Final Point 3

We have chosen to write our own edition of the play Macbeth. Our edition will be geared toward high school English students. We chose to do Macbeth because it is relatively short and therefore will keep high school students interested while still providing them with a play that highlights Shakespearean features and skills. Additionally, Macbeth deals with a lot of the themes that are highlighted in other Shakespeare tragedies. We feel that doing our own version of Macbeth will be helpful because there was very little introductory material and commentary in the edition that we read, and therefore we can approach our own edition with a "blank slate," focusing on what we think high school students should be focusing on, but not pushing them to view the play in a certain way.