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 If you are looking for tragedy and a dark bloody drama then I recommend Macbeth with no reservations whatsoever. On a scale of 1-5, I fell this book deserves a 4.5. Written by the greatest literary figure of all time, Shakespeare mesmorizes the reader with suspense and irony. The Scottish Thane Macbeth is approachd by three witches who attempt and succeed at paying with his head. They tell him he will become king, which he does, alog with the aide of his ambitious wife. Macbeth's honor and integrity is destroyed with the deceit and murders he commits. As the novel progresses, Macbeth's conscience tortures him and makes him weak minded. Clearly the saying "what goes around comes around," is put to use since Macbeth's doom was similar to how he acquired his status of kingship. He kills Duncan, the king of Scottland and chops the head off the Thane of Cawdor, therefore the Thane of Fife, Macduff, does the same thing to him. I feel anyone who decides to read this extraordinary book will not be disatisfied and find himself to become an audience to Shakespearean tragedies.
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Little joke. Although Macbeth has some scenes were cruelty, sex and alcohol abuse is treated, the play is mostly about honour, blood and remorse. Shakespeare writes about a man getting king with killing the old one and loosing the crown after very short period of governing. The author has a blooming fantasy and he uses a rich vocabulary. The problem of a rich vocabulary is, that you almost don't understand a thing. That's a reason why it becomes boring. We' ve seen the play in a new interpretation at the Saalbau in Aarau, which helped a lot for the understanding. The first part of the play is more interesting than the second one. Because in the second part everything gets confusing and becomes very historical. But all in all it's worth it to be read. But there are surely better plays of Shakespeare to read than this one.
If you think you live a charmed life, and no mortal born of woman can harm you, you're heading toward an end like MacBeth. Banquo will haunt you, your spouse/significant other won't be able to wash the blood off his/her hands, and you'll see whole forests moving toward you. Read the play, even if you're an "what, you egg!"
I had to read the book 'MacBeth' for my english 20 class. At first i had no idea what the book was talking about and i didnt understand the language. I think that there should be a copy of the book that is like Romeo and Juliet with the plain english on the other side of the page, because i just didnt get it.
