Have you ever been to a movie or reading a book, and within the first 5 minutes or the first 5 pages know exactly what the rest of it is going to be about? This has happened to me many times. The movie Mean Girls is a perfect example of this point. During the first five to ten minutes we meet the “plastics,” the most popular clique in school. Based on just this brief meeting, we can tell that the rest of the movie is going to be about Katie trying to fit in and destroy the plastics. In English class we’re reading Macbeth by William Shakespeare. We just finished reading the third scene of Act 1 today, but we already know what the rest of the play is going to be about. A main motif is how Macbeth is going to become King. Also, the three witches are going to be appearing a lot. If you want to find out for yourself what Macbeth is about, check out the online version of this play.