How's the Play?

        I’ve never read or seen Macbeth before, but I have heard of it because it is a famous play written by none other than Shakespeare. I have heard about superstitions that go with this play. I heard that saying the name “Macbeth” in a theatre causes bad luck, which is why many theatrical people call it by another name. An example would be “the Scottish play” or “MacBee.” This is because there has been injuries and even death during the play of Macbeth. Because of the nickname Macbeth has, I know that this play takes place in Scotland. I also know that this play is considered the darkest tragedy that Shakespeare has ever written. This is an example of how there is greed for power in humans. Shakespeare did a fantastic job showing this through Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. This evil within Lady Macbeth is found in the lines, “What beast was ’t, then,…Did then adhere, and yet you would make both,” (I,VII, l. 53-59). In these lines, Lady Macbeth is telling her husband that he is not a man because he will not go after what he wants. Which is usually not a bad thing, but in this case, she wants to kill the king. Lady Macbeth wants to commit regicide so that she and Macbeth can be wealthy. I am very excited to see what happens throughout the play. I want to find out if Macbeth is able to keep that greed for power down and if he is able to not be pressured into doing whatever he can to get the power. Although I really hope that he will be able to control his urge, I have the feeling that he will not be successful, and he will end up committing murder multiple times. I think this play will have its twists and turns that will surprise me as the story continues. Although I do not like how Shakespeare writes because it is not like the English we speak today, I do realize that languages change as time goes on. The plays that Shakespeare writes are very well written and have a lot of meaning behind them though.