Macbeth and his best friend, Banquo, are brave soldiers.
One day, after a battle, three ugly witches come out of the
fog.
“Macbeth. You will be the new King of
Scotland! He, he,
he, ha, ha, ha!”
“Me? The new King of Scotland?”
Macbeth writes a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth. He tells her what the witches
said.
“Yes! If he is the king, I will be the queen!”
King Duncan comes for dinner and sleeps at
Macbeth’s castle. When Duncan is
asleep, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to kill him.
“I really want to be king. But I am very frightened about killing Duncan. He is a
good king ...”
Macbeth sees a knife in front of him. He knows it is wrong, but he decides to ki
ll
Duncan.
“I must do this quickly.”
Duncan is dead but Macbeth feels bad about killing him.
“It’s OK. Nobody will know our secret.”
Macbeth becomes king but he is worried that his friend Banquo knows he killed
Duncan. He decides that Banquo must die too a
nd he orders his servant to kill him.
“I am king, but I am not happy. I feel terrible about killing Duncan and Banquo and I
am worried people will know my secret.”
Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost in front of him. He’s very frightened. He goes to see
the witche
s again.
Macbeth asks the witches if he’s in danger.
“Don’t worry. Everything will be OK.”
“Yes, everything will be fine.”
Macbeth believes the witches but they were lying