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Macbeth
--by William Shakespeare
The author
• William Shakespeare(1564--1616) is an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer in England and the world’s preeminent dramatist. He is often called the national poet of England.
• Macbeth was stunned at first
• A messenger from the King arrived and informed Macbeth of his newly bestowed title: Thane of Cawdor.
• The first prophecy was fulfilled. Immediately, Macbeth began to harbour ambitions of becoming king .
• Three witches waited to greet them with prophecies. Each of them gave Macbeth a prohecy, including the fact that he would be the king in the future. What’s more, they said Banquo would be the father of a line of king.
• Macbeth remained uneasy about the prophecy about Banquo.
• Macbeth ted Banquo to meet him,and assassinated him before the banquet（宴会）.
• Banquo’s ghost entered and sat in Macbeth’s place but only Macbeth could see it.
The plot
• Macbeth, a general of Scotland, the cousin of the king, Duncan, had just won a war against enemies. On his way to claim victory to the king with another general, Banquo, he met three witches in the wasteland.
• On the night of the king’s visit, Macbeth killed Duncan. The deed was not seen by the audience.And then Duncan’s sons fled. Macbeth became the new King of Scotland as a kinsman (亲戚）of the dead king.
• In the end, Macbeth’s isolation became complete.As his castle was surrounded by the armies from England led by Malcom, the son of Duncan, Macbeth was like a trapped animal and met his final doom and. In in end, Macbeth was killed and Malcolm won the kingship.
• Based on the Scotish king named Macbeth but the plot is completely imaginary
• Divided into four parts
The plot
The first act
• Macbeth, a general of Scotland, the cousin of the king, Duncan, had just won a war against enemies. On his way to claim victory to the king, he met three witches in the wasteland.
• Macbeth also killed many other people. Step by step,Macbeth had degenerated into a tyrant.
• Under great mental pressure,Macbeth’s wife became crazy and commited herself suicide. Macbeth also experienced a kind of mental disturbance and haunted by the involved people of Scotland who were groaning under his yoke and longing for
• Macbeth wrote to his wife about the witches’ prophecies. When Duncan decided to come and stay at Macbeth’s castle , Lady Macbeth made a plan with Macbeth to murder him and secure the throne . Although Macbeth showed worries about the regicide（弑君）, Lady Macbeth eventually persuaded him.
• His representitive work include four major tragedies as well as four major comedies. Macbeth is one of them.
• The last and darkest one of the four great tragedies