Reread 15th May 2025:
-Technically now fully reread 'Macbeth' as have finished my analysis of it for tutoring. Given how little I have had time to read so far in May I am absolutely taking the opportunity to log it again!
Still just as powerful and impressive a play, still my favourite work of Shakespeare's of what I have read so far!

Initial Review from December 2023:
It is absurd that it has taken me so long to get around to reading ‘Macbeth’ because it was such a brilliant play. It is absolutely one of his most praised and popular for a reason. It tells the story of Macbeth, a Scottish noble who is prophesied by a trio of witches that he will become king of Scotland, and his subsequent greed in doing whatever it takes to increase his power and status. It is the epitome of the arc of a tragic hero, a rise and subsequent fall in power, though I would also argue that Macduff is not the villain of the play as he is made out to be. The soliloquies of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were brilliant and I especially enjoyed the presentation of the witches speech, how their language bounces off of one another and is chanted together at times. The plot was engaging throughout and tension was consistently at its peak

(though I was disappointed by the sudden death of Lady Macbeth as I felt more could have been done with her character rather than she just suddenly being removed from the plot to focus on Macbeth at his fall).

Despite such I have hardly any faults to address toward the play, and I am aware I gave Anthony and Cleopatra the title of my favourite Shakespeare play that I have read only earlier this week, but it has swiftly been overthrown in the way Macbeth himself seizes power. Where I didn’t entirely before, I am beginning to really enjoy and appreciate the work of Shakespeare.