Act 1-3Act 1-3

Major CharactersMajor Characters BanquoBanquoA Scottish GeneralA Scottish General

MacbethMacbeth

A Scottish General A Scottish General

and The Thane of Glamisand The Thane of Glamis

King DuncanKing Duncan The King of Scotland The King of Scotland

Lady MacbethLady Macbeth

Macbeth's wifeMacbeth's wife

• Macbeth and Banquo, tMacbeth and Banquo, two courageous Scottish wo courageous Scottish generals, had defeated tgenerals, had defeated two invading armies. wo invading armies.

• Together, they encounteTogether, they encountered the witches as they red the witches as they crossed the moor crossed the moor

Act 1Act 1• Three witches prophesied the fThree witches prophesied the f

ollowing to Macbeth: ollowing to Macbeth:

"All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!"Thane of Glamis!"

"All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!"Thane of Cawdor!"

"All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!"(1.3.48-50)King hereafter!"(1.3.48-50)

The witches said to Banquo:The witches said to Banquo:

"Thou shalt get kings: though th"Thou shalt get kings: though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth ou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!" (1.3.67-68)and Banquo!" (1.3.67-68)

• King Duncan named Macbeth as thane of Cawdor, and Macbeth started to ponder about whether the remainder of the witches' prophesies might really come true

• Macbeth invited King Du

ncan to dine at Inverness--Macbeth's castle

• Macbeth told her wife about all that had happened

Lady Macbeth was not indecisive like Macbeth. She questioned his manhood and persduaded Macbeth to kill King Duncan that night

• Lady Macbeth equated masculinity with cruelty, which is one of the important themes

Lady Macbeth was not indecisive Lady Macbeth was not indecisive like Macbeth. She questioned his like Macbeth. She questioned his manhood and persduaded Macbemanhood and persduaded Macbeth to kill King Duncan that night th to kill King Duncan that night

Lady Macbeth culinity with crueLady Macbeth culinity with cruelty, which is one of the importanlty, which is one of the important themes .t themes .

" That croaks the fatal entrance of D" That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan uncan

Under my battlements. Come, you Under my battlements. Come, you spiritsspirits

That tend to mortal thoughts, unseThat tend to mortal thoughts, unsex me here,x me here,

And fill me, from the crown to the And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-fulltoe, top-full

Of direst cruelty! Make thick my bOf direst cruelty! Make thick my blood, lood,

Stop up th' access and passage to Stop up th' access and passage to remorse,remorse,

That no compunctious visitings of That no compunctious visitings of naturenature

Shake my fell purpose, nor keep pShake my fell purpose, nor keep peace betweeneace between

Th' effect and it! " (1.5.39-47)Th' effect and it! " (1.5.39-47)

Act 2Act 2• After listening to his wife, Mac

beth decided to kill Duncan. When he was about to kill King Duncan, he had a hallucination of a bloody dagger.

"Is this a dagger which I see before me,

The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee (2.1.33-34)."

"And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,

Which was not so before. There's no such thing.

It is the bloody business which informs

Thus to mine eyes (2.1.48-49).

• However, that did not stop him from killing Duncan. Macbeth stabbed Duncan while he was asleep, and his decision was a sign that he could no longer turn back.

• Blood became a symbol of guilt

• Macbeth and Lady Macbeth started to feel that the blood or their wrongdoings had stained them that can no longer be washed clean

• "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand?" (2.2.58-59)

Act 3Act 3• Because Macbeth's ambitioBecause Macbeth's ambitio

n--his desire for power and n--his desire for power and advancement--was not guidadvancement--was not guided by his morality, he becamed by his morality, he became a cruel tyrant. e a cruel tyrant.

• Macbeth remebered the witches' prophesy and was afraid that Banquo's heirs will seize the throne. As a result, Macbeth hired murderers to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance. Nevertheless, Fleance escaped and survived.

" " Here had we now our coHere had we now our country's honor roofeduntry's honor roofed

Were the graced person Were the graced person of our Banquo presentof our Banquo present

Who may I rather challeWho may I rather challenge for unkindnessnge for unkindness

Than pity for mischancThan pity for mischance!" (3.4.41-43).e!" (3.4.41-43).

• Lady Macbeth tried to neLady Macbeth tried to neutralize the damage by lutralize the damage by letting his guests know thetting his guests know that Macbeth was not in that Macbeth was not in the best state, and she polite best state, and she politely asekd the guests to leely asekd the guests to leave. ave.

• That night, Macbeth saThat night, Macbeth saw Banquo's ghost at the w Banquo's ghost at the feast. Macbeth's hallucifeast. Macbeth's hallucinations startled his noblnations startled his noble guests. e guests.

• After Macbeth's emotional state stabilized, he decided After Macbeth's emotional state stabilized, he decided to meet the witches again on the following day becausto meet the witches again on the following day because he wanted to know more about his future.e he wanted to know more about his future.

• Lennox, a Scottish nobleman, talked with another lord,Lennox, a Scottish nobleman, talked with another lord, and they both suspected that Macbeth murdered Dun and they both suspected that Macbeth murdered Duncan and Banquo. The lord told Lennox that Macduff hcan and Banquo. The lord told Lennox that Macduff had gone to England to join Malcolm(Duncan's older soad gone to England to join Malcolm(Duncan's older son), and they were preparing to fight with Macbeth in n), and they were preparing to fight with Macbeth in order to save Scotland. order to save Scotland.

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