Macbeth

Question 1

Act 1 plot summary

Answer 1

• 3 witches plan to meet Macbeth
• Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches
• they tell Macbeth he will be the Thane of Cawdor, then King
• tell Banquo his descendants will be Kings
• Duncan make Macbeth Thane of Cawdor
• Macbeth wonders if witches prophecies are true
• Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth she plans to persuade him to murder Duncan
• Duncan stays at the Macbeths
• Macbeth reluctant to kill him
• Lady Macbeth convinces him they can frame Duncan’s servants
• Macbeth agrees to the plan

Question 2

Act 2 and 3 plot summary

Answer 2

• Macbeth murders Duncan
• Lady Macbeth plants blood-stained daggers on Duncan’s servants
• Macduff arrives and finds King’s body
• King’s sons (Malcolm/Donalbain) leave Scotland they fear for their lives
• makes them look guilty for Duncan’s murder
• Rosse and old man discuss the unnatural things been happening since Duncan’s death
• Macbeth about to be crowned not all noblemen support him