plot summary

Question 1

act 1 (part 1)

Answer 1

• 3 witches plan to meet Macbeth
• Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches, who tell Macbeth he’ll be Thane of Cawdor, then King. They tell Banquo his descendants will be king

Question 2

act 1 (part 2)

Answer 2

Duncan makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth starts to wonder if the witches’ prophecy about him being king will come true

Question 3

act 1 (part 3)

Answer 3

Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about the prophecy. She plans to persuade him to murder Duncan

Question 4

act 1 (part 4)

Answer 4

Duncan comes to stay with he Macbeths. Macbeth reluctant to kill him, but Lady Macbeth convinces him that they can frame Duncan’s servants for the murder. Macbeth agrees to the plan

Question 5

act 2 + 3 (part 1)

Answer 5

Macbeth murders Duncan and Lady Macbeth plants blood-stained daggers on Duncan’s servants

Question 6

act 2 + 3 (part 2)

Answer 6

Macduff arrives and discovers king’s body. The king’s sons, Malcom and Donalbain, leave Scotland because they fear for their lives- this makes them look guilty of Duncan’s murder

Question 7

act 2 + 3 (part 3)

Answer 7

Ross and an old man discuss the strange unnatural things that have been happening since Duncan’s murder. Macbeth about to be crowned, but not all other noblemen support him

Question 8

act 2 + 3 (part 4)

Answer 8

Macbeth now king,but he’s worried by the witches’ prophecy about Banquo’s descendants being kings. He orders murderers to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance

Question 9

act 2 + 3 (part 5)

Answer 9

murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance escapes.. Macbeth hosts a feast and sees Banquo’s ghost. He decides to visit witches again

Question 10

act 2 + 3 (part 6)

Answer 10

Lennox and a lord suspect Macbeth of murdering Duncan and Banquo. Thy say that Macduff is getting an army together to attack Macbeth and put Malcom on the throne

Question 11

act 4 (part 1)

Answer 11

Macbeth visits 3 witches again and they summon 3 apparitions

Question 12

act 4 (part 2)

Answer 12

each apparition makes a prophecy. The first warns Macbeth about Macduff, second tells him that ‘the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth’ and the third tells him that he can’t be beaten until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill

Question 13

act 4 (part 3)

Answer 13

when Macbeth demands to know if Banquo’s children will ever rule Scotland the witches show him Banquo’s ghost and a line of kings who seem to be Banquo’s descendants

Question 14

act 4 (part 4)

Answer 14

Macduff fled to England. Macbeth sends his murderers to kill Macduff’s wife and children

Question 15

act 4 (part 5)

Answer 15

in England, Macduff proves his loyalty to Malcom, and Malcom reveals that the English king has given him 10,000 soldiers to fight Macbeth. Macduff learns that Macbeth has killed his family, and vows to avenge their deaths

Question 16

act 5 (part 1)

Answer 16

Lady Macbeth gone mad. She sleepwalks and keeps washing invisible blood from her hands

Question 17

act 5 (part 2)

Answer 17

the Scottish lords plan to meet the English army at Birnam Wood and attack Macbeth

Question 18

act 5 (part 3)

Answer 18

Macbeth hears about the approaching English army. He isn’t scared because of the witches’ predictions

Question 19

act 5 (part 4)

Answer 19

Malcom tells the soldiers to cut down branches from Birnam Wood and hide behind them as they march towards Macbeth’s castle

Question 20

act 5 (part 5)

Answer 20

Macbeth prepares for battle and finds out that Lady Macbeth has killed herself

Question 21

act 5 (part 6)

Answer 21

Macbeth and Macduff meet on the battlefield. Macbeth is sure that he’ll win, until he finds out that Macduff was born by caesarean, so he isn’t born from a woman. They fight and Macbeth killed

Question 22

act 5 (part 7)

Answer 22

Malcom made king of Scotland