Macbeth was a novel written by William Shakespeare., The novel was about Macbeth, he was a Scottish General., At the beginning of the story, the King decided to name Macbeth Thane of Cawdor to thank him for his work in the war., At the same time, three witches met Macbeth and Banquo returning from the war. , They predicted that Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor, and one day he would be king, , and that Banquo would be the father of kings., Macbeth wrote to his wife telling her of the three witches’ predictions and the King’s plans., Lady Macbeth, plotted with her husband how they could kill King Duncan., Macbeth killed King Duncan and became King of Scotland., Macbeth was worried that Banquo would take the Throne, So, he made plans with a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance, but Fleance escaped., Macbeth decided to return to the witches, They told him that he couldn’t be “hurt by any man who was born from a woman”, and they told him that he “would never be vanquished until Birman Wood comes to Dunsinane.”, Macduff fled to England, where he met Malcolm., In Scotland, a doctor observed Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, imagining she couldn’t clean her hands of King Duncan’s blood., The Scottish nobles gathered , and Malcolm ordered his men to camouflage themselves with tree branches as they attacked, thus giving the appearance of Birnam Wood approaching Dunsinane, Macbeth was told that his wife has died., Macbeth fought and met Macduff to learn of Macduff’s caesarian birth, Macbeth was killed by Macduff, and Malcolm was proclaimed king of Scotland.,

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