quarta-feira, 22 de abril de 2015

Macbeth (part 1)

What is Macbeth?

Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1606. It tells the story of a warrior called Macbeth.

Summary:

One day, the warrior is riding a horse when he hears a prophecy from 3 witches who tell him he will be the greatest person in the royal army, and soon, the king.
After a battle, the king congratulates Macbeth, who assumes the greatest position on the royal army. When Macbeth comes back home, he tells his wife about the prophecy, who influences him to murder the king, sir Ducan
After the murder of Sir Duncan, Macbeth is crowned king. This promotion transforms him and his wife in very arrogant people and...
The rest we will discover reading the story!

Why I chose Macbeth

Recently, I had to choose one of Shakespeare's plays to work with. I decide to work with Macbeth. But why?
I chose this play because of its fantastic plot, and principally because of  the personality change of Macbeth after he took the throne. I found this personality change fantastic because Shakespeare incorporated the human being ways of acting in such a great level that we can actually see Macbeth's behaviour in our days!


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