s . hhhhhhhh Did you know that some of the actors won't even mention the name of this play ? There's a superstition says that this play is cursed , and just by saying the word Macbeth inside the theatre might cause a disaster . Reading books and classic literature might be a bore and difficult to bear for some of you .
That is why I decided to make this wonderful video , not only because of the fact that , as an actress and an English teacher , I just love Shakespeare , but mostly because I think you'll find them inspiring and wonderful . So I hope you will , you know , change your mind and agree with me after watching this exciting lesson .
I've created a short summary full of explanations and illustrations of the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare . So if you are in high school or just a person who struggles with English literature , make sure to subscribe so that you won't miss anything that will matter to you . Scotland is at war and has just won a great battle .
Macbeth , a general in the Scottish army , is the hero of the battle . On his way home afterwards , macbeth and his friend meet three mysterious witches . Somehow , the witches already know Macbeth's name . O hail Macbeth . Hail to thee thane of Glamis . O hail Macbeth , that shall be king .
Hereafter , they tell him that he is going to be promoted and that he will be given more money , land and power . When they say Macbeth the future king , macbeth is confused and doesn't really believe the witches . Soon afterwards , macbeth receives a message from Duncan , the King of Scotland .
King Duncan wants to reward Macbeth for his victory and has decided to promote him , giving him more money , land and power . This is exactly what the witches said would happen . So Macbeth wonders if it is also true that he will become king one day . Macbeth's wife , lady Macbeth , soon hears about her husband's success and the witches predictions .
She becomes excited about the idea of her husband becoming king and she wants to be the queen herself . But she's worried that Macbeth won't do anything to make it happen . So she comes up with a plan to murder King Duncan , who is coming to stay at the Macbeth's castle that night . Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under .
At first Macbeth doesn't like the idea , but Lady Macbeth has a very powerful personality and is very cold-blooded . She begins the fierce attack on Macbeth's masculinity that will batter him into changing his mind over his decision not to kill Duncan . She succeeds to persuade him that murdering Duncan is the best thing to do and that she will plan everything .
What beast was it then that made you break this enterprise ? To me , the key point in this quotation is that it marks the point at which she no longer uses the intimate thou with her husband , but the more distant you , the first sign of a break in their relationship . It is the eye of childhood that fears of painted devil .
After calling Macbeth a coward before the murder , she accuses him of acting like a child after it . That night , while King Duncan is sleeping , macbeth and Lady Macbeth make his guards drunk . Macbeth and Lady Macbeth make his guards drunk . When the guards are asleep , macbeth comes into Duncan's room and kills him with a knife .
The next morning , when the king's death is discovered , macbeth kills the guards and tells everyone that he did this because they killed the king . Duncan's son , malcolm , is frightened that he might be killed too , and so he escapes to England to lay low and stay safe .
With Duncan's dead and Malcolm away in England , macbeth becomes King of Scotland and Lady Macbeth becomes Queen . But Macbeth is worried that his friends might become his enemies and might want to kill him so that they can become king . So he hires murderers to kill his friends and their families .
But now Macbeth starts imagining that he can see the ghost of his murdered friend At dinner that night the ghost appears to Macbeth , but no one else can see it . Macbeth behaves very strangely in front of all his guests .
Macbeth goes to see the witches again who make more predictions , but they tell him that he will be safe until nearby forest comes to his castle . Macbeth is relieved . After all , forest obviously cannot move . Lady Macbeth is tortured by the guilt of Duncan's murder . She has started sleepwalking and thinking that she can see blood on her hands .
She cannot get her hands clean . She finally goes mad and kills herself . Yet here's a spot Out out of spot out . I say One , two . Why then tis time to doubt ? Hell is murky . Fie , my lord , fie , a soldier in a field . Why need we fear ? Who knows it , when none can call power to account ?
Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him ? The tale of five had a wife . Where is she now ? What with this hand ? There be clean . No more that , my lord , no more of that . Here's the smell of the blood . Still , all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweat in this little hand .
Wish hands put on your nightgown look not so pale . I tell you yet again Bank was buried . He cannot come out one's grave . To bed , to bed . There's knocking on the gate . Come , come , come , come , give me your hand . What's done cannot be undone . To bed , to bed , bed .
In the meantime , king Duncan's son , malcolm , has actually organised an army in England to invade Scotland and punish Macbeth for killing his father . Macbeth's other enemies join with him and the army marches toward Scotland . Macbeth waits for the English army at his castle and is convinced . The witch's predictions mean he's terrified .
When he hears the English army is using branches from the trees of the forest to protect themselves , he realises that this means the forest really is coming to his castle . Macbeth is no longer safe and he is killed in the battle . With Macbeth dead and his head cut off , malcolm becomes the new King of Scotland . Thank you .