Macbeth: Toil and Trouble (Part 1 of 2)

Fictional

Jason Weiser

Arts, History, Books

4.9 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Macbeth is a story about ambition and violence. Given a prophecy that he will become king, Macbeth finds himself both drawn to and repulsed by the desire that grows within him. On one hand, he could do so much as king: his name would live on forever. On the other, he is a loyal, kind, and just man...and for him to become king, the current king, his cousin and the man he has fought for and killed for, would have to die.

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Music:

"Somnolence" by Kai Engel

"March" by Kai Engel

"Difference" by Kai Engel

"Hopes and Dreams" by Kai Engel

"Changing Reality" by Kai Engel

"Daemones" by Kai Engel

"Vik Fence Lardha" by Blue Dot Sessions

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"Vik Fenceta Lan" by Blue Dot Sessions

Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:01.0	Beth
0:02.0	Met Beth stood there, looking down on the battlefield, inside.
0:12.6	Their victor had been hard won, hours of stabbing, slashing and bleeding.
0:16.9	McDonwall'd, the rubble king, had been lucky, but McBeth had been better.
0:23.0	McBeth had single handily cut through the king's line of soldiers, casting aside spears
0:27.0	and pushing past Irish horsemen to find McDonwall'd.
0:30.3	There was no saying goodbye.
0:31.9	McBeth drove his sword and at McDonwall'd's navel, and sliced upward, before stopping
0:36.3	at the man's jawbone.
0:38.0	The wind picked up.
0:39.8	McBeth snapped out of his remembrance.
0:42.0	Bang Quo was now riding up.
0:44.0	King Duncan wanted to see them.
0:46.1	McBeth breathed deeply.
0:48.2	It was over.
0:49.6	His lands were safe, and his king was in command.
0:52.6	As the thane of globs, he had done his duty.
0:55.9	No foul and fairer day have not seen.
0:58.4	McBeth said to his friend.
1:00.1	Bang Quo, a fellow thane, was about to respond.
1:02.8	When something caught his eye, just a bit off the road.
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