The Diary of Macbeth: Magic, Witches and Blood, Oh My!

Day 1

                Meet three witches today. Thought they were kind of iffy, until they said “All hail, Macbeth, who shall be king hereafter!” Couldn’t wait to tell Lady Macbeth, sent a letter ahead of me because I was so excited for her to hear about our future. Banquo was kind of worried about what the prophesies mean, and what we have to do to fulfill them. I just don’t see why he’s worried though, especially after today. We won the battle after all! And I’m going to be King some day! J

Day 2

                Lady Macbeth says that we have to kill the King. I don’t know how I feel about that. “If it were done when ‘tis done, the ‘twere well It were done quickly”. I mean sure I really want to be king but does that really mean I have to murder the man that I respect. “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand”….O there’s the bell…gotta go.

Day 3

                I can’t believe what I have done. Did I really kill Duncan? It seems like a nightmare. Lady Macbeth told me to man up. “Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep,’ the innocent sleep, sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care. The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, chief nourisher in life’s feast”. How I am going to get the image of Ducan’s dead body out of my head? “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine Making the green one red”. My hand our too blood even for the ocean to wash clean, I can never undo what I have done, this will forever be on my head.

Day 4

                Went to go see the witches again. I wanted them to tell me what I should do. I wanted them to tell me that killing Banquo ensures my kingship. Did not expect what actually happened. It was kind of creepy to be perfectly honest. Not only did they not speak directly, but then they spoke through three apparitions. Then they said this spell that started with “double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!” and it just got weirder from there, guts and fingers and all these weird stuff. The good news is that they also said “the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth” as if that’s even possible that a man could be born not of a woman! Plus they said “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.” Which I know can never happen because who can tell the trees to move, especially not a whole forest! I shall be king, and king forever!

 Day 5

                What did I do? I’ve killed the king, his heirs (except Macduff) and Banquo’s family. I just wanted to be king, I just thought I would have to kill once. Now, I keep having to kill to cover it up. Not only that but I saw Banquo’s ghost at the dinner party. If it wasn’t for Lady Macbeth they would have said I was crazy, maybe even demon possessed and I would have been cast out by the town or worse. Lady Macbeth was right when she said that “What’s done cannot be undone”. I must finish what I have started. Besides no man can harm me, I WILL BE KING!

Editors note: Upon finding the diary, it was discovered that all quotes come from Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Macbeth did not write about if he actually became king or not because he was killed by Macduff, who had stopped nursing early and was considered "not born of a woman". In an attempt of camoflauge Macduff and his men took parts of Birnam Wood.