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MACBETH
The play begins with a dark scene in Scotland where the three witches appear and make their decisions on meeting again. In Act I Scene two, at the military camp of King Duncan's, Captain gives the news that brave Macbeth gained a victory against the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, Macdonald and The King of Norway. King Duncan, filled with great joy, decides to make Macbeth his new Thane of Cawdor and want the previous Thane of Cawdor to be executed. The evil-doer witches meet again and wait for Banquo and Macbeth to come. When they encounter, the witches tell Macbeth that he was the Thane of Glamis, now the Thane of Cawdor who will be king later. They tell Banquo that he, himself, will not be the king but his descendants will be kings. Banquo thinks that it will be the trick of the witches and Macbeth agrees but later, when Ross and Angus tell him that he is the Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth is unsure to wait for the "greatest is behind" idea. In Scene four,......

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