Studying macbeth in year 11??

[yesyes123]

Do you have to read all the book cause im finding it really boring and not understanding much???
Is it ok if i read summaries? will that do?

[shinny]

I read SparkNotes the night before my year 11 English exam on Macbeth and got an A.

[pi]

This isn't going to help, BUT I LOVE MACBETH! It's the only Shakespeare play I actually enjoyed reading (having first read it in year 7)!

I would, as shinny said, SparkNote it. Read the 'Modern Translation' if possible, helped me for Richard III

[lexitu]

From an academic achievement standpoint - only read it if your school sets a Shakespeare text for year 12, you should be fine on summaries.

From an intellectual standpoint - read it and set yourself the challenge of understanding it and get assistance along the way from notes and what have you.

[Andiio]

The play is very, very interesting in what it explores and all - have a preliminary read of it all first then focus in class and analyse the text! What else are you going to do in yr11 Eng anyways?

[CaptainAwesome]

When I did it in year 9 (I think), my class acted it out as we read it. Makes it a lot more entertaining. It is definitely worth the read once you can get past the language.