enter three witches by caroline b cooney

He’s deemed a traitor to the king and hanged. In the midst of this conflict, Mary’s father, who remained loyal to the previous king, attempts to block Macbeth’s move. Mary overhears the Witches deliver a warning that the murderer is still roaming free in the kingdom. Members of the kingdom blame them for the murder, though it is possible it was one of the king’s servants. The sitting king of Scotland is murdered, and the culprit is unknown, while his sons flee the castle in the aftermath. The novel loosely follows Macbeth’s gradual, and then sudden, ascent to the Scottish throne.

Mary spends her days of labor also yearning for something else: reunion with her fiancé as well as with her father, Lord Cawdor, whose political business usually takes him far away. These staff include Swin, a cook with knowledge of arcane magic, and Ildred, a sad woman who yearns for a life of freedom outside the castle walls. Mary is ostracized by the other staff, who come from the lower class and have worked their way up. From her position as ward, she also knows about the latest happenings in the kingdom. Still a young woman, she’s privileged to work closely with other royal officials, including Lord and Lady Macbeth, thanks to her father’s status. The novel begins by introducing Mary and her position in the castle hierarchy. Now stuck in the castle and surrounded by people hostile to her because of her lineage, Mary tries to survive and save the lives of other innocent people who are threatened by the ruthless royals.

Mary’s future is upended when her father is convicted of betraying Macbeth. The story is set in Scotland and follows Lady Mary, the teenage ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth and daughter to Lord Cawdor. Written in accessible prose, it retells the play while extending some of Macbeth’s lesser-explored plot elements, and also introduces some novel ones that refer to tropes in contemporary tragedies. An adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth, it takes its name from the trio of secondary characters in the original work who act as prophet figures and predict major plot arcs, including the ascent of Lord Macbeth. Enter Three Witches is a 2007 work of young adult fiction by Caroline B.

Enter three witches by caroline b cooney