MACBETH Macbeth murders his way to the throne of Scotland, but his conscience plagues him.

     As two Scottish Lords, Macbeth and Banquo are returning victorious from battle, they encounter three witches, who predict that Macbeth will be king and that Banquo’s heirs will be king after him. Macbeth, spurred by his ambitious wife, Lady Macbeth, decides to make the prophecy come true and murders the current king, Duncan, while Duncan is visiting him. Macbeth becomes king. O prevent the prophecy about Banquo’s heirs from coming true, Macbeth hires murderers to kill Banquo and his children. However, Banquo’s son Fleance escapes.                                                                                                                                                                                                     At a feast, Banquo’s ghost appears to Macbeth, who frightens his guests by raving at the ghost. Macbeth visits the witches, who tell him to beware a nobleman named Macduff. They also tell him he cannot be harmed by any man born of woman and that he will be safe until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Castle. Macbeth seizes Macduff’s castle and murders Lady Macduff and her children. Macduff, along with King Duncan’s son Malcolm, invades Scotland with an English army. The witches’ warnings prove prophetic as Macbeth learns that Macduff was not born of  a woman but was delivered by cesarean section. Macduff’s army advances on Dunsinane hiding behind boughs cut from Birnam Wood. Macduff kills Macbeth, and Malcolm becomes king of Scotland.