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Act 1

Scene 1

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Characters: First Witch Second Witch Third Witch Scene takes place in a desert..

The three witches talk about what they see in the future and plan to meet again at sunset.

Scene 2 Takes place on a camp hear Forres (where King Duncan Lives, his castle) Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, with Attendants walks in to meet a bleeding sergeant. The Injured Army man tells them what the battle is like and gives details of how the battles are progressing, and the King receives three messages from the sergeant during this scene. First, he tells them about Macdonwald who is the leader of the opposing army is killed by the brave Macbeth. Many men were swarming Macdonwad trying to kill him in battle. They say he deserves the name of Macbeth. He had slain him while his shield and sword were already bloody from previous executions. Macbeth cut him up the middle and put his head on their flag to show the other army that he had killed their leader. After he had killed their leader they ran away into the hills. The sergeant had also informed him about how about Cawdor and his betrayal. Cawdor had provided money for the opposing side. He was known of a traitor of the country but he wasn’t involved in the war. He wanted to provide more troops for the Norwiegns.

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Scene 3

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 * The three witches enter and predict that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor, and then become a king[[image:http://www.afana.org/images/macbeth3.jpg width="503" height="319"]]

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 * Witches predict Banquo will be father of kings


 * Ross and Angus tell Macbeth that the


 * king has granted him Thane of Cawdor


 * Macbeth debates on murdering the King Duncan in order for him to be king

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Scene 4 [] King Duncan [] Macbeth [] Banquo []Malcolm

· King Duncan, Lennox, Malcolm, and Donalbain are at the Palace, Flourish. · Malcolm tells Duncan that the Thane of Cawdor has been executed. · Macbeth, Banquo, Ross, and Angus enter. · Duncan tells Macbeth how thankful he is and that he could never fully repay him. · Duncan makes Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor and promises to see to his success. · Duncan announces that he has named his eldest son, Malcolm, as the Prince of Cumberland. · Duncan tells Macbeth that he will be visiting Inverness. · As Macbeth leaves to tell his wife about Duncan coming to Inverness, he thinks about how Malcolm is the Prince of Cumberland and the only person keeping him from becoming king. After he thinks this, he asks the stars to not let it be known to the others what he wants. · Duncan tells Banquo how valiant Macbeth is.

Scene 5:**Inverness, Macbeths castle** Characters: Messenger, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth

==This scene takes place at Macbeth’s castle in Inverness, where Lady Macbeths reads a letter received from her husband; this concerns his meeting with the witches. She is aware of the importance of the predictions made by the sisters, and the king will be paying his royal visit soon again, this will give them the chance to kill the kind. She is the one driving the force of the marriage and describes her husband as weak when her husband returns she makes her place very clear to him. ==

Lady Macbeth wants to be queen as much as he wants to be king and she has enough motivation to kill the kings to make this happen. In the scene she sees a raven and this is a symbol of evil which shows her that tonight is the night to kill them at her home.

"Macbeth Scene 5." //Bookwolf//. Web. Feb. 2010. [].

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Scene 6

*This is Duncan’s entrance into Inverness (Macbeth’s castle)

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 * Lady Macbeth Welcomes Duncan and Banquo into the castle and they enter

Scene 7 - Macbeth doesn’t want to kill the king but Lady Macbeth has other plans. - Lady Macbeth makes fun of Macbeth for not wanting to kill him. - Near the end Macbeth decides he is going to along with Lady Macbeth and kill the king -The plan is to Kill him in his sleep and frame the guards for it. []


 * Act 2**

Scene 1 · Banquo and Fleance are talking about how dark and late it is and how tired they are. · Macbeth enters and Banquo gives Macbeth a diamond for his wife as a thank you for their hospitality. · Banquo tell Macbeth about his dream of the three witches. They agree to talk later about the matter. Banquo and Fleance leave. · Macbeth sees the imaginary dagger in front of him and reaches for it but it is not there. He is debating if he should kill the king while he is sleeping. Then he realizes there isn’t a dagger there; it is a conscience about the murder that makes him see it. · Macbeth leaves to kill the king. []

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Scene 2
 * Lady Macbeth waits for Macbeth to tell her that he killed the King.
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 * Macbeth announces that he killed the king
 * He is so shaken by the murder that he brings the bloody daggers with him, and Lady Macbeth takes them from him, to place them with the sleeping grooms.
 * A knocking at the castle gate frightens Macbeth, and his wife comes to lead him away, so that they can wash the blood from their hands.

