So far, my knowledge of Macbeth is that it is a historic play written by William Shakespeare.  The play focuses on uncovering the meaning of destiny, fate and influence.  I know that the story takes place in Scotland, hundreds of years ago before modern time.  Their era does not have any electronics, machines or innovation...imagine that!?

After reading the first act and watching multiple videos on my own, I am detecting a dark and mysterious tone to the story.  This became first apparent to me since the beginning scenes take place during a storm.  I anticipate that there will be lots of magic and unexplained events in the story as a result of the presence of the witches. 

In the first act, I learned there was an encounter between three witches and Macbeth, as well as his partner Banquo.  They have just returned form a successful battle. The witches tell Macbeth that he will soon rise among his equals and become King of Scotland!  They also tell Banquo that he will not be King, but he will get Kings. "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none" I think this means that he will have sons that will end up being Kings in later time instead of himself. 

I've had alot of help from websites and books in order to help me better understand the acts.  It's very impressive how much of a different language poetry is! Hopefully by the end of this unit I will be able to increase my abilities to decipher poetry.