Summaries

Question 1

Act 1- Scene 1

Answer 1

The 3 witches plan to meet Macbeth once the battle finishes.

Question 2

Act 1- Scene 2

Answer 2

Macbeth defeats MacDonald

Question 3

Act 1- Scene 3

Answer 3

The 3 witches tell Macbeth and Banquo their prophecies

Macbeth will be king, thane of Cawdor and glamis

Banquo will be less than Macbeth but greater and his son will be king

Question 4

Act 1- Scene 4

Answer 4

Macbeth meets the king

Question 5

Act 1- Scene 5

Answer 5

Introduces lady Macbeth
She’s reads a letter from Macbeth explaining how the witches said he’d be king
Lady Macbeth thinks that Macbeth is too kind and takes action and is going to tell Macbeth what to do

Question 6

Act 1- Scene 6

Answer 6

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Question 7

Act 1- Scene 7

Answer 7

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Question 8

Act 2- Scene 1

Answer 8

Macbeth sees Banquo and he’s feeling uneasy and has been thinking about the witches
Macbeth kills Duncan
He hallucinates and sees a dagger leading him to Duncan’s chamber

Question 9

Act 2- Scene 2

Answer 9

Lady Macbeth has been drinking
She didn’t kill Duncan because he reminded her of her father
Macbeth brings back the daggers so lady Macbeth has to put them back and smear blood on the guards herself
They also hear a knocking

Question 10

Act 2- Scene 3

Answer 10

They all see that Duncan has been killed
Lady Macbeth pretends to faint
Macbeth has panicked and killed the guards

Question 11

Act 2- Scene 4

Answer 11

• Nature has been disturbed
• the horses “Turin’s wild in nature”
• Duncan’s sons have fled

Question 12

Act 3 sc1

Answer 12

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Question 13

Act 3 sc 2

Answer 13

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Question 14

Act 3 sc4

Answer 14

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Question 15

Act 3 sc 5

Answer 15

Hecate meets the witches and is not happy as the witches have said too much to Macbeth, she tells the witches to meet Macbeth in the morning

Question 16

Act 3 sc6

Answer 16

Suspicion of Macbeth is growing, Lennox and the lord (king of England) speak about Macbeth as Duncan’s sons are getting an army to battle Macbeth

Question 17

Act 4 sc1

Answer 17

The 3 Witches visit Macbeth, the 3 apparitions tell Macbeth 3 things

1. (armoured head) beware of Macduff
2. (a bloody child) no one born of woman can harm him
3. (crowned child with a tree) Macbeth will never be defeated until great birnam wood moves to dunsinane hill

Question 18

Act 4 sc2

Answer 18

Ross tried to reassure lady Macduff that her husband has left for a reason and he isn’t a traitor. She is then told to flee by a messenger she doesn’t and gets her and her son get murdered