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Prepare for total tragedy.

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00:01

Macbeth, a la Shmoop Have you heard the one about the witches in

00:11

the forest?

00:12

One witch says, "What's for dinner?" The second one says,

00:15

"Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

00:20

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing.”

00:25

The third one waits a second, and goes, "Yeah, but is it organic?"

00:31

Okay, fine, don't laugh. It's not like I get any respect in this play anyway. Macbeth,

00:36

Lady Macbeth, MacDuff... if you don't have a Mac in your name, it's like you don't exist.

00:41

Sure, I'm just the ghost, don't pay any attention to me. …Banquo's <Bank-whoa’s> an awesome

00:45

name, too, you know. Despite my hilarious joke, the Weird Sisters

00:49

weren't very funny. Besides using babies as ingredients…

00:52

…they started all the trouble by telling Macbeth he was going to get a promotion, and

00:56

even become king.

00:57

And what did I get? My kids will become kings. Which would be great, if I wasn't dead.

01:05

Anyway, Macbeth did get bumped to upper management, and then he and his wife got to thinking how

01:10

great they would look with crowns.

01:12

So Lady Macbeth invited King Duncan over for a sleepover...and murder!  

01:21

Macbeth was going to wimp out, but Lady Macbeth gave him a quick pep talk, and even framed

01:25

the king's bodyguards for the dastardly deed. …

01:29

…Seriously, you do not want to get on her bad side. Anyway, their evil plan totally

01:37

worked...King Duncan’s sons vamoosed to Ireland, leaving only Macbeth to assume the

01:41

throne. I was onto them the whole time, of course.

01:44

I was a pretty smart guy, in my breathing days. And honest, too. So honest that I told

01:49

Macbeth exactly where I was going that evening, which made it super-easy for him to ambush

01:54

me and my son, Fleance. <Flee-ants> …

01:57

…Okay, so in hindsight, not such a good idea. But Fleance escaped, and I was able

02:03

to use my magical ghost powers to show up at Macbeth's dinner party. You should have

02:07

seen his face!

02:09

Lady Macbeth tried to calm him down…

02:10

…but I was pretty much the death of the party. Ghost power!

02:14

By now, the good folks of Scotland were starting to notice the string of highly convenient

02:20

deaths surrounding their new king.

02:23

MacDuff was suspicious enough to go find Duncan's son, Malcolm, and ask the King of England

02:27

for an army or two to straighten things out. Macbeth, naturally a little tense, went to

02:33

see the Weird Sisters again…weren't they a band in Harry Potter?...

02:38

…and those charming ladies told him three things. First, watch out for MacDuff.

02:43

Second, the only man who can kill you didn't come out of his mom like that video you saw

02:48

in health class.

02:53

And third, you're cool until the trees start coming to get you.  

02:56

Man, he should have asked for his money back on that little fortune. But the last part

03:01

is my fave...guess whose kids are gonna rule? Mine! Team Banquo! Nice try, MacLoser!

03:08

Still think Macbeth's an okay guy? Tell that to MacDuff's family, cuz MacBeth had them

03:13

all killed. I bet he even killed their gerbils.

03:14

MacDuff got all vengeful, and “Operation Destroy Macbeth" went into full swing.

03:18

At this point, both MacDuff and Macbeth had thrown their brains out the window in favor

03:19

of killing stuff, so I was glad I was already dead. I had a front-row seat to watch the

03:19

English army mop the floor with my enemy, and all without risk of blood spatter!

03:19

Things really started to go south for Macbeth. First, his wife went off her rocker and killed

03:25

herself, and then he got the news that that big army of trees had arrived. Actually it

03:32

was an army of dudes carrying tree branches, but close enough.

03:37

Then MacDuff had a showdown with Macbeth, who still thought he was invincible because

03:41

of that "no man born of woman can kill you" safety clause. Plot twist...MacDuff was a

03:47

C-section baby!

03:48

So obviously, he won the fight, and got a cool souvenir...Macbeth's head! Hope he doesn't

03:54

start a collection… So Malcolm's king, MacDuff's a hero, and everyone

03:59

gets to live happily ever after. Except me, because I'm dead. But it's cool; I've got

04:04

a second career as a celebrity ghost impersonator.

04:08

What? Come on, that one was funny!

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