Macbeth summary

Scene 1: 3 witches gather up and predict the war and that they’re meeting with Macbeth.

Scene 2: A wounded soldier tells the king about Macbeth’s bravery and the king says that Macbeth shall be the new Thane of Cawdor.

Scene 3: 3 witches appear to Macbeth and Banquo. They give each predictions about their future.

Scene 4: The king announces that his son Malcolm will be his successor. And in honor to Macbeth invites himself and the court to visit Macbeths castle.

Scene 5: Lady Macbeth reads her husbands letter about the prophecies, and when she is told that the king is coming to her castle for dinner she makes up her mind and plans to kill the king that night.

Scene 6: Occurs in a nice sunny day. Lady Macbeth welcomes her guests and escorts the king to Macbeth.

Scene 7: Macbeth wants to back out of the plan, but when lady Macbeth hears this she mocks her husbands fears. After they talk Macbeth is committed in stabbing Duncan while he sleeps.

Scene 1: Banquo and Macbeth agree in talking about their prophecies some day, but Banquo says he won’t talk about anything that isn’t loyal. When he leaves the room Macbeth hallucinates with a dagger floating in the air. He then hears the signal to

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Scene 5: the demon goddess Hecate scolds the three witches for not including her in their plans for Macbeth.

Scene 2: Lady Macbeth shows she is very tense, but when Macbeth enters the room with the daggers used to kill Duncan she tells him to go back.

Scene 8 and 9: As the fight continues Macduff tells Macbeth that he is technically not born from a woman.

Act IV

Scene 1: Macbeth goes to find the witches so they can tell him more about his future. Macbeth suffers of troubled sleep and loss of appetite, but they hide their troubles when guests are present.

Scene 3: Murderers kill Banquo, but his son Fleance manages to escape. Macduff swears vengeance against Macbeth. He encounters Macduff and the two duel throughout the remainder of the scene. Macbeth can’t go back and talks about how he cannot pray anymore. The doctor tells Macbeth that his wife suffers of insomnia and hallucinations. Macbeth vows to fight, still assured that no man born of woman can kill him. Macduff carries Macbeths head and hails Malcolm as the new king. Macbeth continues to fight but is killed by Macduff.

Act III

Scene 1: Banquo suspects Macbeth killed the Duncan but remains silent. They celebrate the triumph over Macbeth and the evil that wrought in Scotland.

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