not recommend it, but I wouldn’t put it on my reread list either. Neutral feelings.
In the graphic novel the illustrations of the dead people might be alarming, as well as the several murders that happen (spoiler alert, I did Not like the way they drew Macbeth’s severed head). But other than that nothing stands out as difficult to read.
I think I would rate it 3.5 stars with my handy dandy star icon.
It’s not exactly a book I would read for fun, but I liked Lady Macbeth being a determined legend compared to Macbeth being a coward. Also the part where the army decided to deceive Macbeth by holding branches to make them look like the forest was Superb. Imagine thinking an entire army of 1,000 people was just a forest. Can’t relate. That part alone made the book/play worth it.
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