Macbeth

Macbeth Summary

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1606. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. The play follows the rise and fall of Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman, whose ambition leads him to treachery, murder, and ultimately, his own demise.

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Macbeth Excerpt

Short Summary: After receiving a prophecy from three witches that he will become the King of Scotland, Macbeth, spurred by his wife, commits regicide and ascends to the throne. Consumed by guilt and paranoia, he becomes a tyrannical ruler, leading to civil war and his eventual death.

Excerpt:

Act 1, Scene 3: A desolate place. Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches.

First Witch: When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Second Witch: When the hurly-burly's done, When the battle's lost and won.

Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun.

First Witch: Where the place?

Third Witch: There to meet with Macbeth.

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Act 5, Scene 5: Dunsinane. Within the castle.

Macbeth: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.