The Shakespeare Collection: Macbeth

Retold by Anthony Masters; Illustrated by Stephen Player

Background of the Story Plot
Event 1: After fighting a war, the two Scottish generals, Macbeth and Banquo met three witches who soothsaid that Macbeth would be King of Scotland in future.
Event 2: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth murdered the King of Scotland.  Macbeth was made the king.
Event 3: Macbeth wanted to secure his throne, so he killed Banquo and Macduff’s wife.
Event 4: Macdull and Malcolm sought revenge and killed Macbeth in a war. Malcolm became King of Scotland.

Characters
Hero: Macduff
Heroine: No
Villian: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth
Other Characters: the three witches, Duncan, Donalbain, Malcolm, Banquo, Ross

Setting
When: The story took place a long time ago when Scotland was ruled by a king.
Where:  Scotland

Theme
The story is about ambition. Ambition is natural.  It can be good or bad. If one is too ambitious, it may be bad.  If being too ambitious is added with a bad method, it will be very disastrous.

. But if one is too ambitious, or one uses wrong ways to achieve the ambition, it can be very bad.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Background of the Story Plot
Event 1: Five main characters are having a conversation.  The time traveller told them about his time machine.
Event 2: The time traveller travelled into futurity where he saw the human beings in future and explored the place.
Event 3: He came across the Morlocks and had a fight with them.
Event 4: He travelled further into the futurity and saw the end of the world.

Characters
Hero: The time traveller
Heroine: Weena
Villian: The Morlocks

Other Characters: His four friends

Setting
When: I think maybe the story took place some 100 years ago.  Also, the place which the time travelled to was 800 thousand years into future.
Where: It happened in one of the European countries because of the ways the characters dressed and appeared in the illustrations. 

Theme
The story’s theme is time travelling and the future of the earth.