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Macbeth - Coggle Diagram
Macbeth
General Plot
Act 1
Scene 1 - Three witches meet upon a heath, they prophesy a meeting with Macbeth.
Scene 2 - An injured captain informs King Duncan and his closest inferiors about the brave doings of Macbeth and Banquo, announcing the betrayal of MacDonald and the death of the Thane of Cawdor.
Scene 3 - The Witches meet with Macbeth and Banquo, they inform MB that he is to be Thane of Cawdor and eventually king. Banquo is told that his sons will be King.
Scene 4 - Duncan announces that his son, Malcolm, is to be made king. MB sees this as a hindrance to his ambition.
Scene 5 - LMB reads her husbands letter, she welcomes him home and they prepare to host the king.
Scene 6 - King Duncan and his followers approach MB's castle, they mention how lively the area is; LMB greets them.
Scene 7 - Macbeth leaves the dinner, he contemplates the murder but LMB reinvigorates him
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Key Quotes
Act 1
[Scene 1] "In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" - First instance of control, control over the weather.
[Scene 1] "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" - Paradoxical, bares similarities to quote from Macbeth later.
[Scene 1] The witches speak in broken trochaic tetrameter; differs from the iambic pentameter of other characters.
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[Scene 3] "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" - Identical quote to that of the witches in S1, said by MB
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