| At the beginning of the play,
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| we look upon Macbeth as a shining hero.
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| On behalf of his king, Duncan,
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| he has just defeated the traitor Macdonwald,
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| quelling high treason and subversion,
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| safeguarding the rule of the king,
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| so Scotland can look forward to a new era of peace.
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| On their way from the battlefield the commanders Macbeth
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| and Banquo meet three witches,
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| who foretell the warriors promising prophecies: To
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| Macbeth they predict the Thanehood of Glamis and of
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| Cawdor — and eventually even the crown of Scotland,
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| to Banquo, oil the other hand, that he would be father of a line of Kings.
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| Macbeth is already the Thane of Glamis,
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| and out of gratitude the king soon bestows the Thanehood
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| of Cawdor upon him. | 
| So the fulfilment of the last prediction
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| seems to be close at hand.
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| Only King Duncan himself stands in the way of Macbcth’s
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| aroused ambitions. | 
| It seems like a stroke of fate when
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| the grateful king arrives as a guest at the castle
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| of the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor to express his profound
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| gratitude to this outstanding warrior.
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| Unlike Macbeth, who feels covetous but hesitant,
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| his wife is prepared to act.
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| She spurs on her husband, encouraging him to seize
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| this supposed opportunity of fate like a man.
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| Macbeth stabs the defenceless king in his sleep,
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| and with the help of his wife he succeeds in casting
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| suspicion upon the king’s guards.
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| Rut while the majority of the Scottish noblemen do
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| not dare to question his story,
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| Malcolm, the king’s son, escapes to England with a
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| number of faithful followers.
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| Among them is Macduff, next to Macbeth one of Scotland’s
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| most influential Thanes.
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| Macbeth, the king’s murderer,
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| is crowned King of Scotland soon afterwards but the
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| fruits from his deed taste sour.
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| Macbeth can neither enjoy his status nor his power
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| as the ruling king for even a single moment.
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| Worry and anxiety are casting dark shadows on his life.
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| .After all, as the witches have predicted,
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| Banquo would be the forefathers of a new line of kings
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| — for the childless Macbeth a source of constant threat
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| and fear. | 
| Before long, he hires assassins to kill Banquo,
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| the supposed father of kings and only other person
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| who knows about the witches' prophecies.
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| But the admonishing ghost of the murdered Banquo appears
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| in front of Macbeth’s eyes at a banquet.
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| From this point on, it becomes apparent to what extent
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| Macbeth has already succumbed to madness and is being
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| pursued by the ghosts of his murdered victims.
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| Again Macbeth seeks out the witches to ask them about
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| his future. | 
| They assure him that no man of woman born
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| would ever be a threat for him,
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| yet Macbeth should beware of Macduff,
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| whom he can only conquer through violence.
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| Macbeth feels encouraged by the witches' predictions
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| and sets about «clearing up"among his supposed enemies.
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| In his growing madness, he turns from a murderer into
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| a tyrant, and the whole country moans and suffers under
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| the strokes of his raging terror.
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| Macduff, the Thane of Fife,
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| is still in England, and since the tyrant is unable
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| to get hold of him he resolves to destroy the castle
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| of the alleged traitor, giving his wife,
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| children and servants to the sword.
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| But while Macbeth seeks safety in destruction and bloodshed,
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| his lady’s strength of mind begins to falter; | 
| walking
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| in her sleep, she constantly tries to wash invisible
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| blood from her hands — the blood of the murdered King
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| Duncan. | 
| Lady Macbeth dies finally as a victim of her
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| own madness, of her feelings of guilt.
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| The tyrant himself suffers from increasing madness
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| and deep depressions so much so that he can hardly
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| mourn the death of his wife.
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| He begins to realise that all his efforts and killings
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| will neither bring him happiness nor satisfaction.
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| Yet, on the strength of the witches' predictions,
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| he still believes himself deceptively safe,
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| drawing from them the strength to prepare for the impending
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| battle. | 
| Under the leadership of Duncan’s son Malcolm
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| and Macduff, the English and many Scots have united
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| and arc marching on Macbeth’s seat,
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| Dunsinane, with a powerful army.
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| Faced with these superior troops the tyrant’s men flee | 
| from him, until he finally finds himself alone.
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| Still being convinced of his own invincibility Macbeth
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| awaits the onslaught of the enemy troops.
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| Caught in a deadly combat with Macduff,
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| Macbeth finds out that his opponent was cut from his
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| mother’s womb and was therefore not born by a woman.
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| Only then he realises that he has fallen victim to
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| the witches' prank. | 
| Realising the full extent of his
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| delusion, he comes to his senses and understands that
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| his own death is imminent.
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| Yet he does not attempt to flee but faces the battle
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| with Macduff and is finally slain.
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| Let the Story begin…
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| As we know man does not walk the earth alone
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| but is surrounded by strange creatures and spirits.
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| Some of these may sometimes try to lure man into their own influence…
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| for their own entertainment…
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| and to steal away the most precious gem dwelling in each of us… our soul.
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| Man may choose the path he follows, but its direction may at times:
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| not be what it seems…
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| This tale is about one of the most valiant heroes that
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| ever walked the Scottish soil.
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| It tells his glorious deeds, his hopes, his ambitions, his rise…
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| and his fall… yet it does not start with its protagonist…
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| rather with its demons…
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| When shall we three meet again,
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| in thunder lightning or in rain
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| When the Hurlyburly 's done,
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| when the battles lost and won
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| That will be ere the set of sun
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| Where the place?
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| Upon the heath.
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| There to meet with Macbeth |