Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

Macbeth is a wonderful bloody tale of royalty and deceit. Macbeth, who is a general in the Scottish army along with Banquo, has met three witches, who call Macbeth ‘The Thane of Clawdor’, and ‘The Thane of Glamis’ and ‘King Hereafter’. They tell of a prophecy that Banquo will beget kings, and then the witches vanish. Macbeth and his wife slay King Duncan, and Macbeth becomes the king. This book may be too complicated for some readers, for it was written in about 1606, and the way people speak, as one would imagine, has changed.

If you wish to broaden your vocabulary, or you are tired of predictable books, this book is perfect for you. Shakespeare has an excellent way with words, and the way people speak in Macbeth is like poetry, even with the simplest of phrases.

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Great Expectations

By Charles Dickens


Great Expectations is a tale of a boy named Phillp, but mostly called Pip, whose parents died when he was only seven years old. Now young Pip works as a blacksmith, and lives with his sister and his brother-in-law Joe. Then, Pip comes across an escaped convict, who threatens him unless he gives him food and a file. Pip is invited to Miss Havisham's estate, and falls in love with a young lady by the name of Estella. I think this is wonderful work of literature due to its plot twists and the way it shows how a brave fool fares after becoming careless with his riches.

This book is an original concept which I admire.  This book is orignal, instead of a repetitive sequel or a common topic, such as vampires or a big adventure across the land with some mythological creatures on a grand quest or adventure. The only problem with this book is that it goes too fast. I like the well-developed personalities of the characters aswell. I highly recommend this book to whoever enjoys classics, dislikes repetitiveness, and likes love and betrayal.

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Tales of Mystery and Terror

Tales of Mystery and Terror by Edgar Allan Poe is a wonderful book with four tales of madness and revenge. You will hear the pounding of a dead man's heart and listen to a man's cry of terror as he is being buried alive. In the first story, a man got a fever and it made him become a madman, though he believed it sharpened his senses. He lived with an old man who had an eye that resembled one of a vulture. This disturbed the mad man. One night he decided to do the unspeakable and slay the old man.
I like that this book has more realistic situations than most other mystery books I've read. It shows the madman's thoughts as if he were narrating the story. In the ‘Cask of Amontillado’ Montresor swears to take revenge against Fortunado, who always tries to show his superiority. Montresor takes Fortunado to his wine cellar to see if the cask of amontillado was real. But that was part of Montresor's plot. He took him to his dungeon, to not be seen by human eyes again. I highly recommend this book to whomever enjoys classics, horror, or eerie happenings.

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