Macbeth

A Scottish general meets three witches on a lonely heath, and their prophecy that he will one day be king sets a chain of murder in motion. Spurred on by his ambitious wife, Macbeth kills the trusting King Duncan and seizes the throne, only to discover that one crime demands another. Guilt, paranoia, and bloody visions pursue the couple as their grip on power tightens and their sanity comes apart. Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy moves at a relentless pace, turning questions of fate, free will, and conscience into some of the most quoted lines ever written. Read it free as a PDF and EPUB edition and see why the play has haunted stages for more than four centuries.