Summaries Flashcards
Act 1- Scene 1
The 3 witches plan to meet Macbeth once the battle finishes.
Act 1- Scene 2
Macbeth defeats MacDonald
Act 1- Scene 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
Act 1- Scene 4
Macbeth meets the king
Act 1- Scene 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
Act 1- Scene 6
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Act 1- Scene 7
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Act 2- Scene 1
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
Act 2- Scene 2
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
Act 2- Scene 3
They all see that Duncan has been killed
Lady Macbeth pretends to faint
Macbeth has panicked and killed the guards
Act 2- Scene 4
- Nature has been disturbed
- the horses “Turin’s wild in nature”
- Duncan’s sons have fled
Act 3 sc1
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Act 3 sc 2
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Act 3 sc4
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Act 3 sc 5
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
Act 3 sc6
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
Act 4 sc1
The 3 Witches visit Macbeth, the 3 apparitions tell Macbeth 3 things
- (armoured head) beware of Macduff
- (a bloody child) no one born of woman can harm him
- (crowned child with a tree) Macbeth will never be defeated until great birnam wood moves to dunsinane hill
Act 4 sc2
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