Macbeth
Witches
Duncan
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Banquo/Ghost of Banquo
Malcolm and Donalbain
Themes
Ruthless towards beginning
Later tormented by guilt
Gender and power
Good vs Evil
Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't
Out damned spot
Come, you spirits
Reality vs Appearance
Supernatural
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
Prophecies
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter
Supernatural
Quit my sigt
restrain in me the cursed thoughts' Haunted by the same seductive fantasies of regicide as Macbeth
Loyal
Killed by murderers sent my Macbeth
Ghost visits banquet to scare Macbeth
Valiant cousin, worthy gentleman
This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air nimbly and sweetly recommended itself
King
Well-respected
Murdered by Macbeth
Macduff was from his mother's womb
Tyrant, show thy face
O horror, horror, horror
Bleed, bleed, poor country
Loyal
There's daggers in men's smiles
Delight/No less in truth
Malcolm becomes king of Scotland
Originally blamed for Duncan's death
Apparitions
Macbeth cannot be killed by a man born of a woman
Beware Macduff
Macbeth
Ambition
leads to him committing regicide
Ambition corrupts him and takes over
Dear friend Banquo, whom we miss
Macbeth - "murder sleep" no longer innocent
Valour's minion
I dare do all that may become a man
such foul and fair a day I have not seen
Is this a dagger is see before me
macbeth is ambitions puppet
Brandished steel
Macbeth can not be killed until Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane wood
Macbeth
Act 1
Three witches plan to meet Macbeth
Macbeth's bravery and courage
King Duncan declares Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor
Lady Macbeth attempts to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan.
Macbeth debates whether to kill Duncan.
Act 2
Macbeth sees an air drawn dagger that leads him to kill Duncan.
Macbeth kills Duncan.
Macbeth forgets to put daggers near guards to blame them.
Lady Macbeth takes control and returns daggers.
Macduff and Lennox arrive where Macduff finds Duncan dead.
Macbeth admits to killing guards due to anger of them not protecting Duncan.
Macbeth is crowned king.
Act 3
Banquo suspects that Macbeth killed Duncan.
Macbeth orders Banquo and Fleance to be killed. - Fleance escapes.
At the banquet at Macbeth's castle one of the murderers tell Macbeth in private that Banquo has been killed but Fleance escaped.
The ghost of Banquo appears in Macbeth's seat at the table.
Macbeth finds it suspicious that Macduff doesn't show up
Macbeth apologises to the lords.
Hecate is unhappy that the witches haven't involved her in the dealings with Macbeth.
A lord reports that Malcolm is with the English king and that Macduff has gone hoping to find support for an attack of Macbeth.
Act 4
A messenger arrives and warns Lady Macduff that danger is approaching.
Hecate enters with three witches, Macbeth commands the Witches to answer his questions.
The witches summon apparitions to give Macbeth the answers he wants.
The apparitions were: beware Macduff, he can't be harmed by a man born of a women and he can't be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.
The witches show Macbeth a procession of eight Kings, accompanied by the Ghost of Banquo himself.
The witches go and Lennox arrives to report that Macduff has fled to England.
The men kill Lady Macduff's son and chase after her as she tried to escape.
Malcolm is visited by Macduff who wants him to lead an army to Scotland.
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Characters
Leadership
Weather
Witches
Macbeth
macbeth was a tyranicall leader 'dead butcher'
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
'unsex me'
'fair is foul and foul is fair'
'such foul and fair a day I have not seen'
'Is this a dagger I see before me'
'gory locks'
pathetic fallacy
'when shall we three meet again', 'in thunder lightning or in rain'
Macbeth
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Duncan
loyal leader
respectful
Macbeth's leadership is a juxtaposed to Duncan's
'tyrant'
representation of God
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Shakespeare's message seems to be that the King should be chosen by God
Fuelled by ambition
Disrupts the Great Chain of Being and the divine rule
Macbeth is a brutal ruler
lady macbeth at the start is challenging stereotypes, whereas at the end, we see shakespeare portraying his views on women and their guilt.
causes chaos and breaks catharsis.
'dead butcher'
rightful king, great chain of being
reassures macbeth, which covers up the attack, holding sticks form the birnam woods all the way to dunsinane, causing macbeth to understand his fate
malcom was not born from a woman, c-section
kills macduffs family, as a warning
Inferred she ends her life at the end
From beginning plotted to kill king
She is presented as what happens to a character if they disrupt the Great Chain of Being
Wants power due to her greed