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Macbeth Act 1-3
PresentationVanessa Tam
The play starts off with three mysterious witches who plan to meet again to see Macbeth
Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis and a well respected knight of the King of Scotland (Duncan)
Banquo is a knight of the King Duncan and friend of Macbeth
Macbeth and Banquo hear about the prophecies from the witches on the way back from battle
Macbeth learns that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland
The witches’ prophecy starts Macbeth thinking of murdering King Duncan to become the King of Scotland
Act 1: Witches, Macbeth and Banquo
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The three mysterious witches
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Lady Macbeth is wife of MacbethShe influences Macbeth a lot to kill Duncan
Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth’s letter She wonders if he is cruel
enough to kill King Duncan by himself
She also learns that King Duncan is visiting her castle (“perfect timing” for Macbeth to murder)
Act 1 : Lady Macbeth
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Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to act normally when their guests arrive at the castle
Macbeth backs out of the plan because he is not ready to kill
Lady Macbeth gets angry and pressures him
Macbeth agrees to go kill King Duncan
Act 1-Planning Out the Murder
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When Macbeth goes to see Duncan, he sees a dagger.
He does not know if it is his hallucination
However, Macbeth goes to do his murder.
Act 2- The Murder
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Lady Macbeth is waiting for Macbeth to return from his murder.
Macbeth is freaked out from the murder scene and takes the bloody dagger with him.
Lady Macbeth has to clean up after Macbeth.
Act 2- The Wait
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The murder of King Duncan is discovered.
Macbeth’s servants are accused of killing King Duncan.
Macbeth kills the servants and says he was angry that they killed the king.
MacDuff is a Scottish noble and suspicious when Macbeth kills body guards
Malcolm and Donalbain are the sons of the king and they decide to flee because they feel like they are in danger
Act 2-The Discovery
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Malcolm and Donalbain decide to flee
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Ross is a Scottish noble Ross is talking to an old man
about supernatural events that happened during the night of the murder like Duncan’s horses trying to eat each other
MacDuff shows up and says he is going back to his castle
Macbeth is going be crowned King of Scotland
Act 2: Aftermath of the Murder
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Macbeth is thinking about the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s descendants will become king
In an aside, Macbeth reveals he does not want Banquo’s children to be king.
Macbeth meets with some murderers to arrange for the killing of Banquo and Fleance (his son).
Macbeth tells the murderers that Banquo is their enemy and his own as well.
Banquo is killed, but Fleance escapes
Act 3: Plans to Kill Banquo and Fleance
Banquo is killed.
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Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have a big banquet for all the Lords
Macbeth thinks he sees Banquo’s ghost sitting in his chair and starts talking to it
The other lords are suspicious of Macbeth’s weird actions
Lady Macbeth asks all the lords to go home and reassures them that Macbeth is just stressed out
Act 3: The Banquet
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Macbeth tells his wife that he is haunted by bad dreams
He says he will go ask the witches for more predictions so he can know in advance what will happen next.
Act 3: Macbeth and Stress
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