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MACBETH – THE SIMPLEST SUMMARY EVER ! This is the life of Mac the KnifeHis
fate was foretold by witches:
They
said he’d be king, so he and his wife Worked
out the possible hitches, When good king Dunc in sleep was sunk, They thrust him through with a dagger,
And
although poor Mac was blue with funk He carried it off
with a swagger.
The
king was dead, the princes fled, And the
kingdom’s Mac’s for the taking,
But
Banq’s for the chop since the witches said His sons
were kings in the making.
The
thugs are slow off the mark, and so They half
complete their mission,
But
enough to make Mac’s party go When he sees
Banq’s apparition.
The
bloodstained ghost upset his host But makes him
even keener
To
put his enemies on toast, And take them to
the cleaner.
The
witches bluff him with some stuff Which is truthful
yet deceiving;
His
target is now the tough Macduff Who’s off to
England leaving
His
wife and chicks to cross the Styx, Fit tidings to
incite him
To
end the tyrant’s testy tricks, So
he joins the prince to fight him.
Meanwhile
the Knife observes his wife Parade, out –
out –damn –spotting-
Curses
the shadow play of life, Such pointless
parts alloting.
Now
branches hood his foes- not good For Mac, who,
white as linen,
Recalls
what’s said of Birnam Wood Advancing to
Dunsinane.
Still
he won’t run – no woman’s son Slays his
pedestrian…
Macduff
explains he isn’t one (a posthumous
Caesarian);
His
sword goes smack through poor old Mac- Alas for realm
and riches!
It’s
better to endure their lack Than put your
trust in witches. By Mary Holtby in ‘How To Become Ridiculously Well-Read In One Evening.’ Compiled
by E. O. Parrot. For a scene by scene summary : click here For themes of Macbeth : click here |
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