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MACBETH: CHARACTER MAP | Here's our who's-who guide to any of you reading / studying #Macbeth

by Katherine. * * * Here’s a simple who’s-who guide to Macbeth… Macbeth: Great soldier, loyal to King Duncan. Until the witches come and remind him how much he likes power, and then he goes and makes the mistake of telling his wife about it. After a restless soliloquy or two, being a good person goes out of the window and it’s just death. Pay particular attention to his downfall, and how he…

SNAPSHOT: MACBETH | This week we're on #Macbeth -one of Shakespeare's most popular GCSE plays!

Macbeth. One of the most-studied plays at GCSE. One teachers will be summarising across the land. But just in case any explanations so far haven’t done the trick, here’s our little summary to get you started… * The Story: Macbeth is Thane of Cawdor and a valued soldier in King Duncan’s army. But when he meets three witches on the way home from one of these battles, he receives a prophecy that…

Hamlet: *thinks about his father and sulks around*