This Level 5 edition from the York Simplified Classics series presents William Shakespeare's dark tragedy, Macbeth. Tailored for intermediate learners, this version simplifies the original language while preserving the core narrative. Follow the Scottish general Macbeth, who, spurred by a witches' prophecy and his wife's ambition, murders his way to the throne, only to be consumed by guilt and paranoia. This accessible retelling makes one of literature's most powerful stories of unchecked ambition and its dire consequences available to a wider audience.