MACBETH

CHARACTERS

• Macbeth
• Lady Macbeth
• Banquo
• Fleance
• Duncan
• Malcolm
• Donalbain
• Macduff

CHARACTERS CONT'D

• Lennox
• Ross
• Menteth
• Angus
• Caithness
• The Porter
• The Old Man
• The Doctors
• The Three Witches
• Hecate

ACT ONE

SCENE ONE

• Lightning crashes
• Three witches appear
• Chant a plan to meet Macbeth
• They disappear

SCENE TWO

• Duncan asks about the battle
• Macbeth & Banquo kicked butt
• Thane of Cawdor defeated
• Thane of Cawdor is executed for treason
• Ross goes to tell Macbeth about his new title

SCENE THREE

• Thunder roars and witches appear
• They see Macbeth coming
• They say he's Thane of Glamis, Cawdor, and will be King of Scotland
• They say Banquo's kiddies will be king

SCENE THREE CONT'D

• Ross tells Macbeth about being another Thane
• Macbeth asks Banquo if he hopes his kids will be kings
• Banquo says the devil tells half-truths to win people over
• Macbeth wonders if he has to do something not-so-good to become king

SCENE FOUR

• Duncan thanks Macbeth and Banquo
• He names Malcolm to be his heir

SCENE FIVE

• Macbeth writes to his wife about the witches
• She reads the letter
• She starts plotting to herself
• Tells Macbeth her ideas when he comes home

SCENE SIX

• Lady Macbeth receives Duncan
• They have a feast

SCENE SEVEN

• Macbeth has doubts about killing Duncan
• Lady Macbeth tells him to be a man
• She basically emasculates him

ACT TWO

SCENE ONE

• Macbeth hallucinates
• He sees a dagger in front of him
• He kills the king

SCENE TWO

• Macbeth returns from killing the king
• He feels, like, super guilty
• Lady Macbeth confronts him
• She tells him off for bringing the murder weapon back

SCENE THREE

• Macduff rolls up in the play
• He finds the dead Duncan
• Macbeth kills Duncan's guards
• That makes Macduff suspicious
• Malcolm and Donalbain realise they're in danger
• They run away

SCENE FOUR

• Macduff talks about how Macbeth was made king
• He goes home to Fife
• And he decides not to go to the coronation

ACT THREE

SCENE ONE

• Banquo thinks abou the prophecies from the witches
• Macbeth and his wifey enter to invite him to a banquet
• He goes riding with his son
• Macbeth thinks about his fear of Banquo
• So Macbeth sends murders to Banquo and his son

SCENE TWO

• Macbeth talks out his troubles with his wife
• He's not happy
• He won't tell her the next part of his plan
• She has to stay innocent until the plan has happened

SCENE THREE

• The murders kill Banquo
• Fleance, his son, escapes

SCENE FOUR

• During the feast, Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo in his seat
• He gets scared
• Lady Macbeth covers for her husband
• Even though she doesn't know what's going on

SCENE FIVE

• The witches meet Hecate
• Hecate's the goddess of witchcraft
• She tells the witches off for meddling
• She says she's taking over now
• Hecate promises to make visions for Macbeth
• They are supposed to give him false security

SCENE SIX

• Two Lords talk about Banquo dying
• They're suspicious of Macbeth
• They also talk about Macduff going to England

ACT FOUR

SCENE ONE

• Macbeth visits the witches
• They give him new prophecies
• 1. Beware Macduff
• 2. No one born of man can harm Macbeth
• 3. Eight kings hold a mirror. They're all Banquo's kids

SCENE TWO

• Macbeth sends murders after Macduff
• Macduff isn't there
• So they kill his wife and children instead

SCENE THREE

• Macduff finds out about his family
• He gathers English armies
• They're ready for revenge

ACT FIVE

SCENE ONE

• Lady Macbeth sleep walks
• She acts out washing her hands

SCENE TWO

• Scottish Lords talk about the military situation

SCENE THREE

• Macbeth boasts that nothing bad will happen
• He hears about the English army, and gears up
• Doctors tell Macbeth about what's wrong with his wife, and he tells them to cure her

SCENE FOUR

• The army decides to twke branches from Burnham Woods
• They use it as a camouflage

SCENE FIVE

• Macbeth hears that his wife killed herself
• He also finds out that the branches from the English army are from Burnham Woods
• He gets scared now

SCENE SIX

• The battle starts outside of the castle

SCENE SEVEN

• Macbeth kills anyone he sees
• He shows no fear

SCENE EIGHT

• Macduff searches for Macbeth

SCENE NINE

• Malcolm enters the castle

SCENE TEN

• Macbeth and Macduff meet
• Macbeth learns the Macduff was a Caesarian baby
• But he just won't quit

SCENE ELEVEN

• Macduff comes out of the castle
• He has Macbeth's head in his hand
• Macbeth died

QUOTES

THINGS TO KNOW

• This is a head tragedy
• Macbeth was good, until the witches created a paradox that threw things out of proportion

THINGS TO KNOW CONT'D

• This is a good example of the descent to madness with the ascention in power