“Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble!” So recite the Weird Sisters, the prophetesses of doom. In the tale of Macbeth, by Shakespeare, one enters into a story of inversions where “fair is foul and fouls is fair” and where many lives and kingdoms are being turned upside down. Macbeth, a thane of good King Duncan of Scotland, is a beloved hero of the kingdom and he is to be honored by his king for his bravery and loyal service. It is clear that his future is bright, but what if there is a faster path to glory than the one he currently trods? Will he be content to ascend gradually to that which he has been promised or will he listen to his wife, Lady Macbeth, and charge the hill of ambition? Come and see.

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