MacBeth is an interesting play with many benefits and is a good play for secondary school students to read. It has a variety of lessons that can be taught through the reading of it and it is also a prime example of literature from the sixteen hundreds. It contains themes, paradoxes, and symbolism that make it a very interesting play. However, it is a play that is beneficial because it teaches right and wrong, it educates the reader regarding medieval history, and it teaches that there are consequences for every action.
             MacBeth is a good play to teach to secondary school students because it teaches the difference between right and wrong. This is apparent through the killings that MacBeth commits or has a hand in committing within the play. The guilt he shows whenever he commits or helps commit a murder clearly relays the message that he has done something wrong. This helps secondary students identify right and wrong and this is a valuable lesson for students to learn. Due to the fact that secondary students are at a fairly impressionable age, it is easy to imprint lessons into their minds. If they can help distinguish the difference between right and wrong then they will undoubtedly begin to make better choices in their lives. Knowing the difference between right and wrong is a very valuable lesson to learn and students would do well if they learned it.
             This play is also a good play to teach to secondary school students because it educates the reader on medieval history. The play was written in the sixteen hundreds, during the Elizabethan era, and so much of the content deals with that era. It helps educate the reader on English and Scottish royal rankings, such as the ranking of thane that is dealt with quite commonly during the play. It also teaches students how men and women lived in the era, showing how they clean themselves, dress, talk, and act. Another important educational lesson that the play teaches is how they spoke bac...