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Scene 3

Lennox & Macbeth

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· The drunken porter answers the knocking and opens the gate. Macduff and Lennox enter. · Macbeth enters. Macduff tells Macbeth that Duncan told him to wake him up early. · Macbeth shows Macduff to Duncan’s door. · Macduff reenters and tells Lennox and Macbeth that Duncan has been murdered. · Macduff rings the alarm bell to wake Banquo, Donalbain, and Malcolm. · Lady Macbeth and Banquo enter. Macduff tells them that the king has been killed. · Macbeth, Lennox, and Ross enter. · Macbeth says that because the king is dead there is no reason for him to live. · Malcolm and Donalbain enter. Macduff tells them that their father has been murdered. · Lennox announces that the guards killed Duncan and that they were dead as well. · Macbeth says that he killed the guards because he saw what they had done to Duncan. · Lady Macbeth faints. · Malcolm and Donalbain speak privately to each other and discuss leaving. · Everyone decides to get properly dressed and meet back in the hallway. · Everyone exits except Malcolm and Donalbain. · Malcolm tells Donalbain that he will be going to England. Donalbain tells Malcolm that he will be going to Ireland. · Malcolm and Donalbain agree to leave immediately without telling anyone and they exit.

Act 3

Scene 1 · Banquo enters at the palace Forres · He states that Macbeth now has everything he wanted like the witches promised. Banquo thinks Macbeth got these titles unfairly. · Macbeth enters and says Banquo is the most important guest. · There is a banquet later that night and Macbeth wants banquo to attend [] []

Scene 2


 * Macbeth feels restless and still feels like he must murder more
 * He wants to get rid of the threats to the throne by killing Banquo and Feance
 * Lady Macbeth feels these murders are unnecessary but must act like a good host

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Scene 3 [] The Death of Banquo

· Three murderers meet at a park near the palace. · The third murderer tells the others that Macbeth told him to come. · They know they hear Banquo and Fleance coming because all of the intended guests are already in the palace. · The murderers attack Banquo and he tells Fleance to flee. · Banquo dies and Fleance escapes. · The murderers leave to tell Macbeth.

Scene 4
 * Ross and his father discuss terrible events of the previous night.
 * Old man (father) says he saw an owl kill a falcon the previous week.
 * Macduff and Ross also talk about the king's son's fleeing. Macduff tells him he's not attending the king's corination.

Scene 5
 * Hecate is very very angry with the witches for doing all of this without her permission.
 * She will (with the help of the witches) create a charm to give Macbeth a false sense of security

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Scene 6


 * Macbeth sent a messenger to Macduff to ask why he was not at the coranation celebration
 * Macduff didn't answer and fled to England to beg Malcolm to return with forces to overtake the throne and rid the country of Macbeth.

Act 4

Scene 1

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 * It is thundering as the three witches are chanting "Double, double, toil and trouble," the three Witches stir the cauldron.
 * The witches tell Mcbeth warnings such as: beware Macduff; fear "none of woman born"; fear nothing until Birnam wood come to Dunsinane; Banquo's issue shall be kings.
 * The Witches vanish and Macbeth calls in Lennox, who tells him that Macduff has fled to England
 * Macbeth determines to murder Macduff's wife and children.

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Scene 2 death of macduff's family [] · Lady Macduff, her son, and Ross are at Fife. · Lady Macduff tells Ross how upset and betrayed she feels because her husband has left her and their children. · Ross tells her to be patient and that Macduff is still a great man. · Ross exits and Lady Macduff tells her son that his father is dead. · Her son knows that his father is not dead and they playfully fight with each other. · An anxious messenger enters. · He tells Lady Macduff that danger is coming and that she and her family must leave immediately. He exits. · The murderers enter and ask Lady Macduff where her husband is. · She tells them that she doesn’t know and that they won’t find him. · The murderers say that he is a traitor and they stab Lady Macduff’s son. · Her son tells her to flee and he dies. · Lady Macduff exits crying “Murder!” and the murderers follow her.

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 * Malcolm tests MacDuff to see if he is trustworthy.
 * Ross enters and tells Macduff that Macbeth has had his whole family and household murdered.
 * MacDuff now wants revenge.
 * There are 10,000 soldiers ready to invade with Malcolm as their leader.
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Act 5 Scene 1

[] Lady Macbeth has gone crazy. She won’t get out of bed. And she keeps saying that her hands can never become clean again. She washes her hands constantly. The doctor observes her in this scene and comes to the conclusion that she is very sick and mentally ill.

Scene 2
 * The Scottish forces are against Macbeth and on the march.
 * The Scottish leaders notice Macbeth's desperate behavior

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Scene 3
 * Macbeth hears that his thanes are abandoning him
 * He knows that the English army is approaching
 * Hears bad new of his wife but he tries to convince himself that he has nothing to fear
 * He wants to go out fighting

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Scene 4
 * This scene takes place near Birnam Wood.
 * Different armies colors show and their drums sound as they march toward Dunsinane.
 * Malcom, Menteith, Siward, and a few soldiers march toward Macbeth's castle and discuss their battle plan.
 * They use the branches of trees for camouflage.
 * With this camouflage they are bringing Birnam Wood to Dunsinane.

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Scene 5
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 * King Malcolm, in Macbeth ||

King Malcolm, in Macbeth []

- In this scene they find that Lady Macbeth is dead, seyton is the one to tell them. -Macbeth seems to not care the least bit.

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