Let’s face it, kids , there’s no getting out of it; Shakespeare and all his damned (or is that damnéd) plays are here to stay. Whether we like it or not, Shakespeare was a legend and his plays are brilliant works of literary genius.

Macbeth, the loyal warrior, whose head is turned round to treachery by greed, three witches and his ruthlessly ambitious wife, murders the king, Duncan (Regicide, that’s called). All sorts of other bloodbaths happen so that Macbeth, now king, can stay king. He even kills his best mate. By the time he sees the witches again, he’s in too deep. Eventually, he goes too far and the pressure sends him more mental. His wife goes off her head too and she dies. After that, he loses it and even though he fights his last battle like the brave warrior he was, he dies a traitor, losing everything his treachery gained him. The moral? Cheats never prosper, I guess.