Macbeth Poster Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy that tells the story of a Scottish general named Macbeth who is told his prophecy from a trio of witches that will eventually lead to an enormous tragedy. This in my opinion is why the story is called the tragedy of Macbeth. At the beginning of the story Macbeth gets a prophecy told to him by 3 witches which reads “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” which is said by the third witch in act 1 scene 3. As the play progresses you see how Macbeth turns into empty being by being manipulated by his wife into killing Duncan and then later killing many others. Which is why I decided to make the mask have a crown and it be tilted referring to how he is a wicked king. The bloody
