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Macbeth What's Up With the Title?
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What's Up With the Title?
Exactly what you think is up with the title. Shakespeare wasn't a guy to waste words: this is a play about a guy named Macbeth.
That said, we don't want to leave you feeling disappointed so here's a bit of trivia: it's considered bad luck to say the play's name out loud—that's why theater folk call it "the Scottish play."
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- Act 1, Scene 1
- Act 1, Scene 2
- Act 1, Scene 3
- Act 1, Scene 4
- Act 1, Scene 5
- Act 1, Scene 6
- Act 1, Scene 7
- Act 2, Scene 1
- Act 2, Scene 2
- Act 2, Scene 3
- Act 2, Scene 4
- Act 3, Scene 1
- Act 3, Scene 2
- Act 3, Scene 3
- Act 3, Scene 4
- Act 3, Scene 5
- Act 3, Scene 6
- Act 4, Scene 1
- Act 4, Scene 2
- Act 4, Scene 3
- Act 5, Scene 1
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- Act 5, Scene 3
- Act 5, Scene 4
- Act 5, Scene 5
- Act 5, Scene 6
- Act 5, Scene 7
- Act 5, Scene 8
- Act 5, Scene 9
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- Act 5, Scene 11
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