7/11/2023 0 Comments Macbeth maccy b" please, don’t be mad at me, I’m very sorry") YEAH, LIKE THAT’S GONNA HAPPEN= you say this expression when you don’t believe that may happen MARCH= to walk in formation, the way soldiers walk when they go to a battle ONE OF WOMAN BORN= a person born from a woman If you are mindful of something you think about it and consider it when taking action.īREAKDOWN= a nervous or emotional collapse MACCY B= a very familiar and humoristic way of saying MacBeath here "He is well sus" means that many people think he was the murderer. TO SPILL THE BEANS= to divulge a secret, especially to do so inadvertently or maliciously. TO FRAME= if you frame someone, you pretend that they have committed a crime by deliberately lying, or inventing evidence which falsely accuses them. TAKES OVER= takes control of the situation (away from someone else) LADY M= a colloquial way used here for: Lady MacBeth He’s not very sure about killing the king but he kills himįREAK OUT= (coll.) if you freak out, you are very scared, shocked, surprised, angry or confused. A murder is the act of killing someone (an assassination).ĭOES IT ANYWAY= but he does it. MURDER= to murder someone is to kill them. IFFY= if something is iffy you think the situation is not very clear and you feel suspicious and confused (because you don’t know IF the situation is like this or IF the situation is like that) WHACK= to hit hard (in this context, to kill) They can tell the future and make black magic.ĭESCENDANTS= your descendants are your children, your children’s children and so on. WITCH= a witch is a woman with evil magic powers. There we are, Macbeth, done in 96 secondsīLOODBATH= an attack were lots of people die (and so there is a lot of blood, so you can have a bath in blood instead of water) Or mention that the play was originally performed for King James I, who was supposedly descended from Banquo, making the witches first prediction the biggest theatrical in-joke of all time. Want to sound clever? Compare all this backstabbing with what goes on in Washington and Westminster today. Macduff chops off Macbeth's head and King Duncan's son Malcolm takes over the throne of Scotland. At the big showdown Macduff reveals he was.DUN DUN DAA.born by Caesarean- so is not actually of woman born- in the technical sense. Then Lady M goes mad, sleepwalking and confessing to all their sins, and then kills herself, or dies, or disappears- it's not clear.ĭisguised with leaves and branches, Macduff's army attacks. Confident, while MacDuff is away in England, Macbeth kills Macduff's family. The witches say Macbeth can't be killed by anyone of woman born, and he'll be king until "a forest marches up a hill." Yeah, like that's gonna happen. Later, Banquo's ghost turns up, causing Macbeth to have a massive breakdown.īut he recovers. Maccy B becomes king, but mindful of the other part of the witches prediction, plots to have Banquo and his son, Fleance, murdered. Macbeth's rival, General Macduff, is well sus. Before they can spill the beans Macbeth kills them. Lady M takes over and frames some servants. Macbeth is iffy about the murder, does it anyway, but then freaks out. Lady Macbeth decides that they should whack King Duncan to get the throne. Macbeth gets obsessed with the thought of being king, which develops one of the plays main themes: the corrupting influence of ambition. Ready?Īfter a battle, three witches tell General Macbeth he'll soon be king, but then so will his best mate Banquo's descendants. Here’s all you need to know about the 400-year-old revenge tragedy bloodbath that is MacBeth. If you need to sound like an expert in 96 seconds’ time, then you’re in the right place.
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