MACMILLAN'S WAR DREAM

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MACMILLAN’S WAR DREAM

CREATIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENT BASED ON THE EVENTS IN “MACBETH” WRITTEN BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

Macmillan was an important British colonel at the start of the First World War. He fought in the trenches for one year and went over the top several times being severely hurt. His rank wasn’t the highest but he was the best fighter in the trenches and was well recognised within the British troops. However, he wasn’t totally happy because he missed his wife who lived in a little town near London. He also hated being in the filthy trenches that could bring any sickness due to the flies, rats and lice. He had only one defect, that he was a very ambitious person so he wanted to be the most important general ever named.

Although Colonel Macmillan was commanding a large army in the trenches between France and Germany, he kept in touch with his wife by letters. One day while they were going over the top into “no man’s land” one soldier of his troop was shot. On the ground, when he was drowning with his own blood and the poisonous gases, very near to death he said to his colonel:

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  • Faithful colonel, with no reason I refer to you as my friend but I know that if I die or not I’ll have to remember you as the general of generals. You that are a noble colonel full of bravery deserve that and much more.
  • Thank you dear soldier, I’ll always remember these words. Just relax that your journey will not be so painful for being loyal.

Macmillan stood there for a while thinking but it seemed like ages for him until a bullet passed near to his leg, this led him into reality again so he started ...

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