By 
Brendan Pelsue
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TED-Ed Original

Why should you read "Macbeth"?

There's a play so powerful that an old superstition says its name should never be uttered in a theater. A play that begins with witchcraft and ends with a bloody severed head. A play filled with riddles prophecies nightmare visions and lots of brutal murder. But is it really all that good? Brendan Pelsue explains why you should read (or revisit) "Macbeth."

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