I’m not sure how I never had to read Macbeth<\/i> in its entirety when I was in school, but I didn’t, and despite feeling like I knew many little pieces of it via cultural osmosis\/Drunk Shakespeare\/Sleep No More\/Hamilton song lyrics\/having to learn Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking speech in junior high English class, when I told my fianc\u00e9 that I “knew the plot”, what actually came out of my mouth when he said “yeah? tell me” was basically “Macbeth wants to be king; some murders are done; there are witches.” Having read it, I’ll stick to that as my plot summary. But I’m glad I did finally read it, even if it is not my favorite Shakespeare play. As you presumably already know, Macbeth’s “black and deep desires” and “vaulting ambition” don’t turn out so well for him or for Lady Macbeth, but at least the two of them have some great speeches along the way. I liked finally experiencing the play’s many highlights in their full context\u2014the dagger vision in act 2 scene 1; Banquo’s ghost; the “weird sisters” and their prophecies, all in their proper place in the play as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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