A.)      Title: Macbeth
          Author: William Shakespeare
          Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc.
          Date: 1968
          Pages: 156

B.)     Macbeth begins with three witches setting the tone of the play. The three
witches throughout the play will make predictions and keep the readers continually
wondering.
     The king of Scotland, Duncan, receives a message saying that his army has
defeated a Norwegian invader. Macbeth, an army general in his army, received
most of the credit for the victory. Because of this victory and Macbeth’s part in it he
is given the title, Thane Cawdor. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, begins to get
greedy and wants as much power as she can get and will stop and nothing to obtain
it.
     Macbeth and Banquo, another general in the army are returning from the
battle when they encounter the three witches. They announce that Malcolm will
one day be heir to the throne. This prediction makes Macbeth happy because he had
dreams of one day being king.
     The announcement that upsets Macbeth is that King Duncan announces that
his son Malcolm will take over the throne after his death. After the king’s
announcement he plans to visit and dine with Macbeth at his home.
     The idea of power again enters the minds of Macbeth and his wife after this
announcement and they start thinking how to gain control of the throne themselves.
     When Duncan arrives at Macbeth’s home Lady Macbeth plans to kill
Duncan. She plans to do this while he’s sleeping, but in his sleep he resembles her
father and she is unable to go through with it. So Macbeth carries out the plan. The
two also made sure that they covered their tracks by making it look like the servants
killed the king. After hearing the news about their father, Malcolm and Donalbain,
Duncan’s sons flee fearing for their lives.
     Macbeth immediately takes control of the throne assuming he is the new
king. Malcolm and Donalbain launch a surprise attack on the castle to take back the
throne. During the attack Macbeth is killed. Lady Macbeth eventually went crazy
and committed suicide.

C.)     I really liked reading Macbeth. After I enjoyed reading Romeo and Juliet, I
thought it would be fun to read another one of Shakespeare’s works. Although I
found Macbeth interesting, there were times when it was hard to understand. In the
end I really enjoyed the book.