Macbeth
Main characters
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Macduff
Themes
Ambition
Fate and
witchcraft
Witches prophecies
Blood
Regicide
Language and style
Soliloquies
Personifications
Metaphors
Antitheses
Plot
- Macbeth is a soldier of Duncan’s, the king.
On his way back home from a
battle he meets three witches.
They prophesy he will be king.
- Lady Macbeth convinces
Macbeth to kill Duncan. By killing him, Macbeth will become the
new king of Scotland.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
kill Duncan while he isi spleeping.
- Macbeth becomes the king of Scotland. He cannot find peace and progressively becomes a tyrant.
- Macbeth meets the witches again but their new prophecies sound impossible and Macbeth feels his position of power is safe.
- Driven to madness by remorse, Lady Macbeth kills herself. Macbeth believes he’s invincible, so he goes into battle against Malcom and Macduff, who are willing to free Scotland from Macbeth’s tyranny. Macduff kills him and Malcom becomes the new king of Scotland